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		<title>Kurt: /* External links */</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;External links&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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		<author><name>Kurt</name></author>
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		<title>Kurt: /* Ronald Wolfe */</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Ronald Wolfe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Ronald Wolfe===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Ronald Wolfe===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Wolfe was born in London, a cousin of actor [[Warren Mitchell]], and the grandson of Russian Jewish immigrants.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Hayward2011&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Hayward |first=Anthony |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/dec/19/ronald-wolfe |title=Ronald Wolfe obituary |work=The Guardian |date=19 December 2011 |accessdate=23 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph2011&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/8966424/Ronnie-Wolfe.html |title=Ronnie Wolfe |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=19 December 2011 |accessdate=25 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His parents ran a kosher restaurant in [[w:Whitechapel|Whitechapel]], which served performers from the variety theatre across the road.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesWolfe&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ronald-wolfe-295wggdmcwn |title=Ronald Wolfe |work=[[w:The Times|The Times]] |date=22 December 2011 |accessdate=24 April 2018}} {{subscription required}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was educated at the Central Foundation Boys' Grammar School in Islington.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; For a while he was a stand-up comedian. &amp;quot;I came from vaudeville and music halls&amp;quot;, he once said.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Gaughan&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Gaughan |first=Gavin |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ronald-wolfe-writer-and-producer-best-known-for-the-rag-trade-and-on-the-buses-6280279.html |title=Ronald Wolfe: Writer and producer best known for ''The Rag Trade'' and ''On The Buses'' |work=[[w:The Independent|The Independent]] |date=22 December 2011 |accessdate=24 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; During the Second World War, he was an army radio operator, and after being demobbed he worked as a radio engineer for [[w:Marconi Company|Marconi]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesWolfe&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Wolfe was born in London, a cousin of actor [[Warren Mitchell]], and the grandson of Russian Jewish immigrants.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Hayward2011&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Hayward |first=Anthony |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/dec/19/ronald-wolfe |title=Ronald Wolfe obituary |work=The Guardian |date=19 December 2011 |accessdate=23 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph2011&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/8966424/Ronnie-Wolfe.html |title=Ronnie Wolfe |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=19 December 2011 |accessdate=25 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His parents ran a kosher restaurant in [[w:Whitechapel|Whitechapel]], which served performers from the variety theatre across the road.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesWolfe&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ronald-wolfe-295wggdmcwn |title=Ronald Wolfe |work=[[w:The Times|The Times]] |date=22 December 2011 |accessdate=24 April 2018}} {{subscription required}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was educated at the Central Foundation Boys' Grammar School in Islington.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; For a while he was a stand-up comedian. &amp;quot;I came from vaudeville and music halls&amp;quot;, he once said.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Gaughan&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Gaughan |first=Gavin |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ronald-wolfe-writer-and-producer-best-known-for-the-rag-trade-and-on-the-buses-6280279.html |title=Ronald Wolfe: Writer and producer best known for ''The Rag Trade'' and ''On The Buses'' |work=[[w:The Independent|The Independent]] |date=22 December 2011 |accessdate=24 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; During the Second World War, he was an army radio operator, and after being demobbed he worked as a radio engineer for [[w:Marconi Company|Marconi]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesWolfe&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Kurt</name></author>
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		<title>Kurt: /* Ronald Wolfe */</title>
