Editing British sitcom (section)

=== Cooke and Mortimer ===
[[Brian Cooke]] and [[Johnnie Mortimer]] were a comedy writing duo whose career began in radio with the critically acclaimed ''[[Round the Horne]]'' of 1968, and its sequel ''[[Stop Messing About]]'' created as a vehicle for [[Kenneth Williams]] of [[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On]] fame. Together they penned many of the 1970s popular TV sitcoms often featuring well known comedy actors such as [[Paul Eddington]] of  ''The Good Life'' and ''Yes Minister'', [[Patrick Cargill]] (''[[Father, Dear Father]]''); [[Richard O'Sullivan]], [[Yootha Joyce]], and [[Brian Murphy (actor)|Brian Murphy]] of ''Man About the House ''; [[Peter Butterworth]] (Carry On), [[Peter Jones (actor)|Peter Jones]], [[Beryl Reid]], [[Roy Kinnear]], [[Joan Sanderson]]. Independently, Cooke created ''[[Tripper's Day]]'' featuring [[Leonard Rossiter]] of  ''[[The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]]'' and [[Eric Chappell]]'s highly successful ''Rising Damp''.  On his own, Mortimer wrote ''[[Never the Twain]]'' starring [[Donald Sinden]] (''[[Two's Company (British TV series)|Two's Company]]'') and [[Windsor Davies]] (''[[It Ain't Half Hot Mum]]'').