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John Sullivan (writer)

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John Richard Thomas Sullivan OBE (23 December 1946 – 22 April 2011) was an English television scriptwriter responsible for several British sitcoms, including Only Fools and Horses, Citizen Smith and Just Good Friends. [1]

58 relations: A Touch of Glass, Association football, Balham, BBC HD, BBC One, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, British Academy Television Awards, British Comedy Awards, British sitcom, Chandelier, Charles Dickens, Charwoman, Citizen Smith, Cockney, David Jason, Dear John (U.S. TV series), Dear John (UK TV series), Del Boy, Dennis Main Wilson, Eleven-plus, Gareth Gwenlan, Goldsmiths, University of London, Heartburn Hotel, ITV (TV network), Jim Sullivan (writer), John Challis, John Howard Davies, Just Good Friends, Mark Thompson (media executive), Marketplace, Marxism, Micawber (TV series), Minder (TV series), NBC, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Only Fools and Horses, Order of the British Empire, Over Here (miniseries), Plumber, Pneumonia, Reuters, Rock & Chips, Roger Roger, Romantic comedy, Royal Television Society, Secondary modern school, Sitting Pretty (TV series), South London, Surrey, Television and Radio Industries Club, ..., The Green Green Grass, The Heritage Foundation, The Times, The Two Ronnies, Theme music, Writers' Guild of Great Britain, Yuppy Love, 2005 New Year Honours. Expand index (8 more) »

A Touch of Glass

"A Touch of Glass" is an episode of the BBC sit-com, Only Fools and Horses, first screened on 2 December 1982 as the final episode of series 2.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Balham

Balham is a neighbourhood of south London, England, in the London Borough of Wandsworth.

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BBC HD

BBC HD was a high-definition television channel provided by the BBC.

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BBC One

BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Channel Islands.

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British Academy of Film and Television Arts

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is an independent charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image – film, television and game in the United Kingdom.

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British Academy Television Awards

The British Academy Television Awards, also known as the BAFTA TV Awards, are presented in an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).

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British Comedy Awards

The British Comedy Awards were an annual awards ceremony in the United Kingdom celebrating notable comedians and entertainment performances of the previous year.

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British sitcom

A British sitcom or a Britcom is a situation comedy programme produced for British television.

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Chandelier

A chandelier (also known as girandole, candelabra lamp, or least commonly suspended lights) is a branched ornamental light fixture designed to be mounted on ceilings or walls.

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Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic.

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Charwoman

A charwoman, charlady, chargirl or just char is an English cleaning woman who can be employed in houses, shops and/or office buildings.

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Citizen Smith

Citizen Smith is a British television sitcom written by John Sullivan, first broadcast from 1977 to 1980.

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Cockney

The term cockney has had several distinct geographical, social, and linguistic associations.

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David Jason

Sir David John White, (born 2 February 1940), known professionally by his stage name David Jason, is a British actor known especially for his comedic roles.

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Dear John (U.S. TV series)

Dear John is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from 1988 to 1992.

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Dear John (UK TV series)

Dear John was a British sitcom, written by John Sullivan.

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Del Boy

Derek Edward Trotter, more commonly known as Del Boy (born 12 July 1945), is the fictional lead character in the popular BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses and one of the main characters of its prequel, Rock & Chips.

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Dennis Main Wilson

Dennis Main Wilson (1 May 1924 – 20 January 1997) was a British producer of radio and television programmes, mainly for the BBC.

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Eleven-plus

The eleven-plus (11-plus) is an examination administered to some students in England and Northern Ireland in their last year of primary education, which governs admission to grammar schools and other secondary schools which use academic selection.

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Gareth Gwenlan

Gareth Gwenlan OBE (26 April 1937 – 8 May 2016) was a Welsh television producer and director, best known for his work on shows such as The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, To the Manor Born, Only Fools and Horses, and High Hopes.

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Goldsmiths, University of London

Goldsmiths, University of London, is a public research university in London, England, specialising in the arts, design, humanities, and social sciences.

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Heartburn Hotel

Heartburn Hotel is an English sitcom that ran for two seasons on BBC television from 1998 to 2000.

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ITV (TV network)

ITV is a British commercial TV network.

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Jim Sullivan (writer)

James Sullivan born 1978 is an English television screenwriter.

