Ray Galton
- English
- Actor and writer
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Ray Galton left £2million to his children
Who knew there was so much money in rags and bones? Ray Galton, who co-wrote the classic sitcom Steptoe And Son, left more than £2 million in his will.
Daily Mail, 19th September 2019Newly restored Tony Hancock films and special cinema screening
Tony Hancock's celebrated early-1960s feature films have been restored for new Blu-ray releases, with a cinema screening planned for the acclaimed comedy classic The Rebel.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd September 2019Those we have lost in comedy, 2018
It had already been a bad year for comedy industry deaths even before the late-breaking news that legend Dame June Whitfield had died.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th December 2018Steptoe and Son was a genius creation
The flair of Ray Galton, who died last week, lives on in a series of tragicomic characters.
Frank Cottrell Boyce, The Observer, 7th October 2018Ray Galton dies aged 88
Ray Galton, one of Britain's most influential comedy writers, has died aged 88.
British Comedy Guide, 6th October 2018The Jane Russell joke that influenced British comedy
The joke, known as "the Jane Russell Pontoon sketch" was submitted by the writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson to a TV producer in 1951.
Joel Adams, The Telegraph, 2nd September 2017Editing your script & not being invisible at the Fringe
If you fancy yourself as a wordsmith on stage or screen, my advice is to write as little dialogue as possible.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 15th July 2017TV humour is lewd, lavatorial & lacking any form of wit
The problem, however, is bigger than just one show. For the abject and high-profile failure of The Nightly Show raises a disturbing question. What has happened to British comedy? The sheer unfunniness of much of it is beyond depressing.
Christopher Hart, Daily Mail, 18th March 2017How Radio 4 is bringing Tony Hancock back to life
The BBC is remaking lost episodes of Hancock's Half Hour - thanks to Harry Secombe's son.
Stephen Armstrong, Radio Times, 14th March 2017Paul Merton: 'Alan was my comic hero'
Alan Simpson, of writing duo Galton and Simpson, has died at the age of 87.
The pair created sitcoms including Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe And Son.
Comedian Paul Merton became friends with the pair after working with them. He explained to Radio 4's PM how they worked "writing everything together face to face". He added not only "did they make each other laugh, but they had the eye to know what would make the audience laugh as well".
BBC News, 8th February 2017