Television roles included the recurring role of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk in five of the six episodes of The Six Wives of Henry VIII ( 1970 ), the villainous Nasca in Thames Television's Aztec-themed drama The Feathered Serpent ( 1976 – 78 ), a guest starring spot in the comedy series The Goodies in the episode " The Baddies ", as well as episodes of Paul Temple, Dr. Finlay's Casebook, Doomwatch, The Persuaders !, A Family at War, Coronation Street, Softly, Softly: Taskforce, Colditz, Play for Today, Z-Cars, Special Branch, Sutherland's Law, The Sweeney, Jason King, Survivors, Crown Court, Angels, Warship, Van der Valk, Space: 1999, The Onedin Line, All Creatures Great and Small, Only When I Laugh ( Series 2, Total Episode # 9 ), Nanny, Minder, and the first episode of Inspector Morse in January 1987.

In an earlier 1956 episode, the owner of the Long Branch was named Bill Pence.

A later 1956 episode begins with Chester pointing out to Matt ( who had been out of town ) a new sign under the Long Branch Saloon sign stating " Russell & Pence, Proprietors.

" In that same episode, John Dehner portrayed a dubious New Orleans businessman claiming to be Kitty's father, who tried to talk her into selling her half interest in the Long Branch and returning to New Orleans with him as a partner in his alleged freight business.

In another 1956 episode ( involving a new saloon girl named " Rena Decker " who causes four deaths by provoking men into fighting over her ), Miss Kitty identifies herself as half-owner of the Long Branch with Mr. Pence ( played by Judson Pratt ).

Following the episode " Root And Branch ", Jim's ex-wife Deborah moved from Jersey to England and her number of appearances dwindled.

* Dennis Waterman was cast after his performance in the Special Branch episode ' Stand and Deliver '.

*' Thick as Thieves ' episode and ' Special Branch ' episode.

Shaw Island was featured during the fifth season episode " Access " of the political drama The West Wing as the site of a standoff between terrorist suspects and the US government, similar to the Waco, Texas Branch Davidian standoff.

Later in the same episode, Simpson first works with John Shanks, who became the producer of Autobiography, and who had previously worked with Alanis Morissette, Sheryl Crow, and Michelle Branch.

When MacPherson left the series in 2002, his character was killed off, and replaced with DCI Matt Burke, formerly of Special Branch ( played by Alex Norton who had previously appeared in the series playing a murder suspect in the 1986 episode, " Knife Edge ").

The entire episode is an obvious spoof on the 1993 Waco Siege between federal agents ( ATF and FBI ) and cult leader David Koresh and the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas.

' she asked as she was being fired, much to the surprise of viewers, who have been shown little about the characters ' personal lives .< nowiki >"</ nowiki ></ ref > conversation between Southerlyn and Branch in the very last scene of the episode.

He appeared in the TV series Laramie twice, first in 1962 in the episode " A Grave For Cully Brown " as Cully Brown, and in 1963 as Marshal Branch McGary, in the episode " The Marshals.

Both Sewell and Mower later starred as villains in The Sweeney, while Sweeney star Denis Waterman appeared in the 1974 Special Branch episode " Stand and Deliver " as a criminal.

Branch ( episode 196, " Welcome To Matlock ").

In " Branch Closing ", an episode of The Office, Michael Scott sings " Levinson in the morning " to his supervisor, Jan Levinson.

He ended each episode with a short Robot Wars themed poem.

An unfortunate episode in fanzine history occurred in 1981 when Star Wars director George Lucas threatened to sue fanzine publishers who distributed zines featuring the Star Wars characters in sexually explicit stories or art.

In the Star Trek franchise, the books The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh ( Volumes 1 & 2 ), by Greg Cox, detail the fictional Eugenics Wars of the early 1990s – still many years into the future when first mentioned in the episode " Space Seed " in 1967 – giving alternative explanations for real world events such as the Indian nuclear test of 1974 and the violent breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, presenting them as small parts of a single wider conflict.

Boba Fett first appeared in The Star Wars Holiday Special, played by Don Francks ; Francks reprised the role in an episode of Star Wars: Droids.

In 1977, he briefly played Luke on The Donny and Marie Show Star Wars Tribute, and again on an episode of The Muppet Show in 1980.

However, following the success of the science fiction movies Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the planned pilot episode entitled " In Thy Image " was adapted into a theatrical production, Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

episode " Star Koopa ", being a spoof of Star Wars, also had its own parody of Obi-Wan Kenobi called Obi-Wan Toadi.

The 1998 Animaniacs episode " Star Warners ", which spoofed Star Wars, featured Slappy Squirrel portraying a parody of Obi-Wan Kenobi as " Slappy Wanna Nappy ".

