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Rising Damp writer Eric Chappell dies at 88

The Observer 24 Apr 2022

Dinsdale wrote on Twitter ... Great times!” ... Rising Damp regularly attracted audiences of 18 million ... It was written with Bowles in mind after the success of Only When I Laugh, which starred Bowles, James Bolam and Christopher Strauli as seemingly permanent, hypochondriac hospital patients and Richard Wilson as their longsuffering consultant ... .

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17 British sitcoms that made it to the big screen

Empire 01 Jul 2016

So far we’ve had a new Dad’s Army movie this year – a sit-com already adapted to film with its original cast back in 1971 ... Till Death Us Do Part (1968) ... This film comes early in his long run, and serves as a prequel ... Christopher Strauli – at the time starring in writer Eric Chappell’s next sit-com, the hospital-set Only When I Laugh – took his place ... .

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Book of a Lifetime: Raffles, By EW Hornung

The Independent 10 Nov 2012

I see from the inscription in my Penguin paperback that it was bought on holiday in Ilfracombe, summer of 1976, so I must have been 12 ... But the 1977 Yorkshire TV series with Anthony Valentine as Raffles and Christopher Strauli as Bunny was the most marvellous timing for a 12-year-old already besotted with the book. There it all was.

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Is The Watch just a movie version of Dad's Army?

The Guardian 16 Aug 2012

You may find the new Ben Stiller movie The Watch strangely familiar. But that's not necessarily a good thing. Dad's Army … a relic from a different time. Photograph. Edward Wing / Rex Features ... No ... With Dad's Army, it's the Nazis ... He died a year before filming began, and his replacement Christopher Strauli is slightly posher and much harder to like ... .

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Raffles: Complete Collection DVD Review

m&c; 15 Jun 2010

Arthur J ... The world seems to love Raffles, and he presents a charming persona, but in private he can be sarcastic about the society that dotes upon him.  Bunny Manders (Christopher Strauli) has been a friend of Raffles since school days, and years later Raffles saves him from disgrace and a suicide. ... Raffles ... Hornung. ... .

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How a sitcom a day can keep the doctor away

The Daily Mail 17 Apr 2009

Laughter. Good for you. As anyone who has had a giggling fit can attest, laughter is good for the soul. But a growing body of research suggests it could be a tonic for the body too ... Peter Bowles, Christopher Strauli, James Bolam and Richard Wilson in the hospital sitcom, Only When I Laugh ... Dr Berk said ...   Share this article.. Comments (0).

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Moody contemplations under doctor's orders

Scotsman 14 Oct 2003

James Bolam's crumpled abashment pointed to haemorrhoids or some such; Peter Bowles's sidelined rouÃ© was presumably suffering what discreet advertisements in newspapers used to describe as the "negative effects of youthful indiscretions"; while Christopher Strauli, too ...

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Drama & Dance

Belfast Telegraph 31 May 2002

Co. Antrim. The Auditorium, Larne Friday 24 May @ 7.45pm. The Good Old Days. Larne Concert Choir and St. MacNissi?s DS (Larne Tourist Information Centre) ... Crazy Bears Comedy Show (Free) ... 028 94428000 ... Co ... ... Starring Ian Lavender, Henry McGee, Louise Jameson and Christopher Strauli ... Co ... Starring Ian Lavender, Henry McGee, Louise Jameson and Christopher Strauli.

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Waiting in the wings

Scotsman 03 Jan 2002

But in between, perhaps more conventionally, the Kings offers tried and tested fare like Arnold Godfrey from Dads Army Ridleys creaking spooker The Ghost Train with TV-familiar faces Ian Lavender, Henry McGee, Judy Cornwell and Christopher Strauli and Ira Rosemarys Baby Levins thriller Deathtrap, with David Soul and Susan Penhaligon ... .

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Bunny stolen from gentleman thief

BBC News 22 Jun 2001

By the BBC's William Gallagher ... It's the story of an educated upper class man who is admired and envied by all who know him and yet who is also a crook on the quiet ... But if he looked innocent it was because he really was and Christopher Strauli played him as a nervous, earnest young man alongside Anthony Valentine's mix of charm and menace ... .