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SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. 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 ...
In 1995 Esmonde and Larbey decided to call their partnership quits. It was entirely amicable, due mainly to Esmonde's desire to spend more time in Spain. He still lives there and concentrates on writing novels. "It was totally amicable." says Bob Larbey of the split. "We were kind of headed in different directions in our personal lives.
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Friends since childhood, John Esmonde (born John Gilbert Esmonde in Battersea, London, on 21 March 1937) and Bob Larbey (born in Clapham, London in 1934) began writing comedy material together as a means of escape from the dull routine of their office jobs. Four years of effort and rejection ensued, but by 1965 a number of their jokes and ...
Apr 8, 2014 · Larbey and Esmonde were on a roll again with Brush Strokes (1986-91), featuring Karl Howman as a womanising decorator. Then, in Mulberry (1992-93), Howman starred as the manservant to Geraldine ...
- Anthony Hayward
Friends since childhood, John Esmonde and Bob Larbey began writing comedy material together as a means of escape from the dull routine of their office jobs. Four years of effort and rejection ensued, but by 1965 a number of their jokes and sketches began to appear on BBC radio shows. With a foot in the door, television work soon followed.
Aug 10, 2008 · Esmonde and Larbey. 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 .
Apr 7, 2014 · Bob Larbey died on Monday 31st March 2014, aged 79. His comedy legacy includes beloved titles such as Please Sir!, Ever Decreasing Circles, The Good Life, As Time Goes By, Brush Strokes, On The Up, A Fine Romance, The Other One, Mulberry, Get Some In! and many more. His writing partner for many series, John Esmonde, died in 2008.
