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Image shows from L to R: Frank Muir, Denis Norden
Muir & Norden

Muir & Norden

  • English
  • Writing team

Muir & Norden features

Image shows left to right: John Junkin, Barry Cryer Features

Comedy Chronicles: Taking on the tabula rasa: Inside the writing room

Sunday 19th May 2024

Writing comedy. Some like to do it standing up; some prefer sitting down; and others have ended up lying flat out on the floor. Graham McCann examines how some of Britain's finest comic minds got their words down on the page.

Image shows from L to R: Frank Muir, Denis Norden Features

Comedy Chronicles: Kings of comedy - When Muir & Norden bossed the BBC

Sunday 21st November 2021

Heard the one about the comedy writers who became some of the most powerful comedy executives in the country? The remarkable tale of Frank Muir and Denis Norden's time at the top of the TV tree is one that all broadcasters could learn from today.

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