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He played the upper crust English character Mr Cholmondley-Warner in spoof 1940s government documentaries in Harry Enfield's Television Programme with excessive Received Pronunciation. His voices for Spitting Image included Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh , weather forecaster Ian McCaskill , Melvyn Bragg , Oliver Reed , South African State ...
Harry Enfield's Television Programme was written by Enfield, Whitehouse, Charlie Higson and Geoffrey Perkins and broadcast on BBC2.The original series titles began with Enfield in a black suit walking towards the camera and blowing two raspberries to the music of a brass band, standing still while the camera showed the upper half of his right side, then flipped to the left side, then ...
Henry Richard Enfield (born 30 May 1961) [1] is an English comedian. He is known in particular for his television work, including Harry Enfield's Television Programme and Harry & Paul, and for the creation and portrayal of comedy characters such as Kevin the Teenager, Loadsamoney, Smashie and Nicey, The Scousers, Tim Nice-But-Dim and Mr "You Don't Want to Do It Like That".
Wade has been retired from a highly successful career on the airwaves for several years. But his other job — once woven in between his radio work, and ongoing now — is, literally, “magic!”
The BBC accent of the 1950s is distinctly different from today's: a news report from the 1950s is recognisable as such, and a mock-1950s BBC voice is used for comic effect in programmes wishing to satirise 1950s social attitudes such as the Harry Enfield Show and its "Mr. Cholmondley-Warner" sketches. [105] [106]
Sybil Rachel Betty Cecile Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley CBE (/ ˈ tʃ ʌ m l i / CHUM-lee, born Sybil Rachel Betty Cecile Sassoon; 30 January 1894 – 26 December 1989), styled Countess of Rocksavage from 1913 to 1923, was a British socialite, patron of the arts, and Chief Staff Officer in the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) during the Second World War.
Marina Hanbury. Much like her sister, Marina married into aristocracy. She tied the knot with Edward Lambton, 7th Earl of Durham, who is 21 years her senior, in 2011.
George Henry Hugh Cholmondeley, 4th Marquess of Cholmondeley (1858–1923), grandson of Third Marquess and son of Charles George Cholmondely; George Horatio Charles Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley (1883–1968) George Hugh Cholmondeley, 6th Marquess of Cholmondeley (1919–1990) David George Philip Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of ...