Which BBC drama would be referenced in the biographical television film, Hancock and Joan?
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Hancock and Joan Hancock and Joan is a 2008 British biographical television film based on the affair between the comedian Tony Hancock and Joan Le Mesurier, the third wife of actor John Le Mesurier. It was first transmitted on BBC Four on 26 March 2008 as part of the "Curse of Comedy" season. It features Ken Stott and Maxine Peake as the title characters, and Alex Jennings as John. Written by Richard Cottan, directed by Richard Laxton and produced by Simon Heath, it was made by World Productions for the BBC.
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Maxine Peake Maxine Peake (born 14 July 1974) is an English stage, radio, film and television actress, who made her name as Twinkle in Victoria Wood's sitcom "Dinnerladies". She has since played Veronica Ball in Channel 4's Manchester-based comedy drama series "Shameless", barrister Martha Costello in the BBC legal drama "Silk" and Grace Middleton in "The Village". She is also an accomplished stage actress, having played the title role in "Hamlet".
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The Madness of George III The Madness of George III is a 1991 play by Alan Bennett. It is a fictionalised biographical study of the latter half of the reign of George III of the United Kingdom, his battle with mental illness and the inability of his court to handle his condition. It was adapted for film in 1994 as "The Madness of King George".
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Stage 2 Stage 2 is a UK television anthology series produced by the British Broadcasting Company (BBC). Four episodes aired from 1971-72. They were all productions of classic plays: She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith, Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen, Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw, and The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster.
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Our Brave Boys Our Brave Boys is Christopher Lee's Radio, Comedy drama series about a high-flying civil servant who is posted to the Ministry of Defence, where she finds herself boss to four military officers.
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List of HolbyBlue episodes "HolbyBlue" is a British police procedural television series that aired between 8 May 2007 and 5 June 2008 on BBC One. The programme was created by Tony Jordan as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama "Holby City", which in turn is a spin-off from the medical drama "Casualty". All three programmes are set in the fictional city of Holby. "HolbyBlue" follows the professional and personal lives of police staff at Holby South police station. The show ran for two series, the first of which was eight episodes long. The second series was twelve episodes long, and began with a "Holby City" crossover episode. In August 2008, it was announced that the show had been axed by the BBC and would not be returning for a third series. The first series aired on Tuesday nights at 8 pm, in the regular "Holby City" timeslot. "Holby City" was moved to Thursdays for the duration of "HolbyBlue"'s run. The show moved to Thursday nights for the second season.
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The Legend of Robin Hood The Legend of Robin Hood was a 1975 BBC television serial that told the story of the life of Robin Hood.
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Peter Hancock Peter Hancock (born 26 July 1955) is a British Anglican bishop. Since 2014, he has served as the Bishop of Bath and Wells in the Church of England. Previously, from 2010 to 2014, he was the Bishop of Basingstoke, an suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Winchester.
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Denise Black Denise Black (born 16 March 1958 in Emsworth, Hampshire) is an English actress, best known for playing Denise Osbourne in the ITV soap "Coronation Street" on and off from 1992 until 2007 and again from 2017, Hazel Tyler in Channel 4's "Queer As Folk" in 1999 and 2000 and "Cucumber" in 2015, both written by Russell T Davies and for playing Joanie Wright in "Emmerdale" from June to November 2013, and again from June 2015 until January 2017. She has also had a small appearance in ITV sitcom "Benidorm" playing Gloria.
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Brimstone and Treacle Brimstone and Treacle is a 1976 BBC television play by Dennis Potter. Originally intended for broadcast as an episode of the "Play for Today" series, it remained untransmitted until 1987. The play, featuring Denholm Elliott, was made into a film version (released in 1982) co-starring Sting.
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Gideon's Daughter Gideon's Daughter is the second of two linked BBC television dramas written & directed by Stephen Poliakoff.
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Sharpe's Enemy (TV programme) Sharpe's Enemy is a British television drama, the fourth of a series that follows the career of Richard Sharpe, a British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. This episode is based on the novel of the same name by Bernard Cornwell.
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Galton and Simpson Ray Galton OBE (born 17 July 1930), and Alan Simpson OBE (27 November 1929 – 8 February 2017), were an English comedy scriptwriting partnership. They met in 1948 whilst recuperating from tuberculosis at the Milford sanatorium, near Godalming in Surrey. The sitcom "Get Well Soon" (co-written by Galton) concerns their shared experiences at the facility. They are best known for their work with comedian Tony Hancock on radio and television between 1954 and 1961, and their long-running television situation comedy, "Steptoe and Son", eight series of which were aired between 1962 and 1974.
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Bernard and the Genie Bernard and the Genie is a 1991 British fantasy comedy-drama television film directed by Paul Weiland and written by Richard Curtis. Co-produced by Attaboy and Talkback for BBC Television, the film was first shown on BBC1 on 23 November 1991. A comic fantasy that takes its inspiration from "The Book of One Thousand and One Nights", it follows Alan Cumming as an art dealer who is not having a good day.
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Birds of a Feather Birds of a Feather (commonly abbreviated to BOAF) is a British sitcom originally broadcast on BBC One from 16 October 1989 to 24 December 1998, then revived on ITV on 2 January 2014. Starring Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph, it was created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, who also wrote some of the episodes along with many other writers.
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Maggie (1981 UK TV series) Maggie is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1981 and 1982. It was based on a quartet of books written by Joan Lingard during the 1970s – "The Clearance", "The Resettling", "The Pilgrimage" and "The Reunion".
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Joan the Wad Joan the Wad is a mythological character in Cornish folklore. She is the Queen of the Piskeys, which are tiny mythical creatures usually associated with the counties of Cornwall and Devon in England.
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Drama Connections Drama Connections is a BBC One documentary series which looks at the stories behind the production of some of Britain's most popular drama television programmes, showing how they tie in with the production of other drama shows (hence the name). The shows feature interviews with some of the cast and crew of the subject programme, as well as classic footage from the series.
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Jane Eyre (1973 miniseries) Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre (1847) has been the subject of numerous television and film adaptations. This 1973 four-hour literary version was a BBC television drama serial. It was directed by Joan Craft and starred Sorcha Cusack and Michael Jayston.
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House of Hancock House of Hancock is an Australian mini-series, part 1 aired on the Nine Network on 8 February 2015 and the 2nd part on 15 February.
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Heavy Weather (film) Heavy Weather is a television film by Douglas Livingstone based on the novel "Heavy Weather" by P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975), set at Blandings Castle. It was made by the BBC and WGBH Boston, first screened by the BBC on Christmas Eve 1995 and shown in the United States on PBS's "Masterpiece Theatre" on 18 February 1996.
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Prime Suspect Prime Suspect is a British police procedural television drama series. It stars Helen Mirren as Jane Tennison, one of the first female Detective Chief Inspectors in Greater London's Metropolitan Police Service, as she rises to rank of Detective Superintendent whilst confronting the institutionalised sexism that exists within her job.