- Brian Cooke
Brian Cooke (born in
Liverpool in 1937) is a British comedy writer who, along with co-writerJohnnie Mortimer wrote scripts for and devised many of the top TV sitcoms of the 1970s. "Man About The House ", "George and Mildred " and "Robin's Nest ". All three of which were remade for American television as "Three's Company ", "The Ropers " and "Three's A Crowd ". Cooke also wrote and created the 1980s TV sitcom "Keep it in the Family", starringRobert Gillespie and the 1960s sitcom "Father Dear Father " starringPatrick Cargill . [cite web
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title =BBC Guide To Comedy - Brian Cooke - As a writer
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accessdate = 2007-11-09 ]Starting off as a cartoonist during his term of
National Service , he soon began to sell strips to magazines and newspapers. He met Johnnie Mortimer at a cartoonists convention.They have both also written the screenplays for "
No Sex Please, We're British ", and the movie versions of "Man About The House" and "George and Mildred". [cite web
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accessdate = 2007-11-09 ]He was a writer for the last series of the 1960s hit radio series "
Round The Horne ", and its short running succesor "Stop Messing About ". He had much success in 2003-5 when he revived the format for a theatre tribute show called Round The Horne ... Revisited, which ran in the West End for 15 months and spawned three national tours. In 2004 it was made into a television film, with the original London cast, byBBC Four . [cite web
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accessdate = 2007-11-09 ]References
External links
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20060517225820/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/c/cooke_brian.shtml List of shows written by Brian Cooke] (source: BBC)
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/cinema/features/round-the-horne.shtml BBC Four interview with Brian Cooke]
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