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Esmonde and Larbey were a British television screenwriting duo, consisting of John Gilbert Esmonde (21 March 1937 – 10 August 2008) and Robert Edward Larbey (24 June 1934 – 31 March 2014), who created popular sitcoms starting from the mid-1960s until the mid-1990s such as Please Sir!, The Good Life, Get Some In!, Ever Decreasing Circles ...
- 1965–2005 (as collaboration)
- Screenwriter
Apr 6, 2014 · Sun 6 Apr 2014 10.37 EDT. Bob Larbey, who has died aged 79, was renowned as a television sitcom and screenplay writer with his professional partner John Esmonde for 30 years: they wrote The...
- Michael Coveney
Oct 3, 2007 · Created by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, The Good Life's four series from 1975-8 are remembered, according to the Britain's Greatest Sitcom poll, as our 9th favourite laugh. Constantly...
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Mulberry is a fantasy sitcom written by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey that aired on BBC 1 in the early 1990s. Mulberry ran for two series: the first series of six episodes ran from 24 February to 30 March 1992, and the second series of seven episodes ran from 8 April to 25 May 1993.
- 13
- BBC 1
- 24 February 1992 –, 25 May 1993
Apr 5, 2014 · The co-writer of classic BBC sitcom The Good Life, Bob Larbey, has died at the age of 79, his agent has confirmed. The 1970s show about a self-sufficient couple and their suburban neighbours was...
Apr 5, 2014 · Bob Larbey, the co-writer of BBC sitcom The Good Life, has died aged 79, his agent has confirmed. The 1970s hit show about two neighbouring suburban couples was one of the prolific scriptwriter’s...
John Esmonde and Bob Larbey have unquestionably been responsible for some of British comedy's best loved programmes. From the comfort of suburbia in The Good Life to the darker world of Mulberry, the writers have given us some of the most memorable characters on television.
