Denis Mostyn Norden (born February 6, 1922 in Hackney, London) is an English comedy writer and television presenter. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and A presenter, or host (sometimes hostess, in feminine form is a Person or Organization responsible for running an event
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ITV shows
Norden is nowadays best known to television audiences for his two occasional ITV shows. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent
- It'll be Alright on the Night, which consists of out-takes from film and television linked by witty comments and has run since 1977. It'll be Alright on the Night is a long-running British television Bloopers show screened on ITV and produced by London Weekend Television Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Much of the material from the early episodes was used on Dick Clark's "Bloopers" specials which aired on NBC a few years later. Richard Wagstaff "Dick" Clark (born November 30, 1929) is an American Television, Radio personality, Game show host The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's A couple of mid-1980s editions featured several home video clips; these were soon dropped as such material was spun-off into the long-running You've Been Framed (1990-) as camcorders become more commonly owned. A camcorder is a portable Consumer electronics device for recording Video and audio using a built-in recorder unit You've Been Framed (or All New You've Been Framed) is the name of a British television show produced by Granada Television for
- Denis Norden's Laughter File, which showcases spoof adverts, real foreign adverts, practical jokes, live television mistakes, and other various items, which, as he once put it, "tickled our fancies, just when they needed tickling". These items are virtually everything that is discovered when researching material for Alright on the Night that aren't out-takes, and thus cannot be shown on that show. They are collectively known as 'oddities'. This show has been running since 1991. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar.
Aside from this success, he has had a long and distinguished career as a scriptwriter and radio and TV personality, frequently partnered by Frank Muir. Frank Herbert Muir (5 February 1920 - 2 January 1998 was an English Comedy writer radio and television personality and raconteur
Early life & career
Educated at the City of London School with Kingsley Amis, Norden "was considered to have a fine academic brain" and was well regarded by his peers. The City of London School ( CLS) is a boys' Independent school on the banks of the River Thames in the City of London. Sir Kingsley William Amis, CBE ( April 16, 1922 &ndash October 22, 1995) was an English Novelist,
Upon leaving school he worked as a stagehand. A stagehand is a person who works backstage or behind the scenes in theatres film television or location performance He then managed a theatre at the age of 17 and organised variety shows. Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one A variety show or variety entertainment is an entertainment made up of a variety of acts especially Musical performances and Comedy Skits and His writing career began in the RAF during World War II for troop shows, following which he wrote material for comedian Dick Bentley, before meeting Frank Muir, who wrote for Jimmy Edwards, in 1947. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Charles Walter (Dick Bentley (14 May 1907 – 27 August 1995 born in Melbourne, Australia was a Comedian and Actor. Jimmy Edwards DFC ( 23 March 1920 &ndash 7 July 1988) was an English comedic script writer and comedy actor on both Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Their first joint venture was the radio show, Take It From Here, which they scripted from 1948 to 1959. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Take It From Here (often referred to as TIFH, pronounced &mdash and sometimes humorously spelt &mdash "TIFE" was a British They went on to write many successful radio and television scripts, including Whacko (1956-60) and three series of Faces of Jim (1961-63), both as vehicles for Jimmy Edwards. Whack-O! was a British sitcom TV series starring Jimmy Edwards. Faces of Jim was a Black-and-white British Comedy television series starring Jimmy Edwards, June Whitfield Jimmy Edwards DFC ( 23 March 1920 &ndash 7 July 1988) was an English comedic script writer and comedy actor on both In 1964, their writing partnership broke up, as Muir moved into management with the BBC. Over the next several years, Norden, who had long had a fascination with Hollywood, wrote the scripts for several films, including Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell and The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom. Buona Sera Mrs Campbell is a 1968 American Comedy film directed by Melvin Frank, who co-wrote the original Screenplay with The Bliss of Mrs Blossom is a 1968 British Comedy film directed by Joseph McGrath. While no longer writing with Muir, they continued as something of a double act, and were regular participants in panel shows such as My Word! (1956-90) and My Music (1966-93), first on radio then TV. My Word! was a long-running Radio Panel game broadcast by the BBC on the Home Service (1956-67 and Radio 4 (1967-90 My Music was a radio panel show which premiered on the BBC Home Service on January 3, 1967. Norden also hosted an ITV nostalgia quiz, Looks Familiar. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent
Retirement & legacy
He and his wife Avril have a son, Nick, an architect, and a daughter, Maggie, a radio presenter and lecturer at the London College of Fashion. An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction A radio personality (also known as a radio host or a radio presenter) is a person with an on-air position in radio broadcasting The London College of Fashion is an internationally recognized institution offering Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses in Fashion and related industries
He announced his retirement from his two ongoing ITV shows It'll be Alright on the Night and Denis Norden's Laughter File, on 21 April 2006. Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
A special show was recorded on 14 May 2006 as a 'farewell tour' to all his shows over the years, called All the Best from Denis Norden, which was shown on 2 January 2007. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. As the show's closing credits were shown, the studio audience arose to give Denis a standing ovation, and this was followed by Denis placing his trademark clipboard on his desk, which the camera then zoomed in on to as the credits ended. Closing credits, inside a Motion picture or Television program come at the end of a movie or show and list all the cast and crew involved in the production
James Bond connection
Norden also has a link to the James Bond movie series. James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story In 1965, Norden wrote, narrated and starred in a short featurette jointly made by the Bond producers and The Ford Motor Company. Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following The colour short, entitled "A Child's Guide To Blowing Up A Motor Car", went behind the scenes of an exploding car stunt being filmed for Thunderball. Thunderball (1965 is the fourth Spy film of the British James Bond series, and the fourth to star Sean Connery as the The story of the short is that Norden is taking a young relative on a day out to a movie set. He meets several stars and production team members, but not Sean Connery. Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born August 25 1930) is an Academy Award - Golden Globe - and BAFTA Award -winning Scottish Lost for many years, it is now available on the 'Ultimate Edition' DVD of Thunderball, as released in late 2006. Thunderball (1965 is the fourth Spy film of the British James Bond series, and the fourth to star Sean Connery as the
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