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		<updated>2022-10-02T03:49:23Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Ronald Wolfe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 22:49, 1 October 2022&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Ronald Wolfe===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Ronald Wolfe===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Wolfe was born in London, a cousin of actor [[Warren Mitchell]], and the grandson of Russian Jewish immigrants.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Hayward2011&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Hayward |first=Anthony |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/dec/19/ronald-wolfe |title=Ronald Wolfe obituary |work=The Guardian |date=19 December 2011 |accessdate=23 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph2011&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/8966424/Ronnie-Wolfe.html |title=Ronnie Wolfe |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=19 December 2011 |accessdate=25 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His parents ran a kosher restaurant in [[w:Whitechapel|Whitechapel]], which served performers from the variety theatre across the road.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesWolfe&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ronald-wolfe-295wggdmcwn |title=Ronald Wolfe |work=[[w:The Times|The Times]] |date=22 December 2011 |accessdate=24 April 2018}} {{subscription required}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was educated at the Central Foundation Boys' Grammar School in Islington.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; For a while he was a stand-up comedian. &amp;quot;I came from vaudeville and music halls&amp;quot;, he once said.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Gaughan&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Gaughan |first=Gavin |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ronald-wolfe-writer-and-producer-best-known-for-the-rag-trade-and-on-the-buses-6280279.html |title=Ronald Wolfe: Writer and producer best known for ''The Rag Trade'' and ''On The Buses'' |work=[[w:The Independent|The Independent]] |date=22 December 2011 |accessdate=24 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; During the Second World War, he was an army radio operator, and after being demobbed he worked as a radio engineer for [[w:Marconi Company|Marconi]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesWolfe&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Wolfe was born in London, a cousin of actor [[Warren Mitchell]], and the grandson of Russian Jewish immigrants.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Hayward2011&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Hayward |first=Anthony |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/dec/19/ronald-wolfe |title=Ronald Wolfe obituary |work=The Guardian |date=19 December 2011 |accessdate=23 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph2011&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/8966424/Ronnie-Wolfe.html |title=Ronnie Wolfe |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=19 December 2011 |accessdate=25 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His parents ran a kosher restaurant in [[w:Whitechapel|Whitechapel]], which served performers from the variety theatre across the road.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesWolfe&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ronald-wolfe-295wggdmcwn |title=Ronald Wolfe |work=[[w:The Times|The Times]] |date=22 December 2011 |accessdate=24 April 2018}} {{subscription required}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was educated at the Central Foundation Boys' Grammar School in Islington.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; For a while he was a stand-up comedian. &amp;quot;I came from vaudeville and music halls&amp;quot;, he once said.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Gaughan&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Gaughan |first=Gavin |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ronald-wolfe-writer-and-producer-best-known-for-the-rag-trade-and-on-the-buses-6280279.html |title=Ronald Wolfe: Writer and producer best known for ''The Rag Trade'' and ''On The Buses'' |work=[[w:The Independent|The Independent]] |date=22 December 2011 |accessdate=24 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; During the Second World War, he was an army radio operator, and after being demobbed he worked as a radio engineer for [[w:Marconi Company|Marconi]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesWolfe&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Kurt</name></author>
	</entry>
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		<title>Kurt: /* Ronald Wolfe */</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Ronald Wolfe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Ronald Wolfe===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Ronald Wolfe===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:Ronald Wolfe.jpg|thumb|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;right|Ronnie Wolfe&lt;/del&gt;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:Ronald Wolfe.jpg|thumb|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;left&lt;/ins&gt;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Wolfe was born in London, a cousin of actor [[Warren Mitchell]], and the grandson of Russian Jewish immigrants.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Hayward2011&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Hayward |first=Anthony |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/dec/19/ronald-wolfe |title=Ronald Wolfe obituary |work=The Guardian |date=19 December 2011 |accessdate=23 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph2011&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/8966424/Ronnie-Wolfe.html |title=Ronnie Wolfe |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=19 December 2011 |accessdate=25 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His parents ran a kosher restaurant in [[w:Whitechapel|Whitechapel]], which served performers from the variety theatre across the road.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesWolfe&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ronald-wolfe-295wggdmcwn |title=Ronald Wolfe |work=[[w:The Times|The Times]] |date=22 December 2011 |accessdate=24 April 2018}} {{subscription required}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was educated at the Central Foundation Boys' Grammar School in Islington.