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The Wild Geese

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The Wild Geese is a 1978 British adventure film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen about a group of mercenaries in Africa. [1]

103 relations: Andrew V. McLaglen, Anna Bergman, Barry Foster (actor), Bob Simmons (stunt man), Brook Williams, Carlton Cinema (TV channel), Code Name: Wild Geese, Congo Crisis, Daniel Carney, David Ladd, Deaths in July 2016, Deaths in March 2018, Douglas Netter, Erwin C. Dietrich, Euan Lloyd, Euro War, Forces spéciales, Frank Finlay, Golden Rendezvous, Hardy Krüger, Ian Yule, Jack Hildyard, Jack Watson (actor), Jane Hylton, Jeff Corey, Joan Armatrading, John Alderson (actor), John Glen (director), John Kani, Johnny Lin, Jonathan Sothcott, Jupiter Award (film award), Ken Gampu, Kenneth Griffith, Leslie Schofield, Lewis Collins, List of adventure films of the 1970s, List of British films of 1978, List of British films of 2016, List of British films of 2017, List of feature film series with two entries, List of fictional African countries, List of film director and actor collaborations, List of films: U–W, List of Monogram Pictures and Allied Artists Pictures films, List of Scottish country dances, List of war films and TV specials, Mad Mike Hoare, Masud Rana, Maurice Binder, ..., Mercenaries in popular culture, Michael Chevalier, Norbert Smith: A Life, Patrick Allen, Patrick Holt, Patrick Milling-Smith, Paul Spurrier, Percy Herbert (actor), Ralph Lomma, Red beret, Reginald Rose, Richard Burton, Richard Burton on stage, screen, radio and record, Richard Harris, Richard Harris filmography, Roger Moore, Ronald Fraser (actor), Rosalind Lloyd, Roy Budd, Scorticateli vivi, Smuggler (company), Stanley Baker, Stephen Boyd, Stewart Granger, Strychnine poisoning, Suzanne Danielle, Suzy Miller, Syd Cain, Teddington School, Terence Longdon, The Dorchester, The Sea Wolves, The Square Circle, The Wild Geese (Carney novel), Thomas Baptiste, Thorney, Cambridgeshire, Tiny Rowland, Toshiya Ueda, Valerie Leon, Who Dares Wins (film), Wild Geese, Wild Geese II, Winston Ntshona, Zulu Dawn, 1978 in British music, 1978 in film, 1978 in Wales, 1993 in film, 1997 in film, 2002 in film, 2016 in British television, 2016 in the United Kingdom, 2017 in film. Expand index (53 more) »

Andrew V. McLaglen

Andrew Victor McLaglen (July 28, 1920 – August 30, 2014) was a British-born American film and television director, known for Westerns and adventure films, often starring John Wayne or James Stewart.

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Anna Bergman

Anna Bergman (born 5 May 1948 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a former Swedish actress.

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Barry Foster (actor)

John Barry Foster (21 August 1927 – 11 February 2002) was an English actor who had an extensive career on stage, television, radio and cinema over almost 50 years.

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Bob Simmons (stunt man)

Bob Simmons (Fulham, London, England, 31 March 1922 – 21 October 1987) was an English actor and stunt man, best known for his work in many British made films, most notably the James Bond series.

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Brook Williams

Brook Richard Williams (22 January 1938 – 29 April 2005) was a Welsh stage actor who also made numerous film and television appearances in small roles.

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Carlton Cinema (TV channel)

Carlton Cinema was a British digital film television channel, provided by Carlton Television.

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Code Name: Wild Geese

Code Name: Wild Geese (Arcobaleno selvaggio, Geheimcode: Wildgänse) is a 1984 West German-Italian Euro War film directed by Antonio Margheriti and starring Lewis Collins in the first of their three mercenary war films.

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Congo Crisis

The Congo Crisis (Crise congolaise) was a period of political upheaval and conflict in the Republic of the Congo (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo) between 1960 and 1965.

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Daniel Carney

Daniel Carney (1944–1987) was a Rhodesian novelist.

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David Ladd

David Alan Ladd (born February 5, 1947) is an American producer and former actor.

