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- ↑ "BFI Screenonline: Milligan, Spike (1918-2002) Biography". Screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ↑ Spike Milligan, Peace Work, ISBN 9780718135331, 1992
- ↑ "Archived copy". www.nationaljazzarchive.org.uk. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2022.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
