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- ↑ "Key Staff". Maverick TV. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ↑ "Meet the CEO & Board". Creative England. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ↑ "Knights Bachelor Knighthoods" (PDF). BBC News. 31 December 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
