Notable British playwright. Started out as a stage playwright, particularly Whitehall farces, with such plays as “Dry Rot”(1958), “Not Now Darling”(1973) and “Simple Spyman”(1958). He later moved into television with productions such as “Are You Being Served?,” “Fresh Fields (for which he was awarded an Emmy in 1984), “The Liver Birds” and “Allo Allo!” (bio by: Kieran Smith)