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* 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]]''.
* 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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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* Home to the ''[[Midsomer Murders]]''.
* Fictional example: Bomber from ''[[Auf Wiedersehen, Pet]]'', portrayed as a Bristolian by Pat Roach (really from [[The Midlands]]).
* ''[[Doc Martin]]'' is set in a small [[Quirky Town|fishing village]] somewhere [[Cornwall]]-ish.