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Brian Cooke | |
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Born | Brian Cooke 1937 (age 87–88) Liverpool, Lancashire England |
Occupation | Scriptwriter |
Nationality | British |
Period | 1968–1990 |
Genre | Television sitcom |
Notable works | Father, Dear Father (1968–1973) Alcock and Gander (1972) Man About the House (1973–1976) George and Mildred (1976–1979) Robin's Nest (1977–1981) Keep It in the Family (1980-1983) Let There Be Love (1982–1983) Tom, Dick and Harriet (1982–1983) Tripper's Day (1984) Full House (1985–1986) Slinger's Day (1986–1987) Close to Home (1989–1990) |
Brian Cooke (born 1937) is a British comedy writer who, with co-writer Johnnie Mortimer, penned scripts for and devised many top 1970s/80s television sitcoms, including Man About the House , George and Mildred , and Robin's Nest . [1]
Cooke also wrote and created the 1980s TV sitcom Keep It in the Family , starring Robert Gillespie and the late-1960s/early-1970s sitcom Father, Dear Father starring Patrick Cargill. [2] Man About the House, George and Mildred, Robin's Nest, and Keep It in the Family were remade for American television as Three's Company , The Ropers , Three's a Crowd and Too Close for Comfort .
He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire (now Merseyside). 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 also wrote the screenplays for the film version of the play No Sex Please, We're British , and the movie versions of their series Man About the House and Father Dear Father. [3]
Earlier in his career, Cooke was a writer for the last series of the 1960s radio series Round the Horne and its short-lived successor Stop Messing About . He had much success in 2003-5 when he revived the format for a theatre tribute show, 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, by BBC Four. [4] Stop Messing About was also turned into a stage play in 2009.
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