Raymond Allen (scriptwriter)

Raymond Allen
BornRaymond John Allen
(1940-03-15)15 March 1940
Ryde, Isle of Wight, England
Died2 October 2022(2022-10-02) (aged 82)
Isle of Wight, England
OccupationScreenwriter, playwright
Period
  • 1971–1987
  • 2016
GenreComedy
Spouse
Nancy Williams
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(m. 2017)​

Raymond John Allen (15 March 1940 – 2 October 2022) was a British television screenwriter and playwright. He was best known for creating the 1970s BBC sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. He wrote comedy sketches for entertainers Frankie Howerd and Dave Allen, and later Max Wall, Little and Large and Hale and Pace.[1]

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