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Royal Variety Performance 1979, The (1979 Television)

Director

David Millard; Norman Maen

Variety show from the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen. In one sketch comedian Bernie Clifton recites Hamlet’s ‘to be or not to be’ soliloquy astride his...

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Fire Angel (1977 Television)

Series

Nationwide

BBC current affairs programme . In this episode presenter Bob Wellings reports on ‘Fire Angel’, a new British rock musical loosely based on The Merchant of Venice. Composed by Roger Haines with lyrics by...

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Great McGonagall, The (1974 Film)

Director

Joseph McGrath

Producer

David Grant (2)

Faeture film dedicated in the pre-opening credit sequence to William McGonagall, the ‘greatest Bad Verse Writer of his age’. McGonagall, a Scottish weaver, falls in love with Queen Victoria at a music...

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Queen’s Silver Jubilee Gala, The (1977 Television)

Producer

Brian Large

The Royal Opera and the Royal Ballet perform in the presence of members of the Royal Family in celebration of the Her Majesty’s Silver Jubilee. Includes Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn dancing Hamlet...

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Secret Policeman’s Ball, The (1979 Film)

aka: Schoolmaster

Director

Roger Graef

Producer

Roger Graef; Thomas Schwalm

A comedy gala to benefit Amnesty International staged at Her Majesty’s Theatre, London. The evening consisted of comedy sketches and music. One sketch, written by Richard Sparks, features Atkinson as a...

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