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John Challis

John Challis (born 16 August 1942) is an English actor best known for portraying Aubrey "Boycie" Boyce in the long-running BBC television comedy series Only Fools and Horses and its sequel/spin-off The Green Green Grass.

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John Howard Davies

John Howard Davies (9 March 193922 August 2011) Daily Telegraph, 23 August 2011 was an English child actor who later became a television director and producer.

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Just Good Friends

Just Good Friends is a British sitcom written by John Sullivan.

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Mark Thompson (media executive)

Mark John Thompson (born 31 July 1957)“THOMPSON, Mark John Thompson,” in Who's Who 2009 (London: A & C Black, 2008); online ed., (Oxford: OUP, 2008),.

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Marketplace

A market, or marketplace, is a location where people regularly gather for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other goods.

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Marxism

Marxism is a method of socioeconomic analysis that views class relations and social conflict using a materialist interpretation of historical development and takes a dialectical view of social transformation.

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Micawber (TV series)

Micawber is a 2001 ITV comedy drama series starring David Jason.

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Minder (TV series)

Minder is a British comedy-drama about the London criminal underworld.

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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Nicholas Lyndhurst

Nicholas Simon Lyndhurst (born 20 April 1961) is an English actor.

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Only Fools and Horses

Only Fools and Horses is a British sitcom created and written by John Sullivan.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Over Here (miniseries)

Over Here is a 2-part television miniseries made in 1996 by the BBC for BBC1 from 7 to 8 April 1996, this comedy-drama miniseries chronicling the lives of US Army Air Corps B-17 Flying Fortress bomber crews on a Royal Air Force Spitfire base during World War II.

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Plumber

A plumber is a tradesperson who specializes in installing and maintaining systems used for potable (drinking) water, sewage and drainage in plumbing systems.

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Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung affecting primarily the small air sacs known as alveoli.

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Reuters

Reuters is an international news agency headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

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Rock & Chips

Rock & Chips is a British television comedy-drama and a prequel to the sitcom Only Fools and Horses.

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Roger Roger

Roger Roger is a BBC television comedy-drama written by John Sullivan.

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Romantic comedy

Romantic comedy (also known as the portmanteaus romedy or romcom) is a genre with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles.

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Royal Television Society

The Royal Television Society, or RTS, is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present and future.

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Secondary modern school

A secondary modern school is a type of secondary school that existed throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland, from 1944 until the 1970s under the Tripartite System and still persist in Northern Ireland, where they are usually referred to simply as Secondary schools, and in areas of England, such as Buckinghamshire (where they are referred to as community schools), Lincolnshire, Wirral Medway and Kent where they are called high schools.

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Sitting Pretty (TV series)

Sitting Pretty is a 1992 BBC television sitcom written by John Sullivan.

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South London

South London is the southern part of London, England, south of the River Thames, and includes the historic districts of Southwark, Lambeth, Bankside and Greenwich.

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Surrey

Surrey is a county in South East England, and one of the home counties.

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Television and Radio Industries Club

The Television and Radio Industries Club (widely known as TRIC) is a British institution chartered in 1931 to "promote goodwill in the television and radio industries".

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The Green Green Grass

The Green Green Grass is a BBC television sitcom, created and initially written by John Sullivan, produced by Shazam Productions for the BBC.

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The Heritage Foundation

The Heritage Foundation (abbreviated to Heritage) is an American conservative public policy think tank based in Washington, D.C. The foundation took a leading role in the conservative movement during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, whose policies were taken from Heritage's policy study Mandate for Leadership.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.

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The Two Ronnies

The Two Ronnies is a BBC television comedy sketch show created by Bill Cotton for the BBC, which aired on BBC One from April 1971 to December 1987.

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Theme music

Theme music is a piece that is often written specifically for a radio program, television program, video game or movie, and usually played during the intro, opening credits and/or ending credits.

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Writers' Guild of Great Britain

The Writers' Guild of Great Britain (WGGB), established in 1959, is a trade union for professional writers.

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Yuppy Love

"Yuppy Love" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, Only Fools and Horses.

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2005 New Year Honours

New Year Honours were granted in the United Kingdom and New Zealand at the start of 2005.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sullivan_(writer)

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