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# i know a fat old policeman # he s always on our street.# barry cryer, a mainstay of radio s i m sorry i haven t a clue, but that was only the beginning. what a lovely audience! morecambe and wise. never mind, they ll do. kenny everett, les dawson, frankie howard, the two ronnies he wrote for them all, and on radio 4, a 50 year comedy partnership with graeme garden. he was very convivial, very funny, loved telling jokes. and he loved to laugh, and he loved the sound of laughter. born in leeds, he d started out in stand up at the city varieties, but he was primarily a writer, working with everyone from danny la rue, jack benny and bob hope to the satire of rory bremner. i was very lucky when i started the bbc in 87, they said oh, barry cryer is going to write for you. that s incredible, because he d written, as you said, morcambe and wise and two ronnies, but he wrote satirical sketches for us as well. he just had such a variety and a versatility. in the 60s, the comedy writer oc ....
Of i m sorry, i haven t a clue. if you heard or saw a great sketch, it was always a good chance barry was behind it. david sillito looks back at his life. # i know a fat old policeman # he s always on our street. barry cryer, a mainstay of radio s i m sorry i haven t a clue, but that was only the beginning. what a lovely audience! morecambe and wise. never mind, they ll do. i saw them arriving on the coaches. did you really? yeah, with their blankets over their heads. kenny everett, les dawson, frankie howard, the two ronnies he wrote for them all, and on radio 4, a 50 year comedy partnership with graeme garden. he was very convivial, very funny, loved telling jokes. and he loved to laugh and he loved the sound of laughter and i had many conversations with him when he d call about something else, orjust to say hi and how are you, and we d always end up by, by the way, have you heard.? ....
Barry cryer, a mainstay of radio s i m sorry i haven t a clue, but that was only the beginning. what a lovely audience! morecambe and wise. never mind, they ll do. i saw them arriving on the coaches. did you really? yeah, with their blankets over their heads. kenny everett, les dawson, frankie howard, the two ronnies he wrote for them all, and on radio 4, a 50 year comedy partnership with graeme garden. he was very convivial, very funny, loved telling jokes. and he loved to laugh and he loved the sound of laughter and i had many conversations with him when he d call about something else, orjust to say hi and how are you, and we d always end up by, by the way, have you heard.? he d regale me this. his latest. born in leeds, he d started out in stand up at the city variety theatre, after failing his university exams. more than 50 years later, he was finally given an honorary degree. my academic cv, it was touched upon earlier, ends with ba ....