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I think this is a good one and, with a fair bit of googling, everything works out - but I'm pretty sure 16d should be 2 words.

Agreed about 16 down. Nice puzzle though some of this was way outside my sphere of knowledge!

Quite a foreigner-unfriendly theme; I'd heard of 2 of the 11. Still trying to track one down; without giving too much away, Google gives me a person whose last name sounds just like, but is not spelled the same way (as per Wikipedia) as the theme word. Is that close enough or do I need to keep looking?

I know which one you mean, Buddy as I wondered about that too. There is a person on IMDb who has a 6-letter surname which is thematic and spelled correctly. He appeared in something called Winterstoke House. It's pretty obscure but it's the only one I can find.

Keep looking if it's the one from the comedy series you're thinking of (and a foreigner as regards the overall theme).
I've got one very obscure member (to me) but it fits the bill and, possibly, The Guardian's diversity rules.

Good enough for me! Thanks.

My obscure member has a 9 letter thematic, so it can't be Loge's (but could be a different category altogether).

Yes, the 9-letter one fits with the Grauniad's diversity rules (if I've guessed it right) but that one fits a similar but different category to the one I'm thinking of.

I think we're in the same category, loge - I've found your 6 letter candidate.

I'm not sure the 6 letter version is a stand-alone thematic.