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William Humble obituary

Television scriptwriter whose best work, such as On Giant’s Shoulders, Virtuoso and Hancock, was based on real lives

The Guardian - UK

National novelties: Bower's marathon challenge and rare Mini Marcos Mk3

Marathon effort: Bower's extraordinary challenge

Autosport

Sylvia Syms obituary

Actor who starred in films of the 1950s and 60s including Ice Cold in Alex and went on to a long career in supporting roles

The Guardian - UK

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TV tonight: Eddie Izzard, Diane Morgan and Pete Doherty salute their comedy hero

A night of Tony Hancock’s brilliance. Plus: Kyle MacLachlan stars in a juicy new war drama. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Radio 4 to broadcast long-lost episode of Hancock’s Half Hour featuring Peter Sellers

‘The Marriage Bureau’ has not been heard since 1955

The Independent UK

BBC to broadcast long-lost episode of Hancock’s Half Hour

The radio show, which has not been repeated since first airing in 1955, will be played on Radio 4 on 18 October

The Guardian - UK

It all began with a soapy TV 'moustache'

With Liz Truss becoming the 56th British prime minister, it got me thinking about how many PMs there have been in my lifetime. The answer is 16, going back to Clement Atlee, which is a bit scary. In fact, while I was still residing in the UK there were only…

Bangkok Post

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Tony Hancock inspired Dougal the dog

Brief letters: The Magic Roundabout | Country diary | Bad taste menus | Outlaws and in-laws | Hoping for Henry

The Guardian - UK

The Libertines bring back 'the good old days' of early noughties indie to Castlefield Bowl with triumphant Up the Bracket anniversary show

The Whitechapel quartet's Tony Hancock-referencing 2002 debut remains a classic - and distinctly English - salvo from what was once dubbed the garage rock revival.

Manchester Evening News

Vive la Paris: Why the city has such a magical effect in films

With the release of ‘Mrs Harris Goes to Paris’ later this year, starring Lesley Manville as a British cleaning lady going to Paris to buy a Dior dress, Geoffrey Macnab looks back at films set in Paris and says when it comes to wish-fulfilment fantasies on screen, there has only…

The Independent UK

The little-known story of the Welshman who created Doctor Who's greatest villain

Terry Nation's Daleks are known across the world - but not many people know about the man himself

Wales Online

Beryl Vertue obituary

Writers’ agent who became a television producer with credits including Sherlock, Men Behaving Badly and Coupling

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