These programmes contrast with the simple good-versus-evil dualism of Star Wars, or the ' feel-good ' tone and unconnected episode structure of both early Star Trek and the series ' main contemporary Doctor Who.

One completely written chapter of " Secret Wars " involved the X-Men, but transporting the X-Men cast to L. A. ( where production for the Spider-Man animated series was based ) from Canada ( where the X-Men animated series was based ) was too costly in the previous episodes the X-Men appeared in, so the episode was dropped and only Storm was used for the rest of the chapters of Secret Wars due to the fact that Iona Morris ( who was the first voice of Storm ) lives in L. A. Hulk and She-Hulk weren't used in these episodes because the Hulk show was on UPN.

* Cave Fraggles-Deep in the caves of Fraggle Rock lives another group of Fraggles that are known to other Fraggles as Cave Fraggles ( as shown in the episode " Fraggle Wars ").

** Beige Fraggle ( performed by Richard Hunt )-One of the Cave Fraggles from the second season Fraggle Rock episode " Fraggle Wars ".

In the season 10 ( 2006 ) episode " Cartoon Wars Part II ", Cartman, planning to exploit the public's fear of terrorism, seeks to get the Fox television series Family Guy, a program he despises, permanently removed from the airwaves when Fox plans to air an episode despite its inclusion of a cartoon likeness of Muhammad.

Bracknell Forest Borough Council's offices at Time Square in Market Street were featured in an episode of Road Wars on 4 February 2010 when a pursuit ended in the carpark.

The stage walls were designed so that they could be projected outward into the audience, making room for a catwalk that was used in shows such as the 1998 episode Stripper Wars !.

Brickfilms have also been released commercially own their own, one very well known brickfilm that has been on DVD and sold to the public is Jericho: The Promise Fulfilled, a 30-minute-long film made by Shatter Point Entertainment, and Wars Of Humanity episode I and II.

Some of Knight's personal items appeared in an auction during the debut episode of A & E's Storage Wars, and a vault full of items ( including a coat ) was purchased by featured buyer Barry Weiss.

Remaining items from Knight's personal property were auctioned in the first episode of Storage Wars on A & E, which aired on December 1, 2010.

Ackbar was prominently featured in a sketch during Robot Chicken: Star Wars, a 2007 episode of the stop motion animated television series Robot Chicken dedicated entirely to Star Wars parodies.

* " The Deposition " ( The Office ), an episode of The Office ( US TV series )

Spader was one of a number of prominent guest stars in " Search Committee ," the final episode of season 7 of The Office.

Spenser was a former State trooper assigned to the Suffolk County DA's Office ( although some novels state that he also worked out of the Middlesex County DA's Office, for example in Walking Shadow and the pilot episode of Spenser: For Hire said he was a Boston Police detective ), and regularly seeks help from ( or sometimes butts heads with ) Martin Quirk ( originally a lieutenant, later a captain ) of the Boston Police Department.

* " Survivor Man ", an episode of the American sitcom The Office

* " Andy's Play ", the third episode in the 7th season of The Office, centers around Andy Bernard's role in a local musical production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

*" The Sting " ( The Office ), a 2010 episode from the seventh season of the series

* In an episode of NBC's series The Office, Michael Scott tries to sell his subordinates on what he does not realize to be a pyramid scheme.

* In The Office episode " Diversity Day ," Michael signs his diversity form with Daffy's name.

* " The Client " ( The Office ), an episode of the television series The Office

The opening is also referenced by Rainn Wilson in the DVD commentary of The Office episode entitled " Performance Anxiety ".

* The Alliance ( The Office episode ), an episode of the television series The Office

* In the U. S. television series The Office episode " Woman's Appreciation ", it is revealed that Michael and Jan's safeword is " foliage ".

In the Emmy Award-nominated episode " Gay Witch Hunt " of The Office, Michael inadvertently outs Oscar to the whole office.

* " PDA " ( The Office ), an episode from the 7th season of the U. S. version of The Office

A popular reference to poker tells also appeared in the episode " Casino Night " of the U. S. television-series The Office: Dwight believes that Jim coughs every time he has a strong hand, but Jim really coughs only to make Dwight fold, because Jim knows that Dwight believes that coughing is Jim's tell.

The Yes, Prime Minister episode " A Victory for Democracy " lampoons the Foreign Office bureaucracy's control of Britain's foreign policy.

The episode, where Hacker is kept in the dark by the Foreign Office but can make an informed decision thanks to a conversation with the Israeli ambassador, is partly based on an actual incident narrated to Lynn by his uncle Abba Eban.

A small Post Office in east Penge was the location for Part 2 of The Stolen Policeman ( series 8, ep. 11 ) and Series 8 episode 13 opens: