ERIC CHAPPELL

'Eric Chappell', born in Grantham, England in 1933, wrote or co-wrote a number of the UK's biggest sitcom hits during the 1970s, 80s and 90s. His successes include ''The Squirrels,'' ''Rising Damp'', ''Only When I Laugh'', ''The Bounder'', ''Duty Free,'' ''Singles,'' ''Haggard'' and ''Home to Roost''.
He also wrote the stage plays ''The Banana Box'' (later turned into the sitcom ''Rising Damp)'' and ''Natural Causes (play) and Theft (play).''

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The part of Rigsby (played by Leonard Rossiter in the TV series) was originally called Rooksby in the stage play ''The Banana Box'' (also played by Rossiter in Hampstead).

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