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- {{Short description|British radio and television comedy scriptwriter}} ...url=http://www.bob-block-scriptwriter.co.uk/first_1.html |title=Bob Block, comedy scriptwriter |date= |accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref>3 KB (438 words) - 14:15, 23 January 2023
- '''John Law''' (11 November 1929 – 5 January 1970) was a British comedy writer for television, who created the [[Class sketch]] for ''[[The Frost R He wrote for many TV comedy series, including ''[[It's a Square World]]'' and ''[[The Frost Report]]'',2 KB (236 words) - 14:54, 22 December 2022
- '''''Twice a Fortnight''''' is a 1967 British sketch comedy television series with [[Terry Jones]], [[Michael Palin]], [[Graeme Garden] ...ref>''From Fringe to Flying Circus'' – 'Celebrating a Unique Generation of Comedy 1960-1980' – Roger Wilmut, Eyre Methuen Ltd, 1980.</ref>2 KB (267 words) - 00:12, 27 January 2023
- ...n''' and '''Dick Hills''', were a British partnership of television comedy writers, at their highest profile during the 1960s. ...er of radio scripts whilst Hills was still employed there, and then became writers for Dave King's radio show and then of [[Dave King (actor)|Dave King]]'s TV4 KB (650 words) - 14:00, 25 February 2023
- {{About|the British television series|the Australian radio series|The Idiot Weekly}} | writer = [[Dave Freeman (British writer)|Dave Freeman]], [[John Junkin]], [[Spike Milligan]], [[Terry Nation3 KB (377 words) - 19:03, 27 September 2024
- ...anised as a co-operative which involved many leading comedy and television writers of the 1950s and 1960s.<ref>Graham McCann. ''Spike & Co.: Inside the House ...[[Shepherd's Bush|Shepherd's Bush]]. Sykes was then writing for the radio comedy series ''[[Educating Archie]]'' starring [[Peter Brough]] and his ventriloq3 KB (474 words) - 13:53, 18 March 2023
- {{Short description|British dramatist and radio producer}} ...dio producer best known for the [[w:BBC|BBC]] [[w:Radio|Radio]] [[w:Comedy|Comedy]] series ''[[The Men from the Ministry]]''.3 KB (419 words) - 18:03, 27 December 2022
- | genre = [[Comedy]] * [[Paul Alexander (British writer)|Paul Alexander]]3 KB (320 words) - 08:04, 4 September 2024
- {{Short description|Former British production company}} '''Grant Naylor''' was the [[w:pseudonym|collective name]] used by writers [[w:Rob Grant]] and [[w:Doug Naylor]] for their collaborative work, includi3 KB (473 words) - 15:48, 24 January 2023
- ...tableworks = ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'', ''Hancock'' (1954–1961)<br />''[[Comedy Playhouse]]'' (1961–63, 1974)<br />''[[Steptoe and Son]]'' (1962–74). ...ing ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'' (1954–1961), the first two series' of ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]'' (1961–1963), and ''[[Steptoe and Son]]'' (1962–1974).5 KB (669 words) - 15:50, 22 December 2022
- ;[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] ;[[British Comedy Awards]]13 KB (1,742 words) - 15:48, 23 January 2023
- {{Short description|British television scriptwriter}} | nationality = [[w:British people|British]]4 KB (526 words) - 17:12, 26 January 2023
- | distributor = [[w:British Lion Film Corporation|British Lion]] ...later – when the couple finally move in, the story is a noisy but wordless comedy of errors, as the incompetent labourers struggle to complete the house.3 KB (396 words) - 20:12, 8 February 2023
- '''''Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead''''', is a British comedy radio sketch show, first broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4|BBC Radio 4]] in 1971. ...used by Ronnie Barker to submit material without using his own name. Other writers for the series included [[Jim Eldridge]], [[Spike Milligan]] and [[Harold P3 KB (422 words) - 08:52, 10 February 2023
- | nationality = British | notableworks = ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'', ''Hancock'' (1954–1961)<br>''[[Comedy Playhouse]]'' (1961–63, 1974)<br>''[[Steptoe and Son]]'' (1962–74)8 KB (1,111 words) - 12:05, 6 February 2023
- | genre = [[Comedy]] ...1969 British comedy series combining elements of [[sitcom]] and [[Sketch comedy|sketch show]], which starred [[Ronnie Barker]]. It was made for the [[ITV (6 KB (704 words) - 12:07, 15 February 2023
- .../4ce2b8cf5b3e3|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 February 2020|title=All Star Comedy Carnival (1972)|website=BFI}}</ref> [[Category:British variety television shows]]4 KB (570 words) - 11:11, 24 August 2024
- | writers = {{ubl|[[Geoffrey Orme]]|Con West}} | studio = [[British National Films]]3 KB (365 words) - 17:01, 25 February 2023
- | occupation = Comedy scriptwriter ...dwin''' (19 July 1929 – 26 February 1975) was a radio and television comedy [[w:scriptwriter|scriptwriter]] and actor, best known for his writing partn4 KB (495 words) - 14:16, 24 January 2023
- ...ork=The Telegraph|date=23 April 2021|access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref> was a British playwright, screenwriter and actor. ...ony Marriott at the Film Reference website]</ref> A [[No Sex Please, We're British (film)|film version]] starring [[Ronnie Corbett]] was released in 1973.3 KB (416 words) - 18:18, 8 January 2023