Quote: Alfred J Kipper @ 12th November 2010, 10:32 AMIMO it is Galton and Simpson, the evidence - Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe & Son, both immensely popular and enduring classic character based sitcoms.
I was typing much the same until I read this, so YES me and Alf are as one.
I would also certainly include Spike Milligan, if only for The Goon Show, as the Q series were an acquired taste, which nonetheless I loved the whole quirkiness of them