Richard Ommanney
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Richard Ommanney is an English writer and script consultant who has written extensively for television. He made his situation comedy
writing debut with the BBC sitcom Three Up, Two Down
which ran for four series, but his writing career had begun over a decade earlier, contributing jokes and sketches to Les Dawson
's Yorkshire Television
series Sez Les
from the fifth series in 1972 onwards. He wrote the first series of the Thames TV sitcom All at No 20
for Maureen Lipman
, and created and wrote two series of the love triangle sitcom Square Deal for LWT. The format of Square Deal was sold to Holland and remade as Tegen Wil en Dank.
His first stage play The Making Of Julia was produced at the Mill At Sonning.
He worked on an American pilot of Three Up, Two Down
for Orion/CBS in Los Angeles, co-writing with Winifred Hervey
. He created and wrote two series of the sitcom Side by Side
for BBC TV.
He wrote many episodes for various Dutch sitcoms including Oppassen, Ben zo Terug, and Bergen-Binnen, and also the police drama Luifel & Luifel. He's written episodes of The Bill
for TalkbackThames, and two stage comedies, Stella's Song and Lunch In Salerno. He set up Comedy Script Aid, and recently published his first novel Jerome's Angel.
Situation comedy
A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue...
writing debut with the BBC sitcom Three Up, Two Down
Three Up, Two Down
Three Up, Two Down is a British sitcom starring Michael Elphick and Angela Thorne that ran from 1985 to 1989. It was written by Richard Ommanney.-Cast:*Michael Elphick - Sam Tyler*Angela Thorne - Daphne Trenchard...
which ran for four series, but his writing career had begun over a decade earlier, contributing jokes and sketches to Les Dawson
Les Dawson
Leslie "Les" Dawson was a popular English comedian remembered for his deadpan style, curmudgeonly persona and jokes about his mother-in-law and wife.-Life and career:...
's Yorkshire Television
Yorkshire Television
Yorkshire Television, now officially known as ITV Yorkshire and sometimes unofficially abbreviated to YTV, is a British television broadcaster and the contractor for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV network...
series Sez Les
Sez Les
Sez Les was a British comedy sketch show that starred Les Dawson. It was produced by Yorkshire Television and aired on ITV from 1969 to 1976. The show also starred Roy Barraclough from series Four - who would go on to become Dawson's most recognisable sidekick. The two most notably appeared...
from the fifth series in 1972 onwards. He wrote the first series of the Thames TV sitcom All at No 20
All at No 20
All at No 20 is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1986 to 1987. Starring Maureen Lipman, it was written by Richard Ommanney, Ian Davidson, Peter Vincent and Alex Shearer. It was made for the ITV network by Thames Television and ran for two series...
for Maureen Lipman
Maureen Lipman
Maureen Diane Lipman CBE is a British film, theatre and television actress, columnist and comedienne.-Early life:Lipman was born in Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, the daughter of Maurice Julius Lipman and Zelma Pearlman. Her father was a tailor; he used to have a shop between the...
, and created and wrote two series of the love triangle sitcom Square Deal for LWT. The format of Square Deal was sold to Holland and remade as Tegen Wil en Dank.
His first stage play The Making Of Julia was produced at the Mill At Sonning.
He worked on an American pilot of Three Up, Two Down
Three Up, Two Down
Three Up, Two Down is a British sitcom starring Michael Elphick and Angela Thorne that ran from 1985 to 1989. It was written by Richard Ommanney.-Cast:*Michael Elphick - Sam Tyler*Angela Thorne - Daphne Trenchard...
for Orion/CBS in Los Angeles, co-writing with Winifred Hervey
Winifred Hervey
Winifred Hervey is an American television producer and screenwriter. She is sometimes credited as Winifred Hervey Stallworth.-Career:...
. He created and wrote two series of the sitcom Side by Side
Side by Side (TV series)
Side by Side is a British sitcom starring Gareth Hunt and Louisa Rix that was broadcast for two series from 1992 to 1993. It was written by Richard Ommanney, who had also written Three Up, Two Down.-Cast:*Gareth Hunt - Vince Tulley...
for BBC TV.
He wrote many episodes for various Dutch sitcoms including Oppassen, Ben zo Terug, and Bergen-Binnen, and also the police drama Luifel & Luifel. He's written episodes of The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
for TalkbackThames, and two stage comedies, Stella's Song and Lunch In Salerno. He set up Comedy Script Aid, and recently published his first novel Jerome's Angel.