The briefs
The writers / writing teams, major credits and their sitcom
starts
Carla Lane, OBE - The Liver Birds,
Butterflies, Bread
Some Day I'll Find Me - Alwyn's (Marsha Fitzallen) midlife
crisis as her marriage to Leo (Simon Tait) breaks down and her teenage
daughter Gwen (Emma Ballantine) becomes infatuated with the idea of
fame.
Laurence Marks & Maurice Gran -
Goodnight Sweetheart, Birds Of A Feather, The New Statesman, Shine On
Harvey Moon
Last Quango In Harris - Robin Crews (Drew Carter-Cain) ships
into civil service 'hell' and island life in the Outer Hebrides and
finds lust with Icelander Freya (Samantha Janus).
Paul Mayhew-Archer - The Vicar
Of Dibley, My Hero, Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps
Good Morning Miss Milton - Helen (Charlotte Palmer) is a sane
teacher in the mad world of an ordinary primary school, about to throw
caution - and a few other things - to the wind for some illicit love
with the school caretaker Colin (Alan Francis).
Sam Bain & Jesse Armstrong - Peep
Show, Days Like These, Smack The Pony
The Old Guys - Pensioners Roy (Melvyn Hayes) and Tom (Don
Warrington) growing old disgracefully, 'getting' God and a prostitute.
Ian Pattison - Rab C Nesbitt, The
Crouches, I, Lovett
Annie's People - Comedy writer Milo (Steve Oram) and his team
on a top sitcom, including old stager Dobbsy (Frank Kelly), are about
to implode amid a welter of acerbic witticisms.
Jonathan Harvey - At 91热爆 With
The Braithwaites, Gimme Gimme Gimme, West End Girls
Love For Sale - Transexual madam Bo (Frances Barber) and her
bordello boys Roy (Danny Tennant), Vinnie (Karl Moffat) and Matt (Andrew
Clover) talk over life, love and oval tables on Question Time.
Trix Worrell - Desmonds, Porkpie
Being Dad - Gambling addict and errant dad Simon (Michael
Wildman) is plunged back into fatherhood when he is 'left holding' teenage
street-talking son Sean (Elliot Barnes Worrall).
James Hendrie & Ian Brown - My
Family, Ant and Dec's revival of The Likely Lads, Have I Got News For
You
Mike Davis PI - private detective Mike (Felix Dexter) and
his floundering business with a chippy but fanciable pa Siobhan (Susan
Earl) and an associate Francis (Peter Wight) who is defecting to the
opposition.
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