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; For a while he was a stand-up comedian. &amp;quot;I came from vaudeville and music halls&amp;quot;, he once said.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Gaughan&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Gaughan |first=Gavin |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ronald-wolfe-writer-and-producer-best-known-for-the-rag-trade-and-on-the-buses-6280279.html |title=Ronald Wolfe: Writer and producer best known for ''The Rag Trade'' and ''On The Buses'' |work=[[w:The Independent|The Independent]] |date=22 December 2011 |accessdate=24 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; During the Second World War, he was an army radio operator, and after being demobbed he worked as a radio engineer for [[w:Marconi Company|Marconi]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesWolfe&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Wolfe was born in London, a cousin of actor [[Warren Mitchell]], and the grandson of Russian Jewish immigrants.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Hayward2011&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Hayward |first=Anthony |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/dec/19/ronald-wolfe |title=Ronald Wolfe obituary |work=The Guardian |date=19 December 2011 |accessdate=23 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph2011&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/8966424/Ronnie-Wolfe.html |title=Ronnie Wolfe |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=19 December 2011 |accessdate=25 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His parents ran a kosher restaurant in [[w:Whitechapel|Whitechapel]], which served performers from the variety theatre across the road.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesWolfe&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ronald-wolfe-295wggdmcwn |title=Ronald Wolfe |work=[[w:The Times|The Times]] |date=22 December 2011 |accessdate=24 April 2018}} {{subscription required}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was educated at the Central Foundation Boys' Grammar School in Islington.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; For a while he was a stand-up comedian. &amp;quot;I came from vaudeville and music halls&amp;quot;, he once said.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Gaughan&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Gaughan |first=Gavin |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ronald-wolfe-writer-and-producer-best-known-for-the-rag-trade-and-on-the-buses-6280279.html |title=Ronald Wolfe: Writer and producer best known for ''The Rag Trade'' and ''On The Buses'' |work=[[w:The Independent|The Independent]] |date=22 December 2011 |accessdate=24 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; During the Second World War, he was an army radio operator, and after being demobbed he worked as a radio engineer for [[w:Marconi Company|Marconi]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesWolfe&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In the early 1950s, he began to write for the Jewish comedian [[Max Bacon (actor)|Max Bacon]];&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; after Bacon introduced him to the BBC, Wolfe contributed material for radio shows.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesWolfe&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; ''Starlight Hour'' (1951), broadcast on the [[BBC Light Programme]], was a series which featured [[Beryl Reid]]. Wolfe became Reid's regular writer, providing material for her characters, Brummie Marlene and the naughty schoolgirl, Monica.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Stage2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Gaughan&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; After Reid joined the cast of the radio comedy series ''[[Educating Archie]]'', Wolfe joined the writing team for the series which [[Eric Sykes]] had created.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Gaughan&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; The series featured [[w:ventriloquist|ventriloquist]] [[Peter Brough]] and his dummy [[Archie Andrews (puppet)|Archie Andrews]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In the early 1950s, he began to write for the Jewish comedian [[Max Bacon (actor)|Max Bacon]];&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; after Bacon introduced him to the BBC, Wolfe contributed material for radio shows.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesWolfe&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; ''Starlight Hour'' (1951), broadcast on the [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;w:BBC Light Programme|&lt;/ins&gt;BBC Light Programme]], was a series which featured [[Beryl Reid]]. Wolfe became Reid's regular writer, providing material for her characters, Brummie Marlene and the naughty schoolgirl, Monica.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Stage2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Gaughan&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; After Reid joined the cast of the radio comedy series ''[[Educating Archie]]'', Wolfe joined the writing team for the series which [[Eric Sykes]] had created.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Gaughan&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; The series featured [[w:ventriloquist|ventriloquist]] [[Peter Brough]] and his dummy [[Archie Andrews (puppet)|Archie Andrews]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Chesney and Wolfe's projects==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Chesney and Wolfe's projects==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Kurt</name></author>
	</entry>
