Editing British sitcom (section)

===Chesney and Wolfe===
[[Chesney and Wolfe]] was a prolific comedy scriptwriting team of Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe whose partnership contributed significantly to the genre of British sitcoms. Spanning the years from the mid-1950s to 1989, among their best shows are ''[[The Rag Trade]]''  starring [[Barbara Windsor|Dame Barbara Windsor]] ([[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' films]]) with [[Penelope Keith|Dame Penelope Keith]] (''[[The Good Life (1975 TV series)|The Good Life]]'' and ''[[To the Manor Born]]''), who also starred again together in ''[[Wild, Wild Women]]'' with an all-star cast and [[Anna Karen]] who later starred in Chesney and Wolfe's  ''[[On the Buses]]''. These were workplace shows with sexist and humorously indecent comedy that obtained very high viewer ratings but were not well received by TV critics.<ref name="TGchesney">{{cite news
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/apr/23/ronald-chesney-obituary
|title=Ronald Chesney obituary
|last=Hayward
|first=Anthony
|date=23 April 2018
|work=The Guardian
|access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref><ref name="IMDBchesney"/> Their other credits include ''[[Meet the Wife (TV series)|Meet the Wife]]'', an episode of ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'' (1989), and ''[[Watch This Space]]'' in 1980 which was less of a success.<ref name="IMDBwolfe"/> Their shows featured many of the regular actors from award-winning comedy shows and films and including among many others, [[Thora Hird|DameThora Hird]] - a household name and a British institution, [[Ian Lavender]] (''[[Dad's Army]]''), [[Reg Varney]] (''[[On the Buses]]''), [[Sheila Hancock]] (''[[Mr Digby Darling]]''), [[Prunella Scales]] (''[[Fawlty Towers]]''), [[Peter Jones (actor)]],<ref name="IMDBchesney">{{cite web
|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0156254/
|title=Ronald Chesney
|publisher=IMDb
|access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref><ref name="IMDBwolfe">{{cite web
|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0938132/
|title=Ronald Wolfe
|publisher=IMDb
|access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref> Their 1971 spin-off film, ''[[On the Buses (film)|On the Buses]]'', the first of the three based on the TV series, was the highest British box-office earner of that year.<ref name="TGwolfe">{{cite news
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/dec/19/ronald-wolfe
|title=Ronald Wolfe obituary
|last=Hayward
|first=Anthony
|date=19 December 2011
|work=The Guardian
|publisher=On the Buses (1971)
|access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref>