• Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC1, created and written by Raymond Allen and starring Michael Crawford and Michele Dotrice...
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  • Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em is a play by Guy Unsworth based on the BBC TV sitcom of the same name by Raymond Allen. The idea for a stage production of Some...
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    best known for playing the hapless Frank Spencer in the sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and the titular character in the musical The Phantom of the Opera...
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  • Frank Spencer, portrayed by Michael Crawford, in the BBC sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, which ran from 1973 to 1978, and returned in 2016 for a special...
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    subsequently missed out on the starring role of Frank Spencer in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em in 1973 because BBC executives at the time believed that he lacked...
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  • playwright. He was best known for creating the 1970s BBC sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. He wrote comedy sketches for entertainers Frankie Howerd and Dave...
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  • Public Relations training course instructor, in an episode of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. He was born in Beckenham and educated at the City of London School...
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    tour from 2013 to 2016. In 2018, Pasquale played Frank Spencer in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em based on the BBC sitcom on a UK tour. In 2021, Pasquale played...
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  • Callan, The Professionals, Public Eye, Spindoe, Steptoe and Son, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Dixon of Dock Green, Man About the House, Softly, Softly,The Persuaders...
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  • Power of Kroll), Enemy at the Door, Shogun, The Professionals, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Only When I Laugh, The Gentle Touch and Emmerdale Farm, and the...
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    followed by guest roles in further episodes of Z-Cars, Public Eye, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and Special Branch. In 1973, Doctor Who actress Katy Manning, who...
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  • of them." Mills was the original producer of television series Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973–1975), and briefly supervised Wodehouse Playhouse (1976)...
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    and Stig of the Dump as Mrs Fawkham-Greene. She also appeared in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em as a maternity hospital receptionist. She played Miss Lavant in...
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    UFO (1970 episode "The Psychobombs"), Doctor at Large in 1971, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em in 1973 and Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle in 1977...
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  • of Reginald Perrin and the Big Ben chimes for Yes Minister. For Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Hazlehurst used Morse code to spell out the programme's title...
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  • memorably as the obstetrician delivering Betty Spencer's baby in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. His father was a civil servant and he attended Dulwich College...
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  • Peak Practice, Ain't Misbehavin', Harry's Mad, Wycliffe, Mosley, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, The Sweeney, Secret Army, Citizen Smith, Yes Minister, the Doctor...
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  • Camp manager in Selwyn, DS Lang in the "Photographs" episode of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and Mr. Glockenspiel in the "Alternative Culture" episode of The...
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  • own TV comedy series Bowler. He was also in the first episode of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, playing a company boss interviewing the show's hapless main character...
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  • 1974 Doctor Who serial. His other early television roles included Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Sam and the River (1975), Crown Court, Wodehouse Playhouse and...
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    productions. These included guesting parts in Softly, Softly (1971), Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1978), Grange Hill (1978), Last of the Summer Wine (1978), Boys...
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  • of Crawford playing Frank Spencer in the BBC's hugely popular Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. Crawford was eager not to be typecast and the character he played...
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  • appeared in Special Branch (1973), Thriller (1974), Porridge (1975), Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1975), Quiller (1975), Rising Damp (1978), Minder (1980), Nanny...
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  • TV role was Beryl Fisher, the mother of Betty Spencer (Michele Dotrice) in the BBC comedy series Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. The film historians Steve Chibnall...
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    resulting in extra fingers which were removed shortly after her birth. Her mother, Sally-Anne Heap, runs a cleaning business, and her father, Barry J. Arterton...
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  • Porridge, Going Straight, Broaden Your Mind, the final series of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, The Liver Birds, Up Pompeii! and Sykes and A.... A sketch in At...
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  • Monty Python's Flying Circus, On the Buses, The Two Ronnies and Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. She also appeared in many theatre productions, playing everything...
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  • Canadian artist Michele Dotrice (born 1948), English actress of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em fame Michele Elliott, British author, psychologist, teacher and...
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    The Sweeney episode "The Bigger They Are" as DCI Anderson (1978) Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em episode "Wendy House" as Mr Harris The Insurance Man (1978) Only...
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    Publishing interview) compared the character Frank Spencer from Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, whom he described as a campy but married heterosexual, to Dreyfus's...
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