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| Television credits |
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| IT'S A SMALL WORLD | BBC tx 28/3/1952 | additional dialogue |
| SATURDAY SHOWTIME | ITV tx 24/9-29/10/1955 (6 edns) | music and lyrics |
| LIGHTS OF LONDON | ITV tx 6/12/1955 | music and lyrics |
| LIGHTS OF LONDON | ITV tx 19/12/1955 | music and lyrics |
| JANIE MARSDEN: ON A BENCH IN THE PARK | ITV tx 17/9/1956 | director |
| THE JUBILEE SHOW | ITV tx 8/10-17/12/1957 (6 edns) | director (5 edns), script (5 edns) |
| VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM | ITV tx 23/3/1958 | songs |
| VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM: The Sleeping Beauty | ITV tx 22/3/1959 | book, songs |
| VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM | ITV tx 27/3/1960 | songs |
| THE EGGHEADS | BBC tx 6/7-18/8/1961 | producer, writer [2 edns] |
| THE BENNY HILL SHOW (series 5) | BBC tx 4/11-16/12/1961 (3 edns) | producer |
| HUGH AND I (series 1) | BBC tx 17/7-11/9/1962 (9 edns) | producer |
| HUGH AND I (series 2) | BBC tx 21/5-6/8/1963 (12 edns) | producer |
| HUGH AND I (series 3) | BBC1 tx 4-18/1/1964, 22/2-15/5/1964 (14 edns) | producer |
| A WORLD OF HIS OWN (series 1) | BBC1 tx 31/7-11/9/1964 (7 edns) | producer |
| THE DICK EMERY SHOW | BBC1 tx 4/12/1964 | producer |
| CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH THE STARS: Hugh and I | BBC1 tx 25/12/1964 | producer |
| HUGH AND I (series 4) | BBC1 tx 3/1-11/4/1965 (14 edns) | producer |
| A WORLD OF HIS OWN (series 2) | BBC1 tx 22/1-26/2/1965 (6 edns) | producer |
| A SLIGHT CASE OF... | BBC1 tx 8/9-10/10/1965 (6 edns) | producer |
| MOTHER GOOSE | BBC1 tx 25/12/1965 | producer |
| HUGH AND I (series 5) | BBC1 tx 3/1-4/4/1966 (14 edns) | producer |
| COMEDY PLAYHOUSE: Beggar My Neighbour | BBC1 tx 24/5/1966 | producer |
| ALADDIN AND HIS WONDERFUL LAMP | BBC1 tx 25/12/1966 | producer |
| BEGGAR MY NEIGHBOUR (series 1) | BBC1 tx 13/3-2/5/1967 (7 edns) | producer |
| BEGGAR MY NEIGHBOUR (series 2) | BBC1 tx 2/7-6/8/1967 (6 edns) | producer |
| HUGH AND I SPY | BBC1 tx 22/1-26/2/1968 (6 edns) | producer |
| DAD'S ARMY (series 1) | BBC1 tx 3/7-11/9/1968 (6 edns) | producer, writer |
| CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH THE STARS: Dad's Army | BBC1 tx 25/12/1968 | producer, writer |
| DAD'S ARMY (series 2) | BBC1 tx 1/3-5/4/1969 (6 edns) | producer, writer |
| TALKBACK | BBC1 tx 25/3/1969 | on-screen participant |
| DAD'S ARMY (series 3) | BBC1 tx 11/9-11/12/1969 (14 edns) | producer, writer |
| UP POMPEII! (series 1) | BBC1 tx 30/3-11/5/1970 (7 edns) | producer |
| DAD'S ARMY (series 4) | BBC1 tx 25/9-18/12/1970 (13 edns) | producer, writer |
| CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH THE STARS: Dad's Army | BBC1 tx 25/12/1970 | producer, writer |
| DAD'S ARMY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL | BBC1 tx 27/12/1971 | producer, writer |
