British sitcom or a Britcom is a situational comedy programme produced for British television.
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20 Facts About British sitcom
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Hancock's biographer John Fisher dates the first use of the term 'situation comedy' in British sitcom broadcasting to a BBC memo dated 31 March 1953 from radio comedy producer Peter Eton, suggesting the format as the ideal vehicle for Hancock's comedic style.
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British sitcom is a top executive of a company and lives a bachelor lifestyle.
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The series influenced British sitcom culture, contributing several words and phrases to the English language.
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Dibley received multiple British sitcom Comedy Awards, two International Emmys, and was a multiple British sitcom Academy Television Awards nominee.
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British sitcom became Head of Light Entertainment for London Weekend Television and he launched several shows, including the successful On the Buses, and was instrumental in launching the team that became Monty Python's Flying Circus.
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British sitcom was awarded the lifetime achievement award at the 2010 British Comedy Awards.
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British sitcom is the 1996 winner of the BAFTA Dennis Potter Award, the 2010 British Comedy Awards winner, and the 1971 Writers' Guild of Great BritainBest Writer award.
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British sitcom created a television pilot in 2007, entitled Here Comes The Queen, with Jeremy Lloyd, but the show was not continued as a series.
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British sitcom received the 1981 Desmond Davies Award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, for his contributions to the industry.
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British sitcom's autobiography was to be called A Boy's Own Story, but it came out in 2002 under the title A Stupid Boy.
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British sitcom won Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Writer's Guild and at the British Comedy Awards.
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British sitcom collaborated with many stars including Judy Garland, Pearl Bailey, Sammy Davis Jr.
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British sitcom studied composition with Richard Rodney Bennett and Bill Russo.
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British sitcom was in Russo's London Jazz Orchestra and took over running this when Russo returned to the United States in 1965.
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British sitcom later became a busy composer and wrote the score of the musical The Matchgirls.
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British sitcom's collaborators include Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Bjork, and The X Factor.
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British sitcom's arrangements have accounted for fourteen No 1 singles and five double platinum albums in the UK and he has been nominated for a Grammy three times.
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British sitcom is a composer, keyboardist, conductor and pop musician, winning many awards including an Oscar for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score for the comedy film The Full Monty.
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British sitcom shows are sometimes shown on the three commercial television networks in Australia, especially Seven Network during the 1970s.
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