Clips From A Life

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1960 ‘Consultants and Advisors, BBC TV Light Entertainment’. Left in 1964. Frank stayed on. Bottoms Up!, movie version of Whack-o!, written with Frank and Michael Pertwee. Became one of the founder members of The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain.

1961The Seven Faces of Jim (TV), written with Frank; introduced Richard Briers and Ronnie Barker to TV. The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Contribution to Light Entertainment.

1962More Faces of Jim (TV), written with Frank. Brothers in Law (TV), written with Frank and Henry Cecil.

1963Mr Justice Duncannon (TV), written with Frank and Henry Cecil.

1964How to Be an Alien (TV), written and presented with Frank; based on George Mikes’ book of the same name. The Big Noise (TV), b/w; written with Frank; starring Bob Monkhouse. Hazel Adair and myself joint chairmen of The Writers’ Guild.

1965My Music (radio and couple of seasons on TV) panel game; with Frank, myself, Ian Wallace, David Franklin followed by John Amis, chairman Steve Race. Ran till 1993.

1967At Last the 1948 Show (TV), ‘Script Referee’.

1968The Bliss of Mrs Blossom (movie); written with Alec Coppel; starring Shirley MacLaine, Richard Attenborough; director Joe McGrath. Buona Sera, Mrs Campbell (movie), written with Melvin Frank, Sheldon Keller; starring Gina Lollobrigida, Shelley Winters, Lee Grant, Phil Silvers, Peter Lawford, Telly Savalas; Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.

1969 Wrote The Best House in London (movie); starring David Hemmings, George Sanders; director Phillip Saville.

1970Every Home Should Have One (movie), written with Barry Took and starring Marty Feldman.

1971The Statue (movie), written with Alec Coppel; starring David Niven.

1973Looks Familiar (TV), nostalgia panel game; wrote and presented 195 episodes to 1987 for Thames TV. During this time, wrote cartoon sequence of The Water Babies (movie). Also wrote, under the name of Nicholas Roy, Confessions of a Door to Door Salesman (movie). You Can’t Have Your Kayak and Heat It (book), with Frank; collected My Word! stories.

1974Upon My Word! (book), with Frank (My Word! stories). Take My Word for It (book), with Frank (My Word! stories).

1977It’ll Be Alright on the Night (TV), wrote, selected and presented to 2006. Second It’ll Be Alright on the Night won Silver Rose of Montreux. Its twenty-nine year run, earned me entry in the Guinness Book of Records.

1978 Frank and I jointly won Variety Club Award for Best Radio Personality.

1979The Glums (book), with Frank.

1980 Awarded CBE. Oh, My Word! (book), with Frank (My Word! stories).

1983 Wrote and presented It’ll Be Alright on the Day (TV); all sport cock-ups pre-Cup Final. The Complete and Utter My Word! Stories (book), with Frank.

1984 Royal Variety Show (theatre), introduced Robert Dhéry’s bell-ringer sketch.

1985Coming To You Live (book), behind-the-scene memories of fifties and sixties Television.

1988 Wrote and presented In On the Act (TV), short nostalgia series; with Roy Castle, Bernie Winters and others. Wrote and presented Pick of the Pilots (TV), six episodes; all failed pilot programmes. Wrote and presented With Hilarious Consequences (TV), twenty-one years of Thames Television sitcoms (‘It was the best of Thames, it was the worst of Thames’).

1989You Have My Word (book), with Frank (My Word! stories).

1991 Selected, wrote and presented Denis Norden’s Laughter File (TV); ran till 2005.

1992 Wrote and presented Denis Norden’s Trailer Cinema (TV); one-off.

1993 Selected, wrote and presented Laughter by Royal Command (TV); based on Royal Variety Shows.

1995 Selected, wrote and presented 40 Years of ITV Laughter (TV); three sixty-minute programmes. Wrote and presented Legends of Light Music (radio).

1996 Selected, wrote and presented A Right Royal Song and Dance, based on Royal Variety Shows.

1999 The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Comedy Award for Lifetime Achievement.

2000 Royal Television Society Lifetime Award.

2006 Wrote and presented All the Best (TV); farewell round-up programme.