Sheila Hancock
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Sheila Cameron Hancock OBE (born 22 February 1933) is an English actress and author.Sheila Hancock was born in Blackgang on the Isle of Wight, the daughter of Ivy Louise (ne Woodward) and Enrico Cameron Hancock, who was a publican. Her sister Billie is seven years older (and worked as a variety artist until retiring to Antibes in 2003 at the age of 79). After wartime evacuation, Hancock attended Dartford County Grammar School and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.She worked in repertory during the 1950s and made her West End debut in 1958, replacing Joan Sims in the play Breath of Spring.
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Sky Arts shows it means business
With its Playhouse Presents plays, live opera and a new series starring Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm, Sky Arts is increasingly moving up the must-watch list.
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Sky Arts: New look, new faces, new home and an even bigger contribution to the arts
Sky Arts is to become even bigger and bolder with a range of ground breaking new programmes, innovations and projects for 2012. Supported by a trebling of the channel’s budget, Sky Arts is set to inspire and engage with even more customers, whether on-screen through ambitious new programming, or on the ground through its support of arts projects and emerging British artists.
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On the Buses writer Ronnie Wolfe dies, aged 89
Ronnie Wolfe, the writer of hit ITV sitcom On the Buses, died on Sunday, aged 89, after a fall on Thursday at a respite home in London.
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Sir Terry Wogan to join Just a Minute line-up
Former Radio 2 breakfast host will join long-running Radio 4 comedy series when it returns next month.
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Miriam O'Reilly case: winners and losers
The former Countryfile presenter was vindicated in her claims, while BBC bosses will have to overhaul selection procedures.
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Poirot star David Suchet made a CBE in New Year honours list
Stars from middle England's TV favourites TV's Little Dorrit, Rag Trade and Last of the Summer Wine among those awarded.
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Sheila Hancock gets her lifetime honour, eventually
Hancock given lifetime achievement award at Women in Film and TV Awards, hosted by Julie Walters.
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Lifetime award for Carry On and EastEnders actor Sheila Hancock
Women in Film and Television honours 77-year-old for her 'outstanding and lasting' contribution to her trade.
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It's audiences who make and break TV stars l Maggie Brown
The Miriam O'Reilly and BBC tribunal fails to discuss that TV is show business and there's no magic formula for success.
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Jay Hunt: 'It didn't cross my mind' that four women would lose jobs
Former BBC1 controller claims at Miriam O'Reilly tribunal that she did not foresee the impact of Countryfile revamp.
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