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[[File:once_upon_a_time_in_the_west_country_3275.jpg|frame|link=http://www.b3ta.com/challenge/britishamerica/page10|Yeah, it's [[Blatant Lies|kinda like]] [[Once Upon a Time In The West|that]].]]
[[File:once_upon_a_time_in_the_west_country_3275.jpg|frame|link=http://www.b3ta.com/challenge/britishamerica/page10|Yeah, it's [[Blatant Lies|kinda like]] [[Once Upon a Time in the West|that]].]]


'''Cause I got a bran' new combine 'arvester an' I'll give you the key!''
'''Cause I got a bran' new combine 'arvester an' I'll give you the key!''
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* Edgar Wright: The director of ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'' and ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'' was born in Poole, Dorset, but grew up Wells, Somerset.
* Edgar Wright: The director of ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'' and ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'' was born in Poole, Dorset, but grew up Wells, Somerset.
* Home to the ''[[Midsomer Murders]]''.
* Home to the ''[[Midsomer Murders]]''.
* [[Karen Gillan|Amy Pond]] in ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' was born in Scotland and moved to a village about twenty miles out of Gloucester when she was a kid.
* [[Karen Gillan|Amy Pond]] in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' was born in Scotland and moved to a village about twenty miles out of Gloucester when she was a kid.
** Jon Pertwee received some of his education in Dorset, although he was born in Chelsea.
** Jon Pertwee received some of his education in Dorset, although he was born in Chelsea.
** [[Billie Piper]] was born in Swindon.
** [[Billie Piper]] was born in Swindon.
* [[John Cleese (Creator)|John Cleese]] of ''[[Monty Python]]'' and ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'' was born in Weston-super-Mare in Somerset and was educated in Bristol.
* [[John Cleese]] of ''[[Monty Python]]'' and ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'' was born in Weston-super-Mare in Somerset and was educated in Bristol.
* [[Star Wars|David Prowse]] was also born in Somerset and educated in Bristol too, Vader as a farmer, eh.
* [[Star Wars|David Prowse]] was also born in Somerset and educated in Bristol too, Vader as a farmer, eh.
* Since [[Trip Hop]] got started in Bristol, its early creators embody this: [[Massive Attack]], [[Portishead]] (named after their hometown) and [[Tricky]] (from Knowle West).
* Since [[Trip Hop]] got started in Bristol, its early creators embody this: [[Massive Attack]], [[Portishead]] (named after their hometown) and [[Tricky]] (from Knowle West).
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* How could we forget Archie Leach (AKA [[Cary Grant]]), born and raised in Bristol.
* How could we forget Archie Leach (AKA [[Cary Grant]]), born and raised in Bristol.
* The members of [[XTC]] are from Swindon.
* The members of [[XTC]] are from Swindon.
* Stephen Merchant makes yet another comedian, co-writer of ''[[The Office]]'' and ''[[Extras]]'' (with a small part in the first, and larger part in the second) and also voiced Wheatley in ''[[Portal 2 (Video Game)|Portal 2]]''.
* Stephen Merchant makes yet another comedian, co-writer of ''[[The Office]]'' and ''[[Extras]]'' (with a small part in the first, and larger part in the second) and also voiced Wheatley in ''[[Portal 2]]''.
* Although [[Terry Pratchett]] was born in Buckinghamshire, his family moved to Somerset when he was a child and he's spent much of his adult life in Somerset and then Wiltshire.
* Although [[Terry Pratchett]] was born in Buckinghamshire, his family moved to Somerset when he was a child and he's spent much of his adult life in Somerset and then Wiltshire.


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