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Terence Rattigan Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan, CBE (10 June 191130 November 1977) was a British dramatist. He was one of England's most popular mid twentieth century dramatists. His plays are typically set in an upper-middle-class background. He is known for such works as "The Winslow Boy" (1946), "The Browning Version" (1948), "The Deep Blue Sea" (1952) and "Separate Tables" (1954), among many others.
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Roald Dahl Roald Dahl ( , ] ; 13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and fighter pilot. His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide.
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Colin Dexter Norman Colin Dexter, OBE (29 September 1930 – 21 March 2017) was an English crime writer known for his "Inspector Morse" series of novels, which were written between 1975 and 1999 and adapted as an ITV television series, "Inspector Morse", from 1987 to 2000. His characters have spawned a sequel series, "Lewis", and a prequel series, "Endeavour".
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Michael Arditti Michael Arditti is an English writer. He has written eight novels to date, including "Easter", "The Enemy of the Good", "Jubilate" and "The Breath of Night". He has also written a collection of short stories, "Good Clean Fun", is a prolific literary critic and an occasional broadcaster for the BBC. Much of his work has explored issues of spirituality and sexuality, and he has been described by Philip Pullman as ‘Our best chronicler of the rewards and pitfalls of present day faith’.
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Robert Fabian Robert Honey Fabian (31 January 1901 – 14 June 1978) was an English police officer, who rose to the rank of Detective Superintendent in the Metropolitan Police. After retirement from the force, he worked as crime writer. His work was dramatised in the BBC drama series, "Fabian of the Yard", based on his book of the same name (in reference to New Scotland Yard). Each episode ended with an epilogue in which Fabian described the real-life case on which the preceding story had been based. He subsequently wrote a somewhat salacious but revelatory account of Soho's vice trade in "London After Dark"..
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Cause Célèbre (play) Cause Célèbre or A Woman of Principle is a 1975 radio play by the English author Terence Rattigan. It was inspired by the trial of Alma Rattenbury and her teenage lover in 1935 for the murder of her third husband Francis Rattenbury and first broadcast on the BBC on 27 October 1975. Alma was played by Diana Dors. Rattigan was then commissioned to rewrite it into a stage play ready to be produced in Autumn 1976, but his terminal cancer and casting problems meant he was only able to start work in January 1977, alongside Robin Midgely. This stage version premiered on 4 July 1977 at Her Majesty's Theatre in London.
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David Coke David Arthur Coke, DFC, ( ; 4 December 1915 – 9 December 1941) was a flight lieutenant in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War, and is credited with 2 destroyed, 2 probables and 2 damaged aircraft during his service. He is known in popular culture for his friendship with the author Roald Dahl while serving in the Royal Air Force.
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Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat "Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat" is a short story by Roald Dahl that first appeared in the 1959 issue of "Nugget". The story is Dahl's variation on a popular anecdote dating back at least to 1939: a married woman receives a glamorous mink coat from a man with whom she had an affair. She hopes to sneak the coat into her home without arousing her husband's suspicions, but soon discovers that her husband has plans of his own.
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Terence Frederick Mitchell Terence Frederick Mitchell (3 May 1919 – 1 January 2007), commonly known as T. F. Mitchell, was a British linguist and Professor of Linguistics and Phonetics at the University of Leeds.
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Gerard Kelly Gerard "Gerry" Kelly (born Paul Kelly; 27 May 1959 – 28 October 2010) was a Scottish actor who appeared in many comedies, including "City Lights", "Rab C Nesbitt", "Scotch and Wry" and "Extras". He had more serious roles as well, including PC David Gallagher in "Juliet Bravo" (1982), the villainous Jimmy in "EastEnders" (1994) and the villainous Callum Finnegan in "Brookside" (1997–2000).
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Giant Rat of Sumatra The Giant Rat of Sumatra is a fictional giant rat, first mentioned by Arthur Conan Doyle in "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire". As part of the tale, the protagonist, Sherlock Holmes, declares that there is a "story" connected with this rat, presumably a detective case he has handled. The name of the rat and its implied unpublished history were later used in works by many other writers.
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Terence Feely Terence Feely (20 July 1928 – 13 August 2000) was a British screenwriter, playwright and author. Though his work has spanned five decades, he is perhaps best remembered as the creator of the ITV drama series "The Gentle Touch" (1980–84).
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Ratan Lal Basu Ratan Lal Basu (Bengali: রতন লাল বসু; born 23 December 1948) is an economist and English fiction author from Kolkata, India.
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Neck (short story) "Neck" is a short story by Roald Dahl. It first appeared in the 1953 collection "Someone Like You".
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Edward John Thompson Edward John Thompson (9 April 1886 – 28 April 1946) was a British scholar, novelist, historian and translator. He is remembered for his translations from Bengali into English and his association with Rabindranath Tagore, on whom he wrote two books including a critical biography.
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Terry Duggan Terry Duggan (15 April 1932 – 1 May 2008) was a comedian and actor who had a successful career in cabaret and variety and played numerous character roles on television.
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Pixie Davies Pixie Davies is an English child actress who has starred in many notable films and TV series, including "Roald Dahl's Esio Trot", "The Secret of Crickley Hall," "Humans", and "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children".
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Terence Beesley Terence Beesley is an English actor and writer. He was born in London in September 1957 to Irish parents and trained at the City Lit in London in 1980 and then the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He is married to Scottish actress Ashley Jensen (2007).
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My Uncle Oswald My Uncle Oswald is an adult novel written by Roald Dahl.
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Ronald Sinclair Ronald Sinclair (21 January 1924 – 22 November 1992), born Richard Arthur Hould and sometimes credited as Ra Hould or Ron Sinclair, was a child actor from New Zealand, turned film editor.
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Tales of the Unexpected (short story collection) Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected is a collection of sixteen short stories written by British author Roald Dahl and first published in 1979. All of the stories were earlier published in various magazines, and then in the collections "Someone Like You" and "Kiss Kiss".
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The Witches (1990 film) The Witches is a 1990 British/American dark fantasy horror-comedy film based on the children's novel of the same title by Roald Dahl. It was directed by Nicolas Roeg and produced by The Jim Henson Company for Lorimar Film Entertainment and Warner Bros., starring Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Rowan Atkinson, and Jasen Fisher. It is the last theatrical film to be produced by Lorimar before the company shut down 3 years later in 1993.