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Deaths in July 2016

The following is a list of notable deaths in July 2016.

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Deaths in March 2018

The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2018.

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Douglas Netter

Douglas Netter (May 23, 1921 – May 8, 2017) was a United States television industry executive, his credits largely being in the field of science fiction.

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Erwin C. Dietrich

Erwin C. Dietrich (born October 4, 1930 in GlarusRico Bandle: In: Die Weltwoche vom 4. November 2011. - died March 15, 2018 in Zurich) was a Swiss film director, producer and actor, often regarded as one of the most influential cinematographers in Switzerland.

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Euan Lloyd

Euan Lloyd (6 December 1923 – 2 July 2016) was a British film producer.

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Euro War

Euro War, also known as Macaroni Combat, Macaroni War, Spaghetti Combat, or Spaghetti War, is a broad subgenre of war film that emerged in the mid-1960s, so named because most were produced and directed by European co-productions, and most notably by Italians.

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Forces spéciales

Forces spéciales (Special Forces) is a 2011 French war adventure film directed by Stéphane Rybojad and starring Diane Kruger, Djimon Hounsou, Denis Ménochet, Benoît Magimel, Mehdi Nebbou, and Tchéky Karyo.

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Frank Finlay

Francis "Frank" Finlay, CBE (6 August 1926 – 30 January 2016) was an English stage, film and television actor.

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Golden Rendezvous

Golden Rendezvous is a 1977 South African action thriller film directed by Ashley Lazarus and starring Richard Harris, Ann Turkel and Gordon Jackson.

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Hardy Krüger

Hardy Krüger (born Franz Eberhard August Krüger; 12 April 1928) is a German actor who appeared in more than 60 films since 1944.

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Ian Yule

Ian Yule is a British born South African actor and former soldier.

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Jack Hildyard

Jack Hildyard, B.S.C. (17 March 1908 in London – September 1990 in London) was a British cinematographer who worked on more than 80 films during his career.

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Jack Watson (actor)

Jack Watson (15 May 1915 – 4 July 1999) was an English actor who appeared in many British films and television dramas from the 1950s onwards.

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Jane Hylton

Jane Hylton (16 July 1926 – 28 February 1979, born as Audrey Gwendolene Clark, was an English actress who accumulated 30 film credits, mostly in the 1940s and 1950s, before moving into television work in the latter half of her career in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Jeff Corey

Jeff Corey (August 10, 1914 – August 16, 2002) was an American stage and screen actor and director who became a well-respected acting teacher after being blacklisted in the 1950s.

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Joan Armatrading

Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading, MBE (born 9 December 1950) is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist.

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John Alderson (actor)

John Alderson (10 April 1916 – 4 August 2006) was an English actor noted for playing the lead in the 1957-58 syndicated western television series, Boots and Saddles, which ran for thirty-eight episodes in a single season, and many supporting roles in films in a career spanning almost forty years, from 1951 to 1990.

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John Glen (director)

John Glen (born 15 May 1932) is an English film director, film editor, and author.

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John Kani

Bonisile John Kani (born 30 August 1942) is a South African actor, director and playwright.

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Johnny Lin

Johnny Lin is an American film producer.

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Jonathan Sothcott

Jonathan Sothcott (born 26 April 1980) is an independent film producer based in London, England.

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Jupiter Award (film award)

The Jupiter Award is a German annual cinema award that recognizes talent and achievement.

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Ken Gampu

Ken Gampu (28 August 1929 – 4 November 2003) was a South African actor.

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Kenneth Griffith

Kenneth Reginald Griffiths, known professionally as Kenneth Griffith (12 October 1921 – 25 June 2006) was a Welsh actor and documentary filmmaker.

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Leslie Schofield

Leslie Schofield (born 12 December 1938) is an English actor who is most famous in the UK for his role as Jeff Healy in the popular soap opera EastEnders, whom he played from 1997 to 2000.

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Lewis Collins

Lewis Collins (27 May 1946 – 27 November 2013)"Happy Birthday Richard Hastilow, 65", The Times, 26 May 2010 was an English film and theatre actor.

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List of adventure films of the 1970s

A list of adventure films released in the 1970s.