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		<title>Kurt: /* Ronald Wolfe */</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Ronald Wolfe===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Ronald Wolfe===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Wolfe was born in London, a cousin of actor [[Warren Mitchell]], and the grandson of Russian Jewish immigrants.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Hayward2011&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Hayward |first=Anthony |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/dec/19/ronald-wolfe |title=Ronald Wolfe obituary |work=The Guardian |date=19 December 2011 |accessdate=23 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph2011&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/8966424/Ronnie-Wolfe.html |title=Ronnie Wolfe |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=19 December 2011 |accessdate=25 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His parents ran a kosher restaurant in [[Whitechapel]], which served performers from the variety theatre across the road.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesWolfe&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ronald-wolfe-295wggdmcwn |title=Ronald Wolfe |work=[[The Times]] |date=22 December 2011 |accessdate=24 April 2018}} {{subscription required}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was educated at the Central Foundation Boys' Grammar School in Islington.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; For a while he was a stand-up comedian. &amp;quot;I came from vaudeville and music halls&amp;quot;, he once said.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Gaughan&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Gaughan |first=Gavin |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ronald-wolfe-writer-and-producer-best-known-for-the-rag-trade-and-on-the-buses-6280279.html |title=Ronald Wolfe: Writer and producer best known for ''The Rag Trade'' and ''On The Buses'' |work=The Independent |date=22 December 2011 |accessdate=24 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; During the Second World War, he was an army radio operator, and after being demobbed he worked as a radio engineer for [[Marconi Company|Marconi]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesWolfe&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[File:Ronald Wolfe.jpg|thumb|right|Ronnie Wolfe]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Wolfe was born in London, a cousin of actor [[Warren Mitchell]], and the grandson of Russian Jewish immigrants.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Hayward2011&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Hayward |first=Anthony |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/dec/19/ronald-wolfe |title=Ronald Wolfe obituary |work=The Guardian |date=19 December 2011 |accessdate=23 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph2011&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/8966424/Ronnie-Wolfe.html |title=Ronnie Wolfe |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=19 December 2011 |accessdate=25 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His parents ran a kosher restaurant in [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;w:Whitechapel|&lt;/ins&gt;Whitechapel]], which served performers from the variety theatre across the road.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesWolfe&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ronald-wolfe-295wggdmcwn |title=Ronald Wolfe |work=[[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;w:The Times|&lt;/ins&gt;The Times]] |date=22 December 2011 |accessdate=24 April 2018}} {{subscription required}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was educated at the Central Foundation Boys' Grammar School in Islington.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; For a while he was a stand-up comedian. &amp;quot;I came from vaudeville and music halls&amp;quot;, he once said.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Gaughan&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Gaughan |first=Gavin |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ronald-wolfe-writer-and-producer-best-known-for-the-rag-trade-and-on-the-buses-6280279.html |title=Ronald Wolfe: Writer and producer best known for ''The Rag Trade'' and ''On The Buses'' |work=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[w:&lt;/ins&gt;The Independent&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|The Independent]] &lt;/ins&gt;|date=22 December 2011 |accessdate=24 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; During the Second World War, he was an army radio operator, and after being demobbed he worked as a radio engineer for [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;w:&lt;/ins&gt;Marconi Company|Marconi]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesWolfe&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In the early 1950s, he began to write for the Jewish comedian [[Max Bacon (actor)|Max Bacon]];&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; after Bacon introduced him to the BBC, Wolfe contributed material for radio shows.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesWolfe&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; ''Starlight Hour'' (1951), broadcast on the [[BBC Light Programme]], was a series which featured [[Beryl Reid]]. Wolfe became Reid's regular writer, providing material for her characters, Brummie Marlene and the naughty schoolgirl, Monica.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Stage2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Gaughan&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; After Reid joined the cast of the radio comedy series ''[[Educating Archie]]'', Wolfe joined the writing team for the series which [[Eric Sykes]] had created.