Occupation Scriptwriter Name Eric Chappell | Period 1973-1992 Nationality British Role Writer | |
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Notable works The Squirrels (1974-1977)Rising Damp (1974-1978)Only When I Laugh (1979-1982)Misfits (1981)The Bounder (1982-1983)Duty Free (1984-1986)Home to Roost (1985-1990)Singles (1984-1991)Natural Causes (1988)Haggard (1990-1992)Fiddlers Three (1991) Books The banana box, It can damage your health, More duty free TV shows Similar People Leonard Rossiter, Don Warrington, Christopher Strauli, Richard Beckinsale, Reece Dinsdale | ||
Interview: Eric Chappell
Eric Chappell (born 1933, Grantham, Lincolnshire) is an English comedy writer who wrote and co-wrote a number of the UK's biggest sitcom hits during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. His successes include The Squirrels, Rising Damp, Only When I Laugh, The Bounder, Duty Free, Singles, Haggard, Home to Roost and Fiddlers Three.
He also wrote the stage plays The Banana Box (later turned into the sitcom Rising Damp), Only When I Laugh (based on the earlier sitcom), Natural Causes, Theft and Dead Reckoning.
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