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The Masters of Sitcom Ray Galton and Alan Simpson are two of the most influential and celebrated television scriptwriters of our time. This book gives a tribute to their career in comedy, written in collaboration with Galton and Simpson themselves and with access to their personal archive of scripts. Full description
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Review
Comedy without Galton and Simpson would be like literature without Dickens. (Harry Enfield)
An excellent guide to two of Britain's sitcom pioneers. A must-buy for fans of classic comedy. (Paul Merton)
Galton and Simpson are The Beatles of British comedy - they changed everything. (Frank Skinner)
In Christopher Stevens their achievements have found a perceptive and sympathetic chronicler (Sunday Express)
Breathtakingly funny (Matt Lucas and David Walliams)
Descriptive and informative narrative written by an obvious enthusiast of their work (Tony Hancock Archives Newsletter)
About the Author
Christopher Stevens is a television critic, author and journalist. He began working as a journalist in 1983 and currently holds the position of Daily Mail TV critic, writing daily reviews of the previous night's viewing from Monday to Friday.
He has written 6 books and is the father of two teenage boys.
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- PublisherMichael O'Mara
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1843176335
- ISBN 13 9781843176336
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages352
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