Editing British sitcom (section)

===Barry Took===
[[Barry Took]] came to TV comedy following his hugely successful half-hour radio sketch comedies such as ''[[Beyond Our Ken]]'' (1958 - 1964) and its successor ''[[Round the Horne]]'' 1965 - 1968 and paved the way for the format of many television sitcoms.<ref name="TELEtook"/> Took, with writing partner [[Marty Feldman]] with whom he collaborated for over ten years in radio and television, created the early sitcoms ''[[The Army Game]]'' in 1958 starring [[Alfie Bass]] (''[[Till Death Us Do Part]]'' and ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'') and [[Bill Fraser]] ( ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'') and later wrote its sequel ''[[Bootsie and Snudge]]'' (1960) of which 100 episodes were made, pioneering TV comedy with one of its most enduring features, 'the ill-sorted pair'.<ref name="TGtookb">{{cite web
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/apr/01/broadcasting.guardianobituaries
|title=Barry Took
|last=Purser
|first=Philip
|date=1 April 2002
|work=The Guardian
|publisher=Guardian News & Media Limited
|access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref>
The team's first BBC series was ''The Walrus and the Carpenter'' (1965), starring [[Warren Mitchell]] and [[Ronnie Barker]].<ref name="IMDBwalrus">{{cite web
|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0341995/
|title=The Walrus and the Carpenter
|publisher=IMDb
|access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Gifford |first=Dennis |title=Barry Took |work=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/barry-took-729876.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100829061449/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/barry-took-729876.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 August 2010 |date=1 April 2002 |access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref> He became Head of Light Entertainment for [[London Weekend Television]] and he launched several shows, including the successful ''[[On the Buses]]'',  and was instrumental in launching the team that became ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''.<ref name="TELEtook">{{cite web
|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1389535/Barry-Took.html
|title=Barry Took
|date=2 April 2002
|work=The Telegraph
|access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref>