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  Joan Le Mesurier, wife of the Dad’s Army star John Le Mesurier who had a turbulent affair with Tony Hancock – obituary

  Joan Le Mesurier, who has died aged 90, was a vivacious divorcee in 1960s London but cast as a femme fatale when she married the actor John Le Mesurier and embarked on a notorious affair with his best friend, the comedian Tony Hancock, which ended with his suicide in Australia. She had only been married to John Le Mesurier for six months when she took up with Hancock in 1966. Le Mesurier was a popular character actor, familiar from many 1950s British film comedies, who was about to find lasting

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  Yahoo Movies UK

  BBC puts 'discriminatory language' warning on 'Dad's Army' movie

  The BBC has added a warning of 'discriminatory language' to the 1971 movie of Dad's Army.

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  Yahoo Movies UK

  The tragic life of 'Dad's Army' star John Le Mesurier

  Despite the fame, adulation and fortune that came his way while playing Wilson, Le Mesurier’s life was sadly filled with heartache and tragedy.

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  Yahoo Celebrity UK

  UKTV will not censor anti-German jokes in remakes of lost 'Dad's Army' episodes

  'Dad's Army' fans will get a new and uncensored version of the show's lost episodes.

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  The Telegraph

  Goodwood Festival of Speed: the Duke of Richmond selects his highlights of the first 25 years

  As I meet him ahead of this weekend’s Festival of Speed, the Duke of Richmond (formerly Lord March) is immaculate; freshly barbered, a well-cut brown linen suit, with matching socks and shoes shined like conkers, even his retro tortoiseshell spectacles match. For an ordinary bloke, this is an impossible standard, especially in the heavily ornamented main library of Goodwood House.

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  The Telegraph

  The Italian Job at 50: celebrating the classic Mini crime caper

  The Italian Job was released on the 5th June 1969 and became the 14th most popular British film of that year. The number one feature was Carry On Camping.

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  The Independent

  Dad's Army: Full cast announced for remake of lost episodes

  The cast for the Gold's new episodes of Dad’s Army has been revealed. Robert Bathurst, Mathew Horne and David Hayman are all slated to star in the comedy series, which originally ran from 1968 to 1977 and focused on the British Home Guard during the Second World War. Cribbins was previously confirmed in the role of Private Godfrey, originally played by Arnold Ridley.

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  The Independent

  Dad's Army at 50: Beloved Home Guard sitcom about waiting for a fight that never came celebrates half-century

  Dad’s Army, the BBC’s classic sitcom about hapless recruits to the Home Guard, braced to defend our fair isles from Nazi invasion, celebrates its half-century on 31 July. The women and children of Walmington-on-Sea could rest easy in their beds knowing the south coast town was under the protection of Captain Mainwaring (Arthur Lowe) and his band of rigorously drilled veterans, armed to the (false) teeth and ready to see off the Teutonic hordes at a moment’s notice. The adventures of Sergeant W

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  The Guardian

  Parliament Boycott could be a winner

  If the hat fits? Geoffrey Boycott for PM, reckons John Saunders. Photograph: Anthony Upton/Rex Features

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  The Telegraph

  Exclusive interview: Henry Blofeld reveals why he felt it was time to hang up his mic 

  Exclusive interview: Henry Blofeld reveals why he felt it was time to hang up his mic 

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