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Gaughan&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; The series featured [[ventriloquist]] [[Peter Brough]] and his dummy [[Archie Andrews (puppet)|Archie Andrews]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In the early 1950s, he began to write for the Jewish comedian [[Max Bacon (actor)|Max Bacon]];&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; after Bacon introduced him to the BBC, Wolfe contributed material for radio shows.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesWolfe&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; ''Starlight Hour'' (1951), broadcast on the [[BBC Light Programme]], was a series which featured [[Beryl Reid]]. Wolfe became Reid's regular writer, providing material for her characters, Brummie Marlene and the naughty schoolgirl, Monica.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Stage2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Gaughan&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; After Reid joined the cast of the radio comedy series ''[[Educating Archie]]'', Wolfe joined the writing team for the series which [[Eric Sykes]] had created.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Gaughan&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; The series featured [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;w:ventriloquist|&lt;/ins&gt;ventriloquist]] [[Peter Brough]] and his dummy [[Archie Andrews (puppet)|Archie Andrews]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Chesney and Wolfe's projects==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Chesney and Wolfe's projects==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Kurt</name></author>
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		<title>Kurt: /* Ronald Chesney */</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Ronald Chesney&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l33&quot;&gt;Line 33:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Early life==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Early life==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Ronald Chesney===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Ronald Chesney===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[File:Ronald Chesney.jpg|thumb|right|Ronald Chesney]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Chesney, who was of French descent, was the son of Marius, a silk trader, and Jeanne (''[[née]]'' Basset). He left the French Lycée school in London at the age of 16, and began using his English name.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Hayward2018&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Hayward |first=Anthony |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/apr/23/ronald-chesney-obituary |title=Ronald Chesney obituary |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=23 April 2018 |accessdate=23 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Chesney, who was of French descent, was the son of Marius, a silk trader, and Jeanne (''[[née]]'' Basset). He left the French Lycée school in London at the age of 16, and began using his English name.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Hayward2018&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Hayward |first=Anthony |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/apr/23/ronald-chesney-obituary |title=Ronald Chesney obituary |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=23 April 2018 |accessdate=23 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Kurt</name></author>
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		<title>Kurt at 03:23, 2 October 2022</title>
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		<updated>2022-10-02T03:23:15Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| honorific_prefix =  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| honorific_prefix =  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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'''Ronald Chesney''' (born '''René Lucien Cadier'''; 4 May 1920 – 12 April 2018)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesChesney&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; and '''Ronald Wolfe''' (born '''Harvey Ronald Wolfe-Luberoff''';&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Stage2011&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Quinn |first=Michael |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2012/ronald-wolfe/ |title=Ronald Wolfe |work=The Stage |date=11 January 2012 |accessdate=25 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; 8 August 1922 – 18 December 2011)&amp;lt;ref name = &amp;quot;BBCWolfe&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16239183 |title=On The Buses writer Ronnie Wolfe dies |work=BBC News |date=18 December 2011 |accessdate=23 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; were British television comedy [[Screenwriter|scriptwriters]], best known for their 1960s and 1970s [[sitcom]]s ''[[The Rag Trade]]'' (1961–63, 1977–78), ''[[Meet the Wife (TV series)|Meet the Wife]]'' (1963–66), ''[[On the Buses]]'' (1969–73) and ''[[Romany Jones]]'' (1972–75). When their partnership began in the mid-1950s, Chesney was already known to the public as a [[harmonica]] player.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Early life==&lt;br /&gt;
===Ronald Chesney===&lt;br /&gt;
