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Bowler was a British situation comedy television show written by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, starring George Baker, Fred Beauman, Renny Lister and Gretchen Franklin, about a London gang boss determined to improve his social standing. Bowler was produced by London Weekend Television and aired during 1973.
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Brush Strokes was a British situation comedy television show following the exploits of an amorous, but charming, London painter and decorator ('Jacko' played by Karl Howman) and his eccentric employer ('Lionel' played by Gary Waldhorn). Brush Strokes was created by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey and produced by the BBC. Brush Strokes ran from 1986 to 1991.
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City Lights was a British situation comedy television show starring Gerard Kelly, Andy Gray and Jan Wilson in a story about a Scottish bank clerk determined to make it as a novelist. City Lights was written by Bob Black and screened by BBC from 1987 to 1991.
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Please Sir was a British situation comedy television show set in an east London school, written by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, starring John Alderton, Deryck Guyler, David Barry, Peter Cleall, Peter Denyer, Malcolm McFee, Liz Gebhadt and Joan Sanderson, about a naive school teacher and his unruly class of secondary school students. Please Sir was aired from 1968 to 1971.
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The Old English Sheep Dog or bob-tailed sheep dog (also known as the drover' s dog or cow dog) is an English breed of dog formerly used in southern England as a sheep dog and in Sussex for bringing in cows to be milked (hence the alternative name of cow dog). The dogs are coloured blue or steel- grey and have a large square head and small bright eyes. The body is large and heavy and densely coated with a harsh, broken wavy coat, and no tail.
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The Virginia Quail or Bob-white (Ortyx virginianus) is a bird of the subfamily Odontophorinae. It is found in the eastern United States and receives its name from the note of the male. It is partridge-like in its habits.
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Bob Dylan (real name Robert Allen Zimmerman) is an American musician. He was born in 1941 at Duluth, Minnesota.
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Bob Graham was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Florida from 1979 until 1987.
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Bob Martinez was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Florida from 1987 until 1991.
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Pierce Egan was a British journalist. He was born in 1772 and died in 1849. He spent his life reporting races, prize-fights, cock-fights, cricket matches, trials and executions. He achieved great popularity as the author of a series of sketches describing London amusements in Regency times and entitled 'Life in London: or the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn Esq., and his elegant friend, Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis' which was issued in monthly parts from 1821 and illustrated by IR and G Cruikshank.
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