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James Hitchmough (21 September 1934 – 11 May 1997) was a TV comedy writer, teacher and academic. He was best known for the long-running television sitcom Watching, but also wrote for Coronation Street and Brookside; and a feature-length TV film The Bullion Boys.
Writer: Coronation Street. Jim Hitchmough was born on 21 September 1934. He was a writer, known for Coronation Street (1960), Brookside (1982) and Screen One (1985). He died in May 1997.
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Oct 10, 2021 · For every long running hit there appears to be an almost never-ending stream of shows that only lasted a single series. However, Watching is firmly in the former camp. The show ran for seven series with fifty-six episodes, all of which were penned by Liverpool based writer Jim Hitchmough.
Jim Hitchmough was a TV comedy writer, teacher and academic. He was best known for creating and writing every single episode of the long-running Granada television sitcom Watching, but also wrote for Coronation Street and Brookside; and a feature-length TV film The Bullion Boys.
Watching is a British television sitcom, produced by Granada Television for the ITV network and broadcast for seven series and four Christmas specials between 1987 and 1993. [1] The series was written by Jim Hitchmough and starred Paul Bown and Emma Wray as mismatched couple Malcolm Stoneway and Brenda Wilson.
Age 89. Gender Male. Birthday September 21, 1934. Known For Writing. Jim Hitchmough was a TV comedy writer, teacher and academic. He was best known for creating and writing every single episode of the long-running Granada television sitcom Watching, but also wrote for Coronation Street and Brookside; and a feature-length TV film The Bullion Boys.
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