| STEPTOE AND SON: Divided We Stand | BBC1 tx 27/3/1972 | producer |
| TALES FROM THE LAZY ACRE: The Culchie | BBC1 tx 22/5/1972 | producer |
| TALES FROM THE LAZY ACRE: The Travelling Woman | BBC1 tx 29/5/1972 | producer |
| BIRDS IN THE BUSH / THE VIRGIN FELLAS | Australian TV tx 3/5-26/7/1972 (13 edns); BBC1 tx 10/7-21/8/1972 (7 edns) | director, writer |
| DAD'S ARMY (series 5) | BBC1 tx 6/10-29/12/1972 (13 edns) | producer, writer |
| COMEDY PLAYHOUSE: Born Every Minute | BBC1 tx 28/1/1972 | producer |
| COMEDY PLAYHOUSE: Are You Being Served? | BBC1 tx 8/9/1972 | producer, writer |
| CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH THE STARS: Dad's Army | BBC1 tx 25/12/1972 | producer, writer |
| CINEMA NOW: Investing in Leisure | BBC1 tx 22/1/1973 | interviewee |
| BLUE PETER | BBC1 tx 22/2/1973 | script [DAD'S ARMY sequence] |
| ARE YOU BEING SERVED? (series 1) | BBC1 tx 21/3-18/4/1973 (5 edns) | producer, writer |
| DAD'S ARMY (series 6) | BBC1 tx 31/10-12/12/1973 (7 edns) | producer, writer |
| IT AIN'T HALF HOT, MUM (series 1) | BBC1 tx 3/1-21/2/1974 | producer, writer |
| TILL DEATH US DO PART: Royal Wedding | BBC1 tx 9/1/1974 | producer |
| ARE YOU BEING SERVED? (series 2) | BBC1 tx 14/3-11/4/1974 (5 edns) | producer, writer |
| DAD'S ARMY (series 7) | BBC1 tx 15/11-23/12/1974 (6 edns) | producer, writer |
| IT AIN'T HALF HOT, MUM (series 2) | BBC1 tx 2/1-20/2/1975 | producer, writer |
| IN VISION: Annan Committee, Comedy Writing | BBC2 tx 12/2/1975 | on-screen participant |
| ARE YOU BEING SERVED? (series 3) | BBC1 tx 27/2-17/4/1975 (8 edns) | producer, writer |
| DAD'S ARMY (series 8) | BBC1 tx 5/9-10/10/1975 (6 edns) | producer, writer |
| ARE YOU BEING SERVED? CHRISTMAS SPECIAL | BBC1 tx 22/12/1975 | producer, writer |
| DAD'S ARMY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL | BBC1 tx 26/12/1975 | producer, writer |
| IT AIN'T HALF HOT, MUM (series 3) | BBC1 tx 2/1-6/2/1976 | writer |
| ARE YOU BEING SERVED? (series 4) | BBC1 tx 8/4-13/5/1976 (6 edns) | producer, writer |
| ARE YOU BEING SERVED? CHRISTMAS SPECIAL | BBC1 tx 24/12/1976 | producer, writer |
| DAD'S ARMY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL | BBC1 tx 26/12/1976 | producer, writer |
| IT AIN'T HALF HOT, MUM (series 4) | BBC1 tx 2 /11-28/12/1976 | producer, writer |
| DAD'S ARMY (series 9) | BBC1 tx 2/10-13/11/1977 (6 edns) | producer, writer |
| ARE YOU BEING SERVED? (series 5) | BBC1 tx 25/2-8/4/1977 (7 edns) | producer, writer |
| IT AIN'T HALF HOT, MUM (series 5) | BBC1 tx 25/10-29/11/1977 | producer, writer |
| COME BACK MRS NOAH | BBC1 tx 13/12/1977 | producer, writer |
| COME BACK MRS NOAH | BBC1 tx 17/7-14/8/1978 (5 pts) | producer, writer |
| IT AIN'T HALF HOT, MUM (series 6) | BBC1 tx 23/10-18/12/1978 | producer, writer |
| ARE YOU BEING SERVED? (series 6) | BBC1 tx 15/11-13/12/1978 (5 edns) | producer, writer |