Chesney, who was of French descent, was the son of Marius, a silk trader, and Jeanne (''[[née]]'' Basset). He left the French Lycée school in London at the age of 16, and began using his English name.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Hayward2018&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Hayward |first=Anthony |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/apr/23/ronald-chesney-obituary |title=Ronald Chesney obituary |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=23 April 2018 |accessdate=23 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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He became a [[Diatonic and chromatic|chromatic]] [[harmonica]] player, performing professionally from the age of 17.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;NHL&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://harmonica.co.uk/ronald.htm |title=Ronald Chesney - Britain's greatest harmonica player - 1920 to 2018 |work=National Harmonica League |accessdate=25 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Touring the [[ABC Cinema]] chain, he played on BBC Radio broadcasts from 1937, the first being ''Palace of Varieties''. Declared unfit to serve in the [[Second World War]] because of the removal of a [[tuberculosis]]-infected kidney,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Hayward2018&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; he taught the harmonica to troops in a BBC radio series, which ran for 42 weeks, beginning in 1940.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Hayward2018&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;NHL&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; After the war, he began to diversify into the classical repertoire.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;NHL&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Chesney became a well-known performer, entertaining troops, performing at the [[London Palladium]] and [[Royal Albert Hall]], and working with [[Duke Ellington]] and [[Gracie Fields]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Smith&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Mark |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/16176779.Obituary___Ronald_Chesney__harmonica_player_and_writer_who_created_The_Rag_Trade_and_On_The_Buses/ |title=Obituary - Ronald Chesney, harmonica player and writer who created ''The Rag Trade'' and ''On The Buses'' |work=The Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 April 2018 |accessdate=24 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was President of the National Hohner Song Band League (later the [[National Harmonica League]]) from 1951.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;NHL&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ronald Wolfe===&lt;br /&gt;
Wolfe was born in London, a cousin of actor [[Warren Mitchell]], and the grandson of Russian Jewish immigrants.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Hayward2011&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Hayward |first=Anthony |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/dec/19/ronald-wolfe |title=Ronald Wolfe obituary |work=The Guardian |date=19 December 2011 |accessdate=23 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph2011&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/8966424/Ronnie-Wolfe.html |title=Ronnie Wolfe |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=19 December 2011 |accessdate=25 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His parents ran a kosher restaurant in [[Whitechapel]], which served performers from the variety theatre across the road.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesWolfe&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ronald-wolfe-295wggdmcwn |title=Ronald Wolfe |work=[[The Times]] |date=22 December 2011 |accessdate=24 April 2018}} {{subscription required}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was educated at the Central Foundation Boys' Grammar School in Islington.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; For a while he was a stand-up comedian. &amp;quot;I came from vaudeville and music halls&amp;quot;, he once said.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Gaughan&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Gaughan |first=Gavin |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ronald-wolfe-writer-and-producer-best-known-for-the-rag-trade-and-on-the-buses-6280279.html |title=Ronald Wolfe: Writer and producer best known for ''The Rag Trade'' and ''On The Buses'' |work=The Independent |date=22 December 2011 |accessdate=24 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; During the Second World War, he was an army radio operator, and after being demobbed he worked as a radio engineer for [[Marconi Company|Marconi]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesWolfe&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In the early 1950s, he began to write for the Jewish comedian [[Max Bacon (actor)|Max Bacon]];&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; after Bacon introduced him to the BBC, Wolfe contributed material for radio shows.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesWolfe&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; ''Starlight Hour'' (1951), broadcast on the [[BBC Light Programme]], was a series which featured [[Beryl Reid]]. Wolfe became Reid's regular writer, providing material for her characters, Brummie Marlene and the naughty schoolgirl, Monica.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Stage2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Gaughan&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; After Reid joined the cast of the radio comedy series ''[[Educating Archie]]'', Wolfe joined the writing team for the series which [[Eric Sykes]] had created.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Gaughan&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; The series featured [[ventriloquist]] [[Peter Brough]] and his dummy [[Archie Andrews (puppet)|Archie Andrews]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==Chesney and Wolfe's projects==&lt;br /&gt;
===Early collaborations===&lt;br /&gt;
