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- ...iters attempted to try to break into the US TV market with Green and Hills writing for [[Johnny Carson]].<ref name="THG99"/> Green alone wrote for ''[[The Don ...ck to Britain and the men's partnership broke up. Green remained in the US writing for Johnny Carson, [[Bill Cosby]] and others, but still contributed to Brit4 KB (650 words) - 14:00, 25 February 2023
- ...s for [[w:Jasper Carrott|Jasper Carrott]]. The pair are also credited with writing the lyrics to "[[w:The Chicken Song|The Chicken Song]]" and a number of oth [[Category:Writing duos|Naylor, Grant]]3 KB (473 words) - 15:48, 24 January 2023
- In 2006, Sir [[Ian McKellen|Ian McKellen]], writing in ''[[The Independent|The Independent]]'', named them the tenth best drag [[Category:Television duos]]6 KB (936 words) - 19:13, 16 March 2023
- ...daptation, ''Mrs Silly'', starring [[Maggie Smith]]. Larbey met his future writing partner when they were pupils at Henry Thornton School, South Side, Clapham ...tnership with Larbey might prove more fruitful. Three years of after-hours writing yielded a BBC joint fee of two guineas for the pair in 1965,<ref name="Guar12 KB (1,794 words) - 13:45, 21 January 2023
- The partnership's break in comedy writing came with the [[Derek Roy (comedian)|Derek Roy]] vehicle ''Happy Go Lucky'' On 8 May 2016, the two men were awarded a BAFTA fellowship for their comedy writing.10 KB (1,418 words) - 12:09, 18 February 2023
- ...lwich, London for seven years.<ref name=":0" /> This developed into sketch-writing, with a show entitled ''[[Don't Stop Now - It's Fundation]]''. Before appea ...web|url=http://www.thats.tv/|title=That's TV}}</ref><ref>''Hale and Pace'' writing credits from series three on That's TV weeknights around 10:15pm in March 223 KB (3,421 words) - 08:11, 28 March 2023
- ...would accept the offer from Grade if they could obtain the services of the writing team of [[Dick Hills and Sid Green]], as well as producer Colin Clews.<ref> Initially, there were problems in the working relationship between the two duos; the first scripts were, to Morecambe and Wise, too crowded with people for11 KB (1,718 words) - 12:24, 23 February 2023
- ...cast of the radio comedy series ''[[Educating Archie]]'', Wolfe joined the writing team for the series which [[Eric Sykes]] had created.<ref name="Gaughan"/> ...Chesney soon gave up performing professionally, so that they could form a writing partnership.<ref name="Renard">{{cite web |last=Renard |first=Gail |url=htt24 KB (3,398 words) - 16:39, 27 December 2022
- ...) is an American author residing in London. As she spends most of her days writing, she hires an English butler, Robert Hiller (Sinden), to help run her Chels [[Category:Television duos]]17 KB (2,321 words) - 14:19, 25 February 2023
- ...ardian'', 17 October 2009</ref> They were one of the most prominent comedy duos in [[British popular culture]] and in 1976 were both appointed [[British ho ...dy|tragicomic novel]] about a stand-up comedian. He began to focus more on writing.23 KB (3,453 words) - 12:20, 18 February 2023
- === Writing === ...rie Rowley]]. In addition, Barker used the pseudonym [[Gerald Wiley]] when writing sketches. Barker and Corbett would often structure each show themselves, al37 KB (5,329 words) - 07:59, 11 September 2024
- ...nd their intense and difficult relationship, displayed deeper qualities of writing and performance than comedy fans were used to. [[Category:Television duos]]30 KB (4,523 words) - 14:13, 25 February 2023
- ...e/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/comedians/the-25-best-comedy-duos/peter-cook-and-dudley-moore/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subs ...appeared in the 1966 British comedy film ''[[The Wrong Box]]'', before co-writing and co-starring in ''[[Bedazzled (1967 film)|Bedazzled]]'' (1967) with [[El38 KB (5,603 words) - 23:16, 13 February 2023
- ...te a play, complete with cheap props, shaky scenery and appallingly clumsy writing ("the play what I wrote" became a catchphrase), which would then be acted o [[Category:English comedy duos]]36 KB (5,818 words) - 11:29, 30 August 2024