- John Antrobus
For the First class cricketer of the same name see
John Antrobus (cricketer) John Antrobus (born
2 July 1933 inWoolwich ,London ) is a playwright and tv and radio script writer, .Antrobus gained his first break writing material for the first Carry On film, "
Carry on Sergeant ", and on TV contributing episodes toEric Sykes ' 1960 series, "Sykes and a...", and to "The Army Game " spin off "Bootsie and Snudge ".During the 1960s and 1970s, he provided scripts for television series as diverse as "
That Was the Week That Was ", "Television Playhouse" andSpike Milligan 's "Milligan in..."Antrobus' plays include "
The Bed-Sitting Room " (1963) (co-written with Milligan) and a sequel from 1983; "Cane of Honour" (1965), "Captain Oates' Left Sock" (1969), "An Apple A Day" (1970) and "City Delights" (1978).In October 2005 Antrobus and
Ray Galton (with whom he had collaborated on the 1986 sitcom "Room at the Bottom " and "Get Well Soon" from 1997) unveiled their play "Steptoe and Son - Murder at Oil Drum Lane" at the Theatre Royal, York."
The Bed-Sitting Room " was made into a film in 1969.External links
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