• John Law (writer)
  '''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]]'',
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• Bernard McKenna (writer)
  |genre=Television, comedy, screenwriting ...ducer who has written, or co-written, many hours of [[British television]] comedy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9ef7c424|ti
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• Eddie Braben
  {{Short description|English comedy writer and performer}} | occupation = Comedy writer
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• End of Part One
  {{short description|British television comedy sketch show}} '''''End of Part One''''' is a British [[television]] comedy [[sketch show]] written by [[David Renwick]] and [[Andrew Marshall (writer)
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• Stanley Baxter
  | awards = [[w:British Comedy Awards|British Comedy Awards]]<br />1997 [[w:Lifetime Achievement Award|Lifetime Achievement Awar ...Scotland|BBC Scotland]] and later became known for his British television comedy shows ''[[The Stanley Baxter Show]]'', ''[[The Stanley Baxter Picture Show]
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• Life with the Lyons
  ...mber 1950}} and ended in 1961 was the first [[w:situation comedy|situation comedy]] in the United Kingdom. Writers included [[Jill Allgood]], and [[Bob Block]] who created the BBC television
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• John Wells (satirist)
  ...dramas like ''Casanova'' (1987), an episode of ''[[Lovejoy]]'' (1991) and comedy shows like ''[[Yes Minister]]'', he also wrote television scripts and scree In 1971, with [[John Fortune]], he published the comedy classic ''[[A Melon for Ecstasy]]'', about a man who consummates his love a
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• Tom Sloan (television executive)
  Sloan was born in [[Hertfordshire]], England, the son of a Scottish Free Church Minister, and educated at [[Dulwich College]]. He entered the [ ...impson|Ray Galton and Alan Simpson]], with the idea of a series called ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]''.<ref name="Stevens">{{cite book
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• Born to Be King (Blackadder)
  ...a reward for his service, the [[Royal burgh]]s of [[Roxburgh]], [[Selkirk, Scottish Borders|Selkirk]] and [[Peebles]]. Ignoring the fact that these lands are p ...e Blackadder : The complete and unadulterated history of the creation of a comedy legend|year=2012 |publisher=Preface|location=London|isbn=9781848093461|page
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• Carry On Columbus
  ...r>[[Nigel Planer|Nigel Planer]]<br>[[June Whitfield]]<br>[[Richard Wilson (Scottish actor)|Richard Wilson]] '''''Carry On Columbus''''' is a 1992 [[British comedy|British comedy]] film, the 31st and final release in the [[Carry On (film series)|''Carry
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• Geoffrey Perkins
  {{short description|British comedy writer, producer and actor}} | occupation = Comedy writer, producer and performer
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• Stoke Me a Clipper
  ...Bye]]. It was the first episode to involve a writer other than co-creator/writers [[Rob Grant|Grant]] or Naylor. ...Doug Naylor. To help him with the writing duties he hired a small group of writers. Paul Alexander, a [[Jasper Carrott]] writing regular, was the first one to
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• Mel Smith
  | genre = [[Political satire]] and sketch comedy ...ich grew to be one of the United Kingdom's largest producers of television comedy and light entertainment programming.
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• Ronnie Corbett
  {{Short description|Scottish comedian and writer (1930–2016)}} ...o Ronnies]]''. He achieved prominence in [[David Frost]]'s 1960s satirical comedy programme ''[[The Frost Report]]'' (with Barker) and subsequently starred i
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• Me and My Girl (TV series)
  '''''Me and My Girl''''' is a 1980s [[British television]] [[situation comedy]], starring [[Richard O'Sullivan]], which centred on the challenges faced b Other writers included; [[Bernard McKenna (writer)|Bernard McKenna]] who also served as s
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• Comedy Playhouse
  | image = Comedy Playhouse.jpg ...[[w:anthology series|anthology series]] of one-off unrelated [[w:Situation comedy|sitcoms]] that aired for 120+ episodes from 1961 to 1975. Many episodes lat
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• Kristine Kochanski
  ...is a fictional character from the British [[science fiction]] [[situation comedy]] ''[[Red Dwarf]]''. Kochanski was the first console officer in the [[navig ...link=Red Dwarf |first=Rob |last=Grant |author-link=Rob Grant |first2=Doug (writers) |last2=Naylor |author-link2=Doug Naylor |first3=Ed (director) |last3=Bye |
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• Kryten
  ...nk=Red Dwarf |first=Rob |last=Grant |author-link=w:Rob Grant |first2=Doug (writers) |last2=Naylor |author-link2=w:Doug Naylor |first3=Ed (director) |last3=Bye ...nk=Red Dwarf |first=Rob |last=Grant |author-link=w:Rob Grant |first2=Doug (writers) |last2=Naylor |author-link2=w:Doug Naylor |first3=Ed (director) |last3=Bye
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• Caroline Aherne
  ...er comedy circuit as characters such as Mitzi Goldberg, lead singer of the comedy country and western act the Mitzi Goldberg Experience, and Sister Mary Imma ...the character on his show, where she would spend many years appearing as a comedy [[Advice column|agony aunt]] across the north of England on the [[BBC Night
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• It Sticks Out Half a Mile
  ...g production; however, Lowe's widow had enjoyed the show and persuaded the writers to start again with a new cast. The original pilot was eventually broadcast ...Elphick, [[Bernard Cribbins|Bernard Cribbins]] was cast. [[Richard Wilson (Scottish actor)|Richard Wilson]] and Vivienne Martin appeared in both versions.
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