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===Jeremy Lloyd=== [[Jeremy Lloyd]] (1930β2014) co-wrote ''Are You Being Served?'' and ''{{'}}Allo {{'}}Allo!''; his sitcoms have been called "the essence of Britishness".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Obituaries: Comedy writer and actor Jeremy Lloyd |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/obituaries-comedy-writer-and-actor-jeremy-lloyd-30880156.html |access-date=15 March 2022 |website=independent |date=4 January 2015 |language=en}}</ref> ''Are You Being Served?'' was based partly on his own experiences of working in a London department store as a suit salesman. Its success gave rise a spin-off, ''Grace and Favour'', which was a collaboration with David Croft.<ref name="BBClloydobit">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30591740 |title='Allo 'Allo! comedy writer Jeremy Lloyd dies at the age of 84 |date=23 December 2014 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref> During 1970 Lloyd was briefly married to actress, presenter and producer [[Joanna Lumley]] (''Absolutely Fabulous'') with whom he starred in the sitcom ''[[It's Awfully Bad for Your Eyes, Darling]]''.<ref name=death>{{cite news|title=Comedy writer Jeremy Lloyd dies|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30591740|access-date=9 January 2022|work=BBC News|date=23 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="iINDYlloydobit">{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jeremy-lloyd-actor-and-writer-who-teamed-up-with-david-croft-for-two-comedy-classics-are-you-being-served-and-allo-allo-9945187.html |title=Jeremy Lloyd: Actor and writer who teamed up with David Croft for two comedy classics, 'Are You Being Served?' and ''Allo 'Allo!'' |last=Williamson |first=Marcus |date=25 December 2014 |work=The Independent |publisher=Independent Newspapers |access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref> Lloyd was appointed an OBE in 2013.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=60367|date=29 December 2012|page=12 |supp=y}}</ref>
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