Ray Galton OBE (born 17 July 1930), and Alan Simpson OBE (born 27 November 1929), are British scriptwriters who met in 1948 at a tuberculosis sanatorium on the Isle of Wight. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or T u' b' erculosis Bacillus --> is a common A sanatorium (also sanitorium, sanitarium) is a medical facility for long-term illness typically Tuberculosis. The Isle of Wight is an English Island and county in the English Channel between three and five miles (8 km from the south coast of the 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. Anthony John "Tony" Hancock (born 12 May 1924 &ndash 24 June 1968) was a popular British Actor and Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about two rag and bone men living in Oil Drum Lane a fictional street
In 1955, Galton and Simpson, along with Eric Sykes, Johnny Speight and Spike Milligan formed the cooperative, Associated London Scripts, originally based above a greengrocer's in Shepherd's Bush, West London. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Eric Sykes, CBE (born 4 May 1923 is an English comedy writer and actor Johnny Speight ( 2 June, 1920 &mdash 5 July, 1998) was a TV scriptwriter of many classic British Sitcoms. Terence Alan Patrick Seán Milligan KBE ( 16 April, 1918 &ndash 27 February 2002) known as Spike Milligan, was an Anglo Shepherd's Bush (also Shepherds Bush) is a district of West London in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, situated 4 London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The company was purchased by Robert Stigwood in 1967. Robert Stigwood (born April 16, 1934 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian -born Impresario and entertainment entrepreneur Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar.
Their work with Hancock began in 1954 with Hancock's Half Hour on radio, and the series continued until 1959 on radio, and ran on television between 1956 and 1960, and as Hancock in 1961. Hancock's Half Hour was a ground-breaking and influential BBC Radio comedy series of the 1950s starring Tony Hancock, with Sid James The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hancock broke off his professional relationship with them in October 1961. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
After Hancock, they wrote for Comedy Playhouse, a series of one-off plays for the BBC. Comedy Playhouse was a long running British series of one-off unrelated sitcoms that aired for 120 episodes from 1961 to 1974 One play in the first series, The Offer, was wildly successful, and from this emerged Steptoe and Son (1962-65 and 1969-74), about two rag and bone men, father and son, who live together in a squalid house in West London. Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about two rag and bone men living in Oil Drum Lane a fictional street Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. For the White Stripes song see Rag and Bone. Rag-and-bone man is a British phrase for a Junk dealer London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. This was the basis for the American series Sanford and Son and the Swedish series Albert och Herbert. Sanford and Son is an American Sitcom that premiered on the NBC Television network on January 14 1972, and was broadcast for
Their comedy is characterised by a bleak and somewhat fatalistic tone. Steptoe and Son in particular is, at times, extremely black comedy, and close in tone to social realist drama. Black comedy, also known as black humor or dark comedy, is a sub-genre of Comedy and Satire where topics and events that are usually regarded Social Realism, also known as Socio-Realism, is an Artistic movement, expressed in the visual and other realist arts, which depicts Working class Both the character played by Tony Hancock in Hancock's Half Hour and Harold Steptoe (Harry H. Corbett) are pretentious, would-be intellectuals who find themselves trapped by the squalour of their lives. Harry H Corbett OBE ( 28 February 1925 in Rangoon, Burma – 21 March 1982 in Hastings, This theme was expanded upon in their 1960 script for Tony Hancock's film The Rebel, about a civil servant who moves to Paris to become an artist. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The film The Rebel ( 1961) (US title Call Me Genius) is a satirical Comedy starring the British comedian Tony Hancock Gabriel Chevallier's novel Clochemerle (1934) was adapted by Galton and Simpson as a BBC/West German co-production in 1972. Gabriel Chevallier ( 3 May 1895 – 6 April 1969) was a French novelist widely known as the author of the satire Clochemerle Clochemerle is a 1934 French satirical novel by Gabriel Chevallier. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. They contributed the book to Jacob's Journey, a musical accompaniment to a 1973 production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, which was however soon dropped. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is the second British Musical theatre show written by the team of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
While both writers continued to work solidly after Steptoe and Son ceased broadcasting, including several projects with Frankie Howerd, they had no further high-profile successes. Frankie Howerd OBE (born Francis Alick Howard, 6 March 1917 &ndash 18 April 1992) was a distinctive English Yorkshire Television commissioned a six-part Comedy Playhouse series, broadcast in 1977, featuring leading actors of the time such as Leonard Rossiter and Arthur Lowe. Yorkshire Television is the ITV contractor for the Yorkshire franchise Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Leonard Rossiter ( 21 October 1926 &ndash 5 October 1984) was an English Actor known for his role as Rupert Rigsby Arthur Lowe (22 September 1915 &mdash 15 April 1982 was a BAFTA Award winning English Actor. Though the writers had been tempted over to commercial television by the former Hancock and Steptoe producer Duncan Wood, none of these shows led to another series. Duncan Wood,(1925 in Bristol, England – 1997 was a comedy producer director and writer in Britain. Simpson formally retired from scriptwriting in 1978, concentrating on his business interests, and Galton collaborated in several projects with Johnny Speight. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Johnny Speight ( 2 June, 1920 &mdash 5 July, 1998) was a TV scriptwriter of many classic British Sitcoms.
In 1996 and 1997, comedian Paul Merton revived several Hancock's Half Hour and other Galton and Simpson scripts for ITV to a mixed reception. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Paul James Martin (born 9 July 1957) better known by the Stage name Paul Merton, is an English Actor, Wit Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent Also in 1997, Ray Galton's Get Well Soon, based on his and Simpson's early sanatorium experiences, was broadcast by the BBC. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar
In October 2005 Galton and John Antrobus premiered their play Steptoe and Son in Murder at Oil Drum Lane at the Theatre Royal, York. For the First class cricketer of the same name see John Antrobus (cricketer John Antrobus (born 2 July 1933 in Woolwich, London Steptoe and Son in Murder at Oil Drum Lane is a play written by Ray Galton and John Antrobus that brought the Steptoe and Son saga The play is set in the present day and relates the events that lead to Harold killing his father, and their eventual meeting thirty years later (Albert appearing as a ghost).
Both Galton and Simpson were awarded OBEs in the 2000 Honours list for their contribution to British television. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The British honours system is a means of rewarding individuals' personal bravery achievement or service to the United Kingdom. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic
The successful Scandinavian television series Fleksnes Fataliteter was based on stories written by Galton and Simpson. Fleksnes Fataliteter, commonly known only as Fleksnes, was a Norwegian Television Comedy series produced between 1972 and 1988
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