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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 ...
Apr 11, 2014 · Bob Larbey co-wrote with his professional partner John Esmonde some of Britain’s most popular television sitcoms, most memorably The Good Life (1975-78). Amiable and easy-going, Larbey was at school with Esmonde in south London just after the war.
Sep 17, 2014 · Esmonde and Larbey were at the top of their game while writing Ever Decreasing Circles: they went straight from that to Brush Strokes. Bob, meanwhile, had started writing on his own, and already had 26 episodes of A Fine Romance to his name.
Mar 6, 2020 · Esmonde, who died in 2008, aged 71, and Larbey, in 2014, aged 79, were experienced enough to take it on the chin when one of their efforts bombed.
Sep 6, 2020 · Firstly, it was conceived of and written by the greatly-admired partnership of John Esmonde and Bob Larbey. They not only had an impressive track record in general, but their most recent show had been The Good Life , a phenomenally popular sitcom that attracted up to 16m viewers each week.
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.
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John Gilbert Esmonde (21 March 1937 – 10 August 2008) and Bob Larbey (born Robert Edward John Larbey on 26 June 1934) were a British television comedy scriptwriting duo from the 1960s to the 1990s, creating popular situation comedies such as Please Sir! and The Good Life.
