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SPIKE MILLIGAN

Spike Milligan (real name Terence Allan Milligan) was a British comedy writer, broadcaster and actor. He was born in 1918 at Ahmadnagar, India and died in 2002. Spike Milligan was famous for his bizare comedy, first achieving fame with the 1950's British radio programme The Goon Show in which he starred with Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, and Michael Bentine and also wrote the scripts for the show. Serving in the army during the Second World War, Spike Milligan was traumatised by the horrors of war, and this trauma manifested itself in depression he suffered from for the rest of his life. A friend of Prince Charles, who was a devoted fan, Spike Milligan was awarded an honorary knighthood in recognition of the pleasure he had brought so many people in 2001 by Prince Charles.
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ADOLF HITLER - MY PART IN HIS DOWNFALL

Adolf Hitler - My Part In His Downfall is a comedy starring Jim Dale and Spike Milligan in a story about Spike Milligan's reluctant conscription to the British army during the Second World War. Adolf Hitler - My Part In His Downfall was directed by Norman Cohen in 1972.
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ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND

Alice's Adventures In Wonderland is a fantasy starring Fiona Fullerton, Peter Sellers, Hywel Bennett, Michael Crawford, Robert Helpmann, Michael Hordern, Michael Jayston, Roy Kinnear, Spike Milligan, Dudley Moore and Flora Robson in an adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic book.
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland was directed by William Sterling in 1972.
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DIGBY: THE BIGGEST DOG IN THE WORLD

Digby: The Biggest Dog In The World is a comedy starring Jim Dale, Spike Milligan, Angela Douglas and John Bluthal in a story about a sheepdog who eats a potion for making vegetables bigger, and grows enormous.
Digby: The Biggest Dog In The World was directed by Joseph McGrath in 1973.
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THE MAGIC CHRISTIAN

The Magic Christian is a comedy starring Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, Richard Attenborough, Christopher Lee, Spike Milligan, Yul Brynner, Roman Polanski, Raquel Welch, John Cleese, Clive Dunn, Hattie Jacques and John Le Mesurier in a story based upon the book by Terry Southern about the world's richest man devising a plan to see how far people will go in pursuit of money. The Magic Christian was directed by Joseph McGrath in 1969.
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WATCH YOUR STERN

Watch Your Stern is a comedy starring Kenneth Connor, Eric Barker, Leslie Phillips, Joan Sims, Hattie Jacques and Spike Milligan in a story about a seamen who having accidentally destroyed plans for a top-secret torpedo goes to great lengths to cover it up. Watch Your Stern was directed by Gerald Thomas in 1960.
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