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Dictum on television scripts: We don't want it good - we want it Tuesday.

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Denis Norden
Age: 96 †
Born: 1922
Born: February 6
Died: 2018
Died: September 19
Comedian
Screenwriter
Television Presenter
Hackney
Denis Mostyn Norden
Good
Dictum
Tuesday
Scripts
Television

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