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Jimmy Perry

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James Perry, known as Jimmy Perry, was an English scriptwriter and actor, born in Barnes, Surrey, on 20 September 1923 and died on 23 October 2016. He devised and co-wrote the BBC sitcoms Dad's Army, which ran from 1968 to 1977, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Hi-de-Hi! and You Rang, M'Lord?, all with David Croft. Within this atlas Jimmy Perry is credited as the creator of D. These details are drawn from the English Wikipedia article Jimmy Perry, which this entry cites as its source.

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1923 1
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James Perry (20 September 1923-23 October 2016) was an English scriptwriter and actor.
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Dad's Army (Wikipedia)
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It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, and originally broadcast on BBC1 from 31 July 1968 to 13 November 1977.
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