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Dick Sharples (7 June 1927 – 19 October 2015) was a British TV scriptwriter of British sitcoms. He has also written novels, plays and drama series (for both television and radio).
Jan 16, 2016 · Dick Sharples: Award-winning scriptwriter who was best known for the hit sitcoms ‘In Loving Memory’ and ‘Hallelujah!’ He wrote a Western novella, but was told to spice up his second; it ...
Richard Sharples was born in Manchester on 7 June 1927 and began his professional career as a cartoonist for a local advertising firm. He wrote his first novel, a Western called 'The Man Who Rode by Night' whilst still a teen-ager and in 1955 went to work as a writer for the recently-formed ITV network.
- Writer, Script And Continuity Department
- June 7, 1927
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- October 19, 2015
Nov 3, 2015 · Comedy writer Dick Sharples has died at the age of 88, it has been confirmed. A prolific scriptwriter, his most successful work was perhaps In Loving Memory, an ITV sitcom set amidst a struggling undertakers' business in 1930s Yorkshire, starring Christopher Beeny and Thora Hird.
Nov 2, 2015 · Dick Sharples, who has died aged 88, was a prolific scriptwriter who ranged from sitcoms to soaps and wrote several books, including a pastiche of Peter Mayle’s bestselling A Year in Provence,...
Oct 24, 2015 · Dick Sharples, founder member of WGGB and a lifelong supporter and activist, died on Monday 19 October 2015, aged 88, after a short illness. Dick’s career as a TV writer went right back to the launch of ITV.
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A prolific British writer whose work ranged from sitcoms and soaps to books and film screenplays, Sharples’ best known work was the blackly comic sitcom In Loving Memory (1969-1986) starring Thora Hird.
