Who wrote the British television sitcom with seven series being broadcast between 1981 to 1991, 16 sporadic Christmas specials, and a 'Comic Relief special', recorded as part of the 1997 appeal which features the final appearance of Uncle Albert?
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Comic Relief special The "Comic Relief special" was an edition of the BBC sit-com, "Only Fools and Horses", recorded as part of the 1997 Comic Relief appeal. It was first screened on 14 March 1997. It was chronologically set before the 1996 Christmas trilogy. This special was the final appearance of Uncle Albert.
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Only Fools and Horses Only Fools and Horses is a British television sitcom created and written by John Sullivan. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1981 to 1991, with sixteen sporadic Christmas specials aired until the end of the show in 2003. Episodes are regularly repeated on UKTV comedy channel Gold, Yesterday and occasionally repeated on BBC One.
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Birds of a Feather Birds of a Feather (commonly abbreviated to BOAF) is a British sitcom originally broadcast on BBC One from 16 October 1989 to 24 December 1998, then revived on ITV on 2 January 2014. Starring Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph, it was created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, who also wrote some of the episodes along with many other writers.
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Bony (TV series) Bony is an Australian television series made in 1992. The series of 13 episodes followed on from a telemovie made in 1990. The series was criticised for casting a white man (Cameron Daddo) as the title character Detective David John "Bony" Bonaparte, under the tutelage of "Uncle Albert", an elderly Aborigine played by Burnum Burnum. Bony was supposed to be a descendent of the Bony character created by Arthur Upfield in dozens of novels from the late 1920s until his death in 1964.
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The Goodies (TV series) The Goodies is a British television comedy series shown in the 1970s and early 1980s. The series, which combines surreal sketches and situation comedy, was broadcast by BBC 2 from 1970 until 1980 — and was then broadcast by the ITV company LWT for a year, between 1981 and 1982.
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Eric Christmas Eric Cuthbert Christmas (19 March 1916 – 22 July 2000) was a British stage and screen actor, with over 40 films and numerous television roles to his credit. He was well known for his role as Mr. Carter, the principal of Angel Beach High School, in the 1982 hit comedy "Porky's", the 1983 sequel "" and the 1985 sequel "Porky's Revenge!". He was also well known for his sporadic role as Reverend Diddymoe in the NBC sitcom, "Amen".
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On the Buses (series 7) The seventh and final series of "On the Buses" originally aired between 26 February 1973 and 20 May 1973, beginning with "Olive's Divorce". The series producer was Bryan Izzard. Various people wrote the episodes of this series. Arthur Rudge never appears in this series and Stan Butler only appears until halfway through the series.
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The Squirrels (TV series) The Squirrels is a British television sitcom, written by Eric Chappell, who went on to create the Yorkshire Television sitcoms "Rising Damp" and "Only When I Laugh". It ran for 3 series and 28 episodes and was made and broadcast from 1974 to 1977 on the ITV network, by ATV. Phil Redmond, the creator of the soap opera "Brookside", was also a writer for the series.
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Galton and Simpson Ray Galton OBE (born 17 July 1930), and Alan Simpson OBE (27 November 1929 – 8 February 2017), were an English comedy scriptwriting partnership. They met in 1948 whilst recuperating from tuberculosis at the Milford sanatorium, near Godalming in Surrey. The sitcom "Get Well Soon" (co-written by Galton) concerns their shared experiences at the facility. They are best known for their work with comedian Tony Hancock on radio and television between 1954 and 1961, and their long-running television situation comedy, "Steptoe and Son", eight series of which were aired between 1962 and 1974.
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Full English (TV series) Full English is a British animated sitcom created by Jack Williams, Harry Williams and Alex Scarfe for Channel 4. The programme is produced by Two Brothers Pictures. It parodies and satirises various popular entertainment personalities in the United Kingdom.
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Tom, Dick and Harriet Tom, Dick and Harriet is a British sitcom that was broadcast for two series from 1982 to 1983. It was created by the sitcom writing team of Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke, and it starred veteran actor Lionel Jeffries in one of his few television roles, only seven months after his previous TV sitcom role in "Father Charlie", Ian Ogilvy (who had a few years before been cast as Simon Templar a.k.a. The Saint in "Return of the Saint"), and Brigit Forsyth (best known for her role as Thelma Ferris in "The Likely Lads"/"Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?").