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List of British films of 1978

A list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1978 (see 1978 in film).

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List of British films of 2016

This article lists feature-length British movies and full-length documentaries that have a release date in 2016 and were at least partly made by the United Kingdom.

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List of British films of 2017

This article lists feature-length British movies and full-length documentaries that have their premiere in 2017 and were at least partly made by the United Kingdom.

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List of feature film series with two entries

This is a list of film series comprising one film and a sequel.

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List of fictional African countries

This is a list of fictional countries that are set somewhere in the continent of Africa.

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List of film director and actor collaborations

Film directors frequently choose to work with the same actor or actress across several projects and vice versa.

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List of films: U–W

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List of Monogram Pictures and Allied Artists Pictures films

This is a list of feature films originally released and/or distributed by Monogram Pictures and Allied Artists Pictures Corporation.

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List of Scottish country dances

List of Scottish country dances is a list of Scottish country dances.

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List of war films and TV specials

This is a list of war films and TV specials such as documentaries, TV mini-series, and drama serials depicting aspects of historical wars.

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Mad Mike Hoare

Thomas Michael "Mad Mike" Hoare (born 17 March 1919) is a British-Irish mercenary leader known for military activities in Africa and his attempt to conduct a coup d'état in the Seychelles.

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Masud Rana

Masud Rana is a fictional character created in 1966 by writer Qazi Anwar Hussain, who featured him in over 400 novels.

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Maurice Binder

Maurice Binder (December 4, 1918 – April 9, 1991) was an American film title designer best known for his work on 14 James Bond films including the first, Dr. No (1962) and for Stanley Donen's films from 1958.

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Mercenaries in popular culture

Like piracy, the mercenary ethos resonates with idealized adventure, mystery, and danger, and appears frequently in popular culture.

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Michael Chevalier

Michael Chevalier (born May 14, 1933) is a German synchronis speaker and actor born in Berlin.

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Norbert Smith: A Life

Norbert Smith: A Life, also released as Sir Norbert Smith: A Life, is a 1989 mockumentary (spoof documentary) television film, charting the life and career of the fictitious British actor Sir Norbert Smith.

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Patrick Allen

John Keith Patrick Allen (17 March 1927 – 28 July 2006) was a British film, television and voice actor.

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Patrick Holt

Patrick Holt (31 January 1912 – 12 October 1993) was an English film and television actor.

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Patrick Milling-Smith

Patrick Milling-Smith is a film, theater, music video, commercial and experiential producer.

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Paul Spurrier

Paul Spurrier (born 23 May 1967 Suffolk) is a British former child actor on stage, television, and film, and a screenwriter and film director.

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Percy Herbert (actor)

Percy Herbert (31 July 1920 – 6 December 1992) was an English actor.

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Ralph Lomma

Ralph John Lomma (March 13, 1924 – September 12, 2011) is often credited, along with his brother, Al, with popularizing miniature golf in the mid-1950s through their design and manufacture of now famous obstacles such as castles, clown heads and windmills.

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Red beret

The red beret is a military beret worn by many military police, paramilitary, commando, and police forces.

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Reginald Rose

Reginald Rose (December 10, 1920 – April 19, 2002) was an American film and television writer most widely known for his work in the early years of television drama.

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Richard Burton

Richard Burton, CBE (born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 19255 August 1984) was a Welsh actor.

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Richard Burton on stage, screen, radio and record

Richard Burton (10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a Welsh actor who had an extensive career primarily on stage and in film.

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Richard Harris

Richard St.

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Richard Harris filmography

This following is a complete list of all the films Richard Harris has acted in.

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Roger Moore

Sir Roger George Moore (14 October 1927 – 23 May 2017) was an English actor.

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Ronald Fraser (actor)

Ronald Fraser (11 April 1930 – 13 March 1997) was an English-born Scottish character actor, who appeared in numerous British plays, films and television shows from the 1950s to the 1990s.

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Rosalind Lloyd

Rosalind Lloyd is a British film and television actress.

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Roy Budd

Roy Frederick Budd (14 March 1947 – 7 August 1993) was a British jazz pianist and composer known for his film scores, including Get Carter and The Wild Geese.

