Alan Francis Simpson, born on 27 November 1929 and died on 8 February 2017, was an English scriptwriter. He was best known as part of the Galton and Simpson comedy writing partnership with Ray Galton. Together they devised and wrote the BBC sitcom Hancock's Half Hour, which ran from 1954 to 1961, the first two series of Comedy Playhouse from 1961 to 1963, and Steptoe and Son, which ran from 1962 to 1974. These programmes are a substantial part of the history of British radio and television comedy.
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Alan Francis Simpson (27 November 1929-8 February 2017) was an English scriptwriter.
Hancock's Half Hour (Wikipedia)
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Hancock's Half Hour is a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy series, broadcast from 1954 to 1961 and written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
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