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Michael Bates (I)

  • British
  • Actor

Michael Bates features

It Ain't Half Hot Mum. Image shows left to right: Bombardier 'Gloria' Beaumont (Melvyn Hayes), BSM Geoffrey 'Shut Up' Williams (Windsor Davies), Gunner 'Lofty' Sugden (Don Estelle) Features

Comedy Rewind: It Ain't Half Hot Mum ain't half funny

Sunday 5th January 2025

Broadcaster Georgy Jamieson explores It Ain't Half Hot Mum, the 1940s-set sitcom that Jimmy Perry and David Croft labelled their favourite and funniest work.

The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC Features

Comedy Rewind: Ev'rybody down! - The Navy Lark at 65

Sunday 31st March 2024

Now less celebrated than a number of its contemporaries, we revisit long-running, wildly popular service sitcom The Navy Lark, with a host of big-name stars.

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