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Scorticateli vivi

Scorticateli vivi also known as Skin 'em Alive and The Wild Geese Attack Again is a 1978 Italian Macaroni combat film about a fictional group of mercenaries in Africa.

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Smuggler (company)

Smuggler is a film, TV, commercial, music video and theatre production company founded in 2002 by Patrick Milling-Smith and Brian Carmody.

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Stanley Baker

Sir William Stanley Baker (28 February 192828 June 1976) was a Welsh actor and film producer.

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Stephen Boyd

Stephen Boyd (4 July 1931 – 2 June 1977) was an actor from Glengormley, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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Stewart Granger

Stewart Granger (born James Lablache Stewart; 6 May 191316 August 1993) was an English film actor, mainly associated with heroic and romantic leading roles.

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Strychnine poisoning

Strychnine poisoning can be fatal to humans and other animals and can occur by inhalation, swallowing or absorption through eyes or mouth.

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Suzanne Danielle

Suzanne Danielle (born Suzanne Morris; 14 January 1957) is an English film and television actress.

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Suzy Miller

Suzy Miller (married name Susan Hunt) is a British model, actress, dancer, and choreographer.

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Syd Cain

Sydney B. "Syd" Cain (16 April 1918 – 21 November 2011) was a British production designer who worked on more than 30 films, including four in the James Bond series in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Teddington School

Teddington School is co-educational school 11–18 school located in Teddington in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in south-west London.

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Terence Longdon

Terence Longdon (14 May 1922 – 23 April 2011) was an English actor.

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The Dorchester

The Dorchester is a five-star luxury hotel on Park Lane and Deanery Street, London, to the east of Hyde Park.

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The Sea Wolves

The Sea Wolves is a 1980 war film starring Gregory Peck, Roger Moore and David Niven.

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The Square Circle

The Square Circle is a 1982 novel by Daniel Carney.

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The Wild Geese (Carney novel)

The Wild Geese is a 1978 novel by Rhodesian author Daniel Carney published by Bantam Books.

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Thomas Baptiste

Thomas Baptiste (born 1936) is a Guyanese-born British actor and opera singer.

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Thorney, Cambridgeshire

Thorney is a village about 8 miles (13 km) east of Peterborough in the City of Peterborough unitary authority, England, on the A47.

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Tiny Rowland

Roland "Tiny" Rowland (November 27, 1917 – July 25, 1998) was a controversial high-profile British businessman, corporate raider and Chief Executive of the Lonrho conglomerate from 1962 to 1994.

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Toshiya Ueda

is a Japanese voice actor who works for 81 Produce.

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Valerie Leon

Valerie Leon (born 12 November 1943) is an English actress who had roles in a number of high-profile British film productions, including the Carry On series.

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Who Dares Wins (film)

Who Dares Wins (U.S. title: The Final Option) is a 1982 British political thriller film starring Lewis Collins, Judy Davis, Richard Widmark and Edward Woodward, directed by Ian Sharp.

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Wild Geese

Wild Geese may refer to.

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Wild Geese II

Wild Geese II is a 1985 British action-thriller film directed by Peter Hunt, based on the 1982 novel The Square Circle by Daniel Carney, in which a group of mercenaries are hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin.

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Winston Ntshona

Winston Ntshona (born 6 October 1941) is a South African playwright and actor.

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Zulu Dawn

Zulu Dawn is a 1979 war film about the historical Battle of Isandlwana between British and Zulu forces in 1879 in South Africa.

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1978 in British music

This is a summary of 1978 in music in the United Kingdom.

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1978 in film

The year 1978 in film involved some significant events.

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1978 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1978 to Wales and its people.

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1993 in film

The year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits Jurassic Park, The Fugitive and The Firm.

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1997 in film

The year 1997 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster success Titanic, and the beginning of the film studio DreamWorks.

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2002 in film

The year 2002 in film saw the release of significant sequels take place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, Stuart Little 2 and Blade II.

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2016 in British television

This is a list of events that took place in 2016 related to Television in the United Kingdom.

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2016 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 2016 in the United Kingdom.

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2017 in film

This is an overview of events in the film world during 2017, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, and lists of films released and deaths.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wild_Geese

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