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Roy Bottomley was born on July 21, 1933 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), Special Branch (1969) and Man at the Top (1970). He was married to Patti Bottomley. He died on November 28, 2011 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK.
- July 21, 1933
- November 28, 2011
Roy Bottomley, former national newspaper journalist, television news editor, producer and writer of television comedy, drama and documentaries, was involved in every This Is Your Life edition from when the series began broadcasting on ITV in 1969 until 1995.
Not On Your Nellie was created by Roy Bottomley and Tom Brennand and was based on a stage play that they had written for Baker in the frame of the Nellie Pledge character. Bottomley and Brennand were two of the regular writers for Nearest and Dearest , but were not the series creators ("Nearest" was created by Vince Powell and Harry Driver and ...
Roy Bottomley was representative of a breed of journalists who exchanged newspapers for television in the 1960s. He became an industrious contributor to comedy and drama, fiction and factually based entertainment, as a writer and producer.
Indeed there was. The first subject of This Is Your Life on Thames Television was - literally - staring me in the face. And from a wheelchair. His name was Harry Driver. With his writing partner Vince Powell he created such television comedy gems as For the Love of Ada and Nearest and Dearest (for which I was later to co-write both TV and film).
Nov 30, 2011 · OLDHAM-born Roy Bottomley, who wrote and created some of Britain’s most successful television shows, has died aged 78. “This Is Your Life”, “Nearest and Dearest” and a TV adapation of John Braine’s novel “Man at the Top” were among his many television credits.
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