| ARE YOU BEING SERVED? CHRISTMAS SPECIAL | BBC1 tx 26/12/1978 | producer, writer |
| ARE YOU BEING SERVED? (series 7) | BBC1 tx 19/10-30/11/1979 (7 edns) | producer, writer |
| ARE YOU BEING SERVED? CHRISTMAS SPECIAL | BBC1 tx 26/12/1979 | producer, writer |
| HI-DE-HI! | BBC1 tx 1/1/1980 | director, producer, writer |
| OH HAPPY BAND! | BBC1 tx 3/9-8/10/1980 (6 edns) | producer, writer |
| IT AIN'T HALF HOT, MUM (series 7) | BBC1 tx 17/10-21/11/1980 | producer, writer |
| HI-DE-HI! (series 1) | BBC1 tx 26/2-2/4/1981 (6 edns) | producer, writer |
| DID YOU SEE...? | BBC2 tx 14/3/1981 | interviewee |
| ARE YOU BEING SERVED? (series 8) | BBC1 tx 9/4-28/5/1981 (7 edns) | producer, writer |
| IT AIN'T HALF HOT, MUM (series 8) | BBC1 tx 23/7-3/9/1981 | producer, writer |
| LOOK EAST | BBC1 tx 12/10/1981 | interviewee |
| SEE HEAR! | BBC2 tx 29/11/1981 | interviewee |
| HI-DE-HI! (series 2) | BBC1 tx 29/11/1981-3/1/1982 (6 edns) | producer, writer |
| RUSSELL HARTY | BBC2 tx 17/12/1981 | guest |
| ARE YOU BEING SERVED? CHRISTMAS SPECIAL | BBC1 tx 24/12/1981 | producer, writer |
| HI-DE-HI! (series 3) | BBC1 tx 31/10/1982-23/1/1983 (13 edns) | director (4 edns), producer, writer |
| 'ALLO 'ALLO | BBC1 tx 30/12/1982 | director, producer, writer |
| ARE YOU BEING SERVED? (series 9) | BBC1 tx 22/4-27/5/1983 (6 edns) | producer, writer |
| HI-DE-HI! (series 4) | BBC1 tx 27/11/1983-22/1/1984 (7 edns) | producer, writer |
| 'ALLO 'ALLO (series 1) | BBC1 tx 7/9-26/10/1984 (7 edns) | director, producer, writer |
| HI-DE-HI! (series 5) | BBC1 tx 3/11-25/12/1984 (6 edns) | director, producer, writer |
| ARE YOU BEING SERVED? (series 10) | BBC1 tx 18/2-1/4/1985 (7 edns) | producer, writer |
| 'ALLO 'ALLO (series 2) | BBC1 tx 21/10-25/11/1985 (6 edns) | director, producer, writer |
| HI-DE-HI! (series 6) | BBC1 tx 25/12/1985-16/2/1986 (7 edns) | director (5 edns), writer |
| 'ALLO 'ALLO CHRISTMAS SPECIAL | BBC1 tx 26/12/1985 | director, producer, writer |
| THAT'S TELEVISION ENTERTAINMENT | BBC1 tx 1/11/1986 | on-screen participant |
| HI-DE-HI! (series 7) | BBC1 tx 8/11-27/12/1986 (6 edns) | director (1 edn), producer, writer |
| 'ALLO 'ALLO (series 3) | BBC1 tx 5/12/1986-9/1/1987 | director, producer, writer |
| 'ALLO 'ALLO (series 4) | BBC1 tx 7/11-12/12/1987 (6 edns) | director, producer, writer |
| HI-DE-HI! (series 8) | BBC1 tx 26/12/1987-30/1/1988 (6 edns) | director (1 edn), producer, writer |
| WOGAN | BBC1 tx 1/8/1988 | guest |
| 'ALLO 'ALLO (series 5) | BBC1 tx 3/9/1988-25/2/1989 (26 edns) | director (1 edn), producer, writer |
| YOU RANG, M'LORD? | BBC1 tx 29/12/1988 | director, producer, writer |
| A NIGHT OF COMIC RELIEF | BBC1 tx 10/3/1989 | writer |
| 'ALLO 'ALLO (series 6) | BBC1 tx 2/9-21/10/1989 (8 edns) | director (2 edns), producer, writer |
| DAYTIME LIVE | BBC2 tx 24/10/1989 | interviewee |