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Christmas Crackers (Only Fools and Horses) "Christmas Crackers" is the first Christmas special episode of the BBC sit-com, "Only Fools and Horses", first screened on 28 December 1981, three days after Christmas. It is the first episode to run over 30 minutes, but not the first feature-length.
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Spitting Image Spitting Image is a British satirical puppet show, created by Peter Fluck, Roger Law and Martin Lambie-Nairn. The series was produced by 'Spitting Image Productions' for Central Independent Television over 18 series which aired on the ITV network. The series was nominated and won numerous awards during its run including 10 BAFTA Television Awards, including one for editing in 1989 and two Emmy Awards in 1985 and 1986 in the Popular Arts Category.
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Romany Jones Romany Jones is a British sitcom made by LWT, It starred Arthur Mullard and Queenie Watts as Wally and Lily Briggs and was broadcast between 1973 and 1975, The show was originally designed as a vehicle for James Beck (Private Walker in "Dad's Army"), involving the comic misadventures of two layabout families living on a caravan site.
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Jimmy Clitheroe James Robinson Clitheroe (24 December 1921 – 6 June 1973), popularly known as Jimmy Clitheroe, was an English comic entertainer. He is best remembered for his BBC Radio programme, "The Clitheroe Kid" (1956-72), a version of which was produced for television on the ITV network under the title "Just Jimmy" (1964-68).
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Lollipop Loves Mr Mole Lollipop Loves Mr Mole is a British television sitcom written by Jimmy Perry and produced by ATV Midlands. Thirteen episodes were produced in two seasons of six and seven episodes respectively. The first episode was broadcast on October 25 1971.
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Roy Clarke Royston (Roy) Clarke OBE (born 28 January 1930) is an English comedy writer best known for creating the sitcoms "Last of the Summer Wine", "Keeping Up Appearances", "Open All Hours" and its sequel series, "Still Open All Hours".
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The Aunty Jack Show The Aunty Jack Show was a Logie Award–winning Australian television comedy series that ran from 1972 to 1973. Produced by and broadcast on ABC-TV, the series attained an instant cult status that persists to the present day.
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Funnybones Funnybones (Welsh: Y Sgerbyde) is a Welsh/British children's television comedy series, which originally aired in Welsh on S4C, and English on BBC One, from 29 September to 15 December 1992. It was based on the eponymous series of nine storybooks, by Janet and Allan Ahlberg, which were illustrated by André Amstutz, and focused on the adventures of a gang of skeletons who were the eponymous "Funnybones". There was "Big Funnybone" (whose catchphrase was "Good idea."), "Little Funnybone" (who was the brains of the group), "(White, White) Dog ("These Bones") Funnybone" (whose catchphrase was "Woof.") and "(Black, Black) Cat" (whose catchphrase was "Meow."). Each of the show's twelve episodes was five minutes in length. The voices were provided by popular comedian Griff Rhys Jones, who also sang the theme song as the "Moon Man".
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Dodger, Bonzo and the Rest Dodger, Bonzo and the Rest was a television drama series which centered on the lives of Michael "Dodger" Dolan and his sister, Carol (Bonzo) who were part of a large foster family in London. It was aired in the early evenings on the ITV channel's Children's ITV. There were two series of six episodes between 1985 and 1986 plus a Christmas Special which aired on 22 December 1986. The Christmas Special would be the final episode of the series.
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Filthy Rich &amp; Catflap Filthy Rich & Catflap is a BBC sitcom produced in 1986 and broadcast in 1987. The series featured former "The Young Ones" co-stars Nigel Planer, Rik Mayall, and Adrian Edmondson as its three title characters. It was written by Ben Elton (with additional material credited to Mayall), and produced and directed by Paul Jackson (who also directed "The Young Ones"), with film sequences directed by Ed Bye. The show's music was written by Peter Brewis. One series consisting of six half-hour episodes was produced.
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Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? is a British sitcom which was broadcast between 9 January 1973 and 9 April 1974 on BBC1. It was the colour sequel to the mid-1960s hit "The Likely Lads". It was created and written, as was its predecessor, by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. There were 26 television episodes over two series; and a subsequent 45-minute Christmas special was aired on 24 December 1974.