Editing British sitcom (section)

===John Howard Davies===
[[John Howard Davies]] (1939–2011) joined the BBC as a production assistant in 1966, and became a television director and producer specializing in comedy. In 1978 he became the head of comedy, and in 1982 the head of light entertainment.<ref name="GUARDjhd">{{cite web
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/aug/24/john-howard-davies-obituary
|title=John Howard Davies obituary
|last=Sweet
|first=Matthew
|date=24 August 2011
|work=The Guardian
|publisher=Guardian News & Media Limited
|access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref> For four decades, he was a major influence as commissioning producer on shows such as<ref name="Telegraph JHD obit">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/8718897/John-Howard-Davies.html Obituary: John Howard Davies], ''Daily Telegraph'', 23 August 2011</ref> ''Fawlty Towers'' by John Cleese and Connie Booth, Galton and Simpson's ''Steptoe and Son,'' ''All Gas and Gaiters'', ''[[The Goodies (TV series)|The Goodies]]'', and ''The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin''. Davies was also the producer of all four seasons of ''The Good Life''. When asked what the best formula for a sitcom is, he replied "All the best sitcom characters are relentlessly horrible."<ref name="GUARDjhd"/>