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David Nobbs
Orpington, Kent, England, UK
David Gordon Nobbs (13 March 1935 – 8 August 2015) was an English comedy writer, most notable for writing the 1970s television series The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, adapted…
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David Gordon Nobbs (13 March 1935 – 8 August 2015) was an English comedy writer, most notable for writing the 1970s television series The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, adapted from his own novels. Nobbs was born in Orpington, Kent. Following an education at Marlborough College and St John's College, Cambridge, he worked as a reporter for The Sheffield Star, before starting his career in comedy as a writer for That Was the Week That Was in the early 1960s. He wrote for many of Britain's comedy performers over the years, including Kenneth Williams, Frankie Howerd, Les Dawson, and The Two Ronnies. Nobbs created the sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976–79), adapted from his own novels, which 'told the story of a man living an escapist fantasy in response to the mundanity of his daily commute'. Nobbs also wrote the comedy-drama programme A Bit of a Do (1989) and the Henry Pratt series of novels, the fourth of which, Pratt à Manger, was published in 2006. His novel It Had to be You was published in 2011.
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2009
Reggie Perrin
TV show Writer
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2008
Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus
Movie Self
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2001
Gentlemen's Relish
Movie Writer
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1996
Cuts
Movie Writer
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1996
The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
TV show Writer
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1994
Love on a Branch Line
TV show Adaptation
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1993
Stalag Luft
Movie Writer
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1991
Rich Tea and Sympathy
TV show Writer
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1984
The Hello Goodbye Man
TV show Writer
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1983
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Movie Screenplay
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1983
Reggie
TV show Creator
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1982
The Funny Side of Christmas
Movie Writer
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1982
Dogfood Dan and the Carmarthen Cowboy
Movie Writer
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1981
Plays for Pleasure
TV show Writer
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1980
The Glamour Girls
TV show Writer
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1978
Send in the Girls
TV show Writer
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1978
The Les Dawson Show
TV show Writer
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1976
Our Young Mr. Wignall
Movie Writer
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1976
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
TV show Writer
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1975
Dawson's Electric Cinema
Movie Writer
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1974
Les Dawson's Christmas Box
TV show Writer
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1974
Sounds Like Les Dawson
Movie Writer
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1973
Our Kid
TV show Writer
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1973
Whoops Baghdad
TV show Writer
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1971
The Two Ronnies
TV show Writer
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1967
ITV Playhouse
TV show Writer
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1962
That Was the Week That Was
TV show Writer
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1956
Armchair Theatre
TV show Writer
