Eric Chappell

Eric Chappell
BornEric George Chappell
25 September 1933
Grantham, Lincolnshire,
England
Died21 April 2022 (aged 88)
Grantham, Lincolnshire,
England
OccupationScriptwriter
Period1973–2008
GenreTelevision
Notable worksThe Squirrels (1974–1977)
Rising Damp (1974–1978)
Only When I Laugh (1979–1982)
Misfits (1981)
The Bounder (1982–1983)
Duty Free (1984–1986)
Home to Roost (1985–1990)
Singles (1984–1991)
Natural Causes (1988)
Haggard (1990–1992)
Fiddlers Three (1991)

Eric George Chappell (25 September 1933 – 21 April 2022)[1] was an English television comedy writer and playwright who wrote or co-wrote some of the UK's biggest sitcom hits over a more than quarter-century career, first gaining significant notice in the 1970s.