Eric Chappell
Television comedy writer and creator of Rising Damp.
Works
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
Tribute to the much-loved character actor.
Release Date2000-09-25
Charactersd Self
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
A compilation of the many characters played by Leonard Rossiter.
Release Date1996-08-16
Charactersd Self
Vote Count1
Home to Roost
Home to Roost is a British television sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television in the 1980s. Written by Eric Chappell, it starred John Thaw as Henry Willows and Reece Dinsdale as his 18-year-old son Matthew. The premise is that Henry Willows is forty-something, who has been divorced from his wife for seven years and is perfectly happy living alone in London. That is, until his youngest child, Matthew arrives to live with him, after being thrown out by his mother. The plots generally revolved around Henry's annoyance at having his solitude disturbed, and the age gap clash. Henry employed two cleaners throughout the show's life; first Enid Thompson, and, in the third season, Fiona Fennell.
Release Date1985-04-19
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count22
Vote Count3
Fiddlers Three
Sitcom following the office politics in an accounts department. A sequel to The Squirrels.
Release Date1991-02-19
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count1
Duty Free
Duty Free is a British sitcom written by Eric Chappell and Jean Warr that aired on ITV from 1984 to 1986. It was made by Yorkshire Television.
Release Date1984-02-13
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count22
Vote Count8
Rising Damp
Set in a seedy bedsit, the cowardly landlord Rigsby has his conceits debunked by his long suffering tenants.
Release Date1974-09-02
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count28
The Bounder
The Bounder is a British sitcom which ran from 16 April 1982 to 28 October 1983, made by Yorkshire Television. The series starred Peter Bowles as Howard Booth, an ex-convict who served two years in jail. He lives with Trevor Mountjoy who's his brother in law, and his wife Mary Rosalind Ayres. The latter left after Series one in 1982. It also starred Isla Blair as the next door widowed neighbour, Laura Miles. This series was created by Eric Chappell.
Release Date1982-04-16
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count3
Sjukan
Release Date1995-09-15
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Episode Count1
Vote Count1
Singles
Singles is a British sitcom set in a singles bar produced by Yorkshire Television. It aired for 3 series and 22 episodes on the ITV network between 1988 and 1991. Main character Malcolm, played by Roger Rees, was written out in the final series after Rees relocated to the United States, with Simon Cadell joining the cast in his place as Dennis Duval.
Release Date1988-01-27
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count1
The Squirrels
The Squirrels is a British television sitcom, written by Eric Chappell, who went on to create the Yorkshire Television sitcoms Rising Damp and Only When I Laugh. It ran for 3 series and 28 episodes and was made and broadcast from 1974 to 1977 on the ITV network, by ATV. Phil Redmond, the creator of now defunct Soap-Opera Brookside, was also a writer for the series.
Release Date1974-07-08
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count2
You Again?
You Again? is an American situation comedy based on the British sitcom "Home To Roost" that was broadcast by NBC from February 27, 1986, to March 30, 1987, for two seasons. When Matthew Willows (John Stamos) was 10 years old, his parents got divorced, and Matthew chose to live with his mother. Now, seven years later, he's on his father's doorstep—and his dad, Henry Willows (Jack Klugman), is not thrilled. This kid is less than a model teenager: he drinks, he smokes, he curses, he lies. Not that Henry, a grouchy old bird, is any prize himself. But Matt moves in "temporarily." Henry makes him drop most of those bad habits, and Matt brings a little youthful exuberance into the Willows household, which includes Enid (Elizabeth Bennett), the part-time housekeeper.
Release Date1986-02-27
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count3
Tax Free
A Dutch comedy series that aired on TROS.
Release Date1992-11-16
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count19
Rising Damp
Stingy landlord Rigsby manages to scam his lodgers John, an art student, and Philip, an African medical student, making both pay for a room they must share. However Rigsby's favorite lodger, Miss Jones, flirts with Philip rather than him, despite his pitiful attempts at seduction.
Release Date1980-05-03
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count17
Natural Causes
Comedy thriller. Walter Bryce hires the professional services of the sinister Vincent to eliminate his rich, neurotic wife, Celia. All this to achieve a place in the sun with his secretary Angie. What seems to be a neat idea goes wrong when Vincent becomes involved on a personal level.
Release Date1988-09-11
DepartmentCrew
JobScript
Coup de sangria
Release Date2013-09-12
DepartmentWriting
JobTheatre Play