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* Herb Tanney, an actor who starred in various Creator/BlakeEdwards films, was generally credited with a nickname (that starts with 'S') relevant to his role in the film, whatever it was (e.g., in ''Film/{{Sunset|1988}}'' he played a train conductor and was credited as "Steem Tanney", in ''Film/VictorVictoria'' he played a detective and was credited as "Sherloque Tanney", etc.) He has 17 credited appearance according to IMDb ... and in all 17 he is billed by a different nickname starting with S.

* Charlie Brooker's satirical BBC series ''Series/{{Screenwipe}}'' did this, in response to a law in June 2007 that forbid that the studio's shows to have anything happening in the end credits, since the credits may be squashed, stretched or talked over. In Season 4 Episode 2 (October 2007), the episode ran the credits right at the start in full, then cut to a spoof documentary on "corners", hosted by Victoria Coren. Brooker then walked into Coren's scene halfway through, pushed Victoria off-camera and proceeded to rant about the state of British credits. The episode ended with Brooker pointing out that the credits had already been shown, then cut straight to the BBC announcer.

* As of June 2007, BBC-made shows are not allowed to have anything happening in the end credits, since the credits may be squashed, stretched or talked over. In response to this, Charlie Brooker's satirical BBC series ''Series/{{Screenwipe}}'' ran the credits right at the start in full, then cut to a spoof documentary on "corners", hosted by Victoria Coren. Brooker then walked into Coren's scene halfway through, pushed Victoria off-camera and proceeded to rant about the state of British credits. At the end of the episode, Brooker pointed out that the credits had already been shown and unceremoniously -- and abruptly -- ended the show without anything, just cutting straight to the BBC {{continuity announce|ment}}r.