| YOU RANG, M'LORD? (series 1) | BBC1 tx 14/1-11/2/1990 (5 edns) | director, producer, writer |
| BEHIND THE SCREEN | BBC2 tx 5/11/1990 | interviewee |
| YOU RANG, M'LORD? (series 2) | BBC1 tx 11/11-23/12/1990 (7 edns) | director, producer, writer |
| YOU RANG, M'LORD? (series 3) | BBC1 tx 10/11-22/12/1991 (7 edns) | producer, writer |
| GRACE AND FAVOUR (series 1) | BBC1 tx 10/1-14/2/1992 (6 edns) | writer |
| GRACE AND FAVOUR (series 2) | BBC1 tx 4/1-8/2/1993 (6 edns) | writer |
| YOU RANG, M'LORD? (series 4) | BBC1 tx 20/3-24/4/1993 (6 edns) | producer, writer |
| WHICH WAY TO THE WAR | ITV tx 19/8/1994 | producer, writer |
| OMNIBUS: Perry and Croft, The Sitcoms | BBC1 tx 18/4/1995 | on-screen participant, subject of programme |
| CALL UP THE STARS | BBC1 tx 8/5/1995 | producer |
| COMEDY FIRST: Oh, Doctor Beeching! | BBC1 tx 14/8/1995 | producer, writer |
| THIS IS YOUR LIFE: David Croft | ITV tx 20/12/1995 | on-screen participant, subject of programme |
| OH, DOCTOR BEECHING! (series 1) | BBC1 tx 8/7-27/8/1996 (8 edns) | director (1 edn), producer, writer |
| OH, DOCTOR BEECHING! (series 2) | BBC1 tx 29/6-28/9/1997 (10 edns) | producer, writer (5 edns) |
| MONSTER WARS | BBC2 tx 11/7/1998 | director |
| LOOK EAST | BBC1 tx 14/7/1998 | interviewee |
| BBC BREAKFAST NEWS | BBC1 tx 31/7/1998 | interviewee |
| DAD'S ARMY: WHERE ARE YOU? | BBC2 tx
9/9/1998 | presenter |
| THIS IS YOUR LIFE: Bill Pertwee | ITV tx 1/2/1999 | on-screen participant |
| ARTHUR LOWE: A LIFE ON THE BOX | BBC2 tx 21/2/1999 | interviewee |
| RED NOSE DAY:THE RECORD BREAKER | BBC1 tx 12/3/1999 | director |
| EXCLUSIVE! | Channel 5 tx 7/11/1999 | interviewee |
| OMNIBUS: Laughter in the House: The Story of British Sitcom: Early Days | BBC1 tx 24/3/1999 | on-screen participant |
| LOOK EAST | BBC1 tx 21/6/1999 | interviewee |
| OMNIBUS: Yes, Sir Nigel | BBC1 tx 15/10/1999 | on-screen participant |
| FUNNY TURNS: John Inman | BBC2 tx 5/12/1999 | interviewee |
| DON'T PANIC!: THE DAD'S ARMY STORY | BBC1 tx 28/5/2000 | interviewee |
| WENDY RICHARD: A LIFE ON THE BOX | BBC2 tx 12/6/2001 | interviewee |
| MISSING BELIEVED WIPED | BBC2 tx 28/12/2001 | on-screen participant |
| MATTER OF FACT: King of Comedy | BBC2 tx 28/2/2002 | subject of programme, on-screen participant |
| REPUTATIONS: Frankie Howerd | BBC2 tx 15/6/2002 | on-screen participant |
| COMEDY CONNECTIONS: Are You Being Served? | BBC1 tx 23/6/2003 | interviewee |
| BRITAIN'S BEST SITCOM: Dad's Army | BBC2 tx 20/3/2004 | interviewee |
| COMEDY CONNECTIONS: Hi-De-Hi! | BBC1 tx 9/8/2004 | interviewee |
| BREAKFAST | BBC1 tx 5/5/2005 | guest |
| LOOK EAST | BBC1 tx 21/12/2005 | interviewee |
| COMEDY CONNECTIONS: 'Allo 'Allo! | BBC1 tx 24/4/2006 | interviewee |
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| Film credits |
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| NOT NOW DARLING | 1972 | director, original play |
| ARE YOU BEING SERVED? | 1977 | screenplay |