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muriel_volestrangler

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9. The only actor to appear in the top 3 British TV programmes of all time, as voted by professionals
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 12:05 PM
Nov 2020
In 2000 the British Film Institute polled industry professionals to compile a list of what they felt were the greatest British TV programmes ever screened.

Palmer was the only actor to have appeared in all of the top three - Fawlty Towers, Cathy Come Home and Doctor Who.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41311326

That shows his breadth - Cathy Come Home was deadly serious and politically influential.

In Fawlty Towers:

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