• Alan Simpson (scriptwriter)
  | genre = Television ...|access-date=10 February 2017}}</ref> The latter became the basis for the American series ''[[Sanford and Son]]''<ref>{{cite news |last=Gibson |first=Owen |t
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• Norman Hudis
  ...7 July 1922 – 8 February 2016) was an English writer for film, theatre and television, and is most closely associated with the first six of the ''[[Carry On (fra ...n the Middle East writing for ''Air Force News''. Like many other post-war writers his first foray into entertainment was writing for camp concerts. After the
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• John Wells (satirist)
  ...vejoy]]'' (1991) and comedy shows like ''[[Yes Minister]]'', he also wrote television scripts and screenplays, such as ''[[Princess Caraboo (film)|Princess Carab ...est End hit, toured the UK and was [[Anyone for Denis? (video)|adapted for television]]. Wells also played Denis Thatcher in the Bond movie ''[[For Your Eyes Onl
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• Dick Vosburgh
  {{Short description|American-British comedy writer and lyricist}} | nationality = American<!-- use only when necessary per [[WP:INFONAT]] -->
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• Neil Shand
  '''Neil Hodgson Shand''' (3 March 1934 – 14 April 2018) was a British television comedy writer.<ref name="BBC15042018">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk ...-own-material-but-no-one-writer-can-feed-the-massive-appetite-of-a-regular-television-series-own-slot-meets-some-of-the-other-men-behind-the-mouth-1462809.html |
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• Johnny Speight
  | genre = Television '''Johnny Speight''' (2 June 1920 – 5 July 1998) was an English television scriptwriter of many classic British [[sitcom|sitcoms]].
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• Ian La Frenais
  |genre=Television ...r his creative partnership with [[Dick Clement]]. They are most famous for television series including ''[[The Likely Lads]]'', ''[[Whatever Happened to the Like
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• Dick Clement
  | genre = Television ...own for his writing partnership with [[Ian La Frenais|Ian La Frenais]] for television series including ''[[The Likely Lads]]'', ''[[Whatever Happened to the Like
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• Dave Freeman (British writer)
  | occupation = Film and television screenwriter '''David Freeman''' (22 August 1922 – 28 March 2005) was a British film and television writer, working chiefly in comedy.
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• Charles Chilton
  | television = ....blogspot.com/2008/07/eagle-writers-charles-chilton-1917.html |title=Eagle Writers – Charles Chilton (1917 – ) |date=30 July 2008 |work=eagle-times.blogsp
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• Mel Smith
  | medium = Film, television ...kback]], which grew to be one of the United Kingdom's largest producers of television comedy and light entertainment programming.
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• Bill Waddington
  ...ved stardom as the [[pompous]] ex-serviceman [[Percy Sugden]] in [[Granada Television]]'s long-running [[soap opera]] ''[[Coronation Street]]''.<ref name=":0">{{ ...'. In 1955 Bill was chosen for the [[Royal Variety Performance]], and when American stars such as [[Frankie Laine]], [[Lena Horne]], [[Billy Daniels]] and [[Do
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• Marty Feldman
  ...n Awards|British Academy Television Awards]] including [[w:British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance|Best Entertainment Performance]] i ...n worked on the scripts for ''[[Educating Archie]]'' in both its radio and television incarnations, with [[Chesney and Wolfe|Ronald Chesney]] and later, Ronald W
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• Blake Edwards
  {{short description|American filmmaker (1922–2010)}} ...(born '''William Blake Crump'''; July 26, 1922 – December 15, 2010) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor.
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• Terry Nation
  ...elsh screenwriter and novelist. Especially known for his work in [[British television science fiction]], he created the [[Dalek]]s and [[Davros]] for ''[[Doctor ...e 1950s, Nation worked with [[John Junkin]] and [[Johnny Speight]] for the writers' agency [[Associated London Scripts]],<ref name="screenonline.org.uk"/> whe
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• Alan Melville (writer)
  ...nson Family'' serial about an ordinary family in London on the BBC's North American Service. In 1941 he enlisted in the [[RAF]] where he reached the rank of [[ ...'' and a panelist in ''[[What's My Line?]]'' He wrote and appeared in many television programmes, among them ''A to Z'', which ran for two years (1957–58) and
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• Dave King (actor)
  ...2</ref> The next year he turned to singing, while continuing to perform on television. During the seaside summer season of 1956 he performed at the [[Winter Gard ...changed. ''Dave's Kingdom'' ran on ITV in 1964, again made by [[Associated Television|ATV]], but was less successful than King's earlier TV work.<ref name="Leigh
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• Graham McCann
  ...Mesurier]], [[Woody Allen]] and [[Terry-Thomas]], and books about British television comedy such as ''[[Dad's Army]]'', ''[[Yes, Minister]]'', ''[[Only Fools an ...s of expertise is American culture, and in 1993 he lectured on "Aspects of American Culture" at the university.<ref name="Inglis2004">{{cite book|last=Inglis|f
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• Kenny Lynch
  Much of Lynch's material was self-written, but he also covered songs by writers of the [[Brill Building (genre)|Brill Building]].<ref name="AMG"/> ...Black]]'s No. 5 UK hit "Love's Just a Broken Heart", in collaboration with American songwriter [[Mort Shuman]].<ref name="AMG"/> "You'd Better Believe It" (co-
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• Sid James
  | medium = Stage, television, film ...Half Hour]]'', first in the radio series and later when it was adapted for television and ran from 1954 to 1960. Afterwards, he became known as a regular perform
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