Eric Chappell
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Eric Chappell, born in Grantham, England in 1933, wrote or co-wrote a number of the UK's biggest sitcom hits during the 1970s, 80s and 90s. His successes include The Squirrels, Rising Damp, Only When I Laugh, The Bounder, Duty Free, Singles, Haggard and Home To Roost.
He also wrote the stage plays The Banana Box (later turned into the sitcom Rising Damp) and Natural Causes.
[edit] Trivia
The part of Rigsby (played by Leonard Rossiter in the TV series) was originally called Rooksby in the stage play The Banana Box (also played by Rossiter in Hampstead).