David Nobbs

Known for WritingBorn 1935-03-13Died 2015-08-09Orpington, Kent, England, UK

David Gordon Nobbs (13 March 1935 – 8 August 2015) was an English comedy writer, most notable for writing the 1970s television series The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, adapted from his own novels. Nobbs was born in Orpington, Kent. Following an education at Marlborough College and St John's College, Cambridge, he worked as a reporter for The Sheffield Star, before starting his career in comedy as a writer for That Was the Week That Was in the early 1960s. He wrote for many of Britain's comedy performers over the years, including Kenneth Williams, Frankie Howerd, Les Dawson, and The Two Ronnies. Nobbs created the sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976–79), adapted from his own novels, which 'told the story of a man living an escapist fantasy in response to the mundanity of his daily commute'. Nobbs also wrote the comedy-drama programme A Bit of a Do (1989) and the Henry Pratt series of novels, the fourth of which, Pratt à Manger, was published in 2006. His novel It Had to be You was published in 2011.Read more

Movies & web series

Les Dawson's Christmas Box

Dawson's Electric Cinema

Sounds Like Les Dawson

That Was the Week That Was

The Legacy of Reginald Perrin

Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

The Two Ronnies

Reggie Perrin

Reggie

Dogfood Dan and the Carmarthen Cowboy

The Glamour Girls

ITV Playhouse

Stalag Luft

The Hello Goodbye Man

Rich Tea and Sympathy

Whoops Baghdad

Armchair Theatre

The Les Dawson Show

Love on a Branch Line

Gentlemen's Relish

Cuts

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

The Funny Side of Christmas

Plays for Pleasure

Send in the Girls

Our Young Mr. Wignall

Our Kid