• Sydney Warren Lotterby, OBE (30 November 1926 – 28 July 2020) was a British television producer and director who produced numerous BBC comedy series. Lotterby...
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  • "The Four Sydney Lotterbies" is a British comedy sketch performed on an episode of the 1967-1968 sketch comedy TV series At Last the 1948 Show. The four...
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  • discourages burglars. In the documentary Open All Hours: A Celebration, Sydney Lotterby revealed that the till was controlled with a string by an assistant...
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  • sharing a flat, Mills brought in sitcom expert Sydney Lotterby to work with the writing team. Lotterby had previously worked with Eric Sykes and Sheila...
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  • as an idea by Colin Bostock-Smith. It was produced and directed by Sydney Lotterby and was written by Bob Larbey, who had co-written both The Good Life...
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  • directed by James Gilbert, and all subsequent episodes were directed by Sydney Lotterby.[citation needed] Ronnie Barker died in 2005, but in 2013 a sequel...
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  • produced and directed the second series of episodes in 1975. In 1976, Sydney Lotterby took over as producer and director. He directed all but two episodes...
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  • Henry’s being from Birmingham (as Godber was meant to be), but director Sydney Lotterby chose Beckinsale instead. Beckinsale initially played Godber with a...
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  • Sydney Lotterby (7 January 1988). "Power to the People". Yes, Prime Minister. UK. BBC. BBC Two. Writers Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, Producer Sydney...
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  • Directed by Written by Original air date 15 "The Man from Oswestry" Sydney Lotterby Roy Clarke 27 October 1976 (1976-10-27) Compo is depressed following...
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