Chesney's harmonica playing was featured as a musical interlude on ''Educating Archie''; this led to his first meeting with Wolfe in 1955.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Hayward2018&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; They wrote the show's last four seasons, initially with another of the show's writers, [[Marty Feldman]]. A one-off special for [[BBC Television]] in 1956, entitled ''Here's Archie'', was written by Wolfe, but still featured Chesney with his harmonica act.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Oliver&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web |last=Olver |first=John |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/572407/index.html |title=Chesney, Ronald (1920-2018) and Wolfe, Ronald (1924-2011) |work=BFI Screenoline |date=2003–14 |accessdate=23 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It also starred [[Irene Handl]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Scotsman2011&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Steven |first=Alasdair |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-ronald-wolfe-writer-of-tv-sitcoms-such-as-the-rag-trade-and-on-the-buses-1-2017582 |title=Obituary: Ronald Wolfe - Writer of TV sitcoms such as ''The Rag Trade'' and ''On the Buses'' |work=[[The Scotsman]] |date=21 December 2011 |accessdate=25 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The first regular television work for Chesney and Wolfe, writing in partnership with Feldman, was in 1958 when [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] franchise holder [[Associated-Rediffusion]] made a television version of ''Educating Archie''.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesWolfe&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; Persuaded by Wolfe, Chesney soon gave up performing professionally, so that they could form a writing partnership.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Renard&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web |last=Renard |first=Gail |url=https://writersguild.org.uk/obituary-ronald-chesney-1920-2018/ |title=Obituary: Ronald Chesney (1920-2018) |work=WGGB Writers' Union |date=19 April 2018 |accessdate=25 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He did, however, tutor [[Sylvia Syms]] for her harmonica-playing role in the film ''[[No Trees in the Street]]'' (1959).&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Smith&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; By this time, they had also written material for [[Tommy Steele]] and [[Ken Dodd]], including pantomimes for both.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Scotsman2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; The sitcom ''It's A Deal'' (1961) turned out to be their last work for radio. It starred [[Sid James]] as a dishonest property developer, with [[Dennis Price]] as his partner, but lasted for only a single series of 13 episodes.{{sfn|Goodwin|2001|pp=138–39}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===''The Rag Trade''===&lt;br /&gt;
Around the same time, the two men created ''[[The Rag Trade]]'' (1961–63), starring [[Peter Jones (actor)|Peter Jones]] as Harold Fenner, ungenerous head of Fenner Fashions, [[Miriam Karlin]] as the shop steward, Paddy, and [[Reg Varney]] as the foreman trying to mediate the conflict between employer and employed in a [[East End of London|London East End]] [[Sweatshop|sweat-shop]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;AClark&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|last=Clark|first=Anthony|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/571142/index.html|title=Rag Trade, The (1961-63)|work=BFI Screenonline|date=2003–14|accessdate=25 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; [[Sheila Hancock]] and [[Barbara Windsor]] were also in the cast, plus the diminutive [[Esma Cannon]].{{sfn|Hancock|2004|p=101}} Directed (and produced) by [[Dennis Main Wilson]], Karlin wrote in her autobiography that Main Wilson had an &amp;quot;amazing capacity for picking the right people&amp;quot; for a cast.{{sfn|Karlin|Sargent|2007|p=86}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Rejected by Associated-Rediffusion, who thought factory workers would not watch it, the pitch was picked up by [[Frank Muir]] and [[Denis Norden]] who were then comedy advisers for &amp;lt;!-- BBC Two/BBC2 was not yet on air. --&amp;gt;BBC Television.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesWolfe&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; Unusually for the time, the series featured strong female roles,{{sfn|Irwin|2016|p=68}} who it has been said gained the best lines, and it was a popular and critical success, being watched by more than 11 million viewers.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;AClark&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Gaughan&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; Karlin's chain-smoking character had the catchphrase &amp;quot;Everybody out!&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; &amp;quot;I know all about working people and the struggles of the small businessman,&amp;quot; Ronald Wolfe once said. &amp;quot;Writers who come from orthodox middle-class backgrounds can’t write ''The Rag Trade''-type show. They just don’t know what makes the man in the street laugh.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesWolfe&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; The show was turned into a stage version which had a run in [[West End theatre|London's West End]] at the [[Piccadilly Theatre]] in 1962.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Stage2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Later 1960s shows===&lt;br /&gt;
Chesney and Wolfe repeated their success with the BBC sitcom ''[[Meet the Wife (TV series)|Meet the Wife]]'' (1964–66) starring &amp;lt;!-- Not awarded with a DBE until 1993. --&amp;gt;[[Thora Hird]] and [[Freddie Frinton]]. It was originally a one-off ''[[Comedy Playhouse (series 3)|Comedy Playhouse]]'' pilot called &amp;quot;The Bed&amp;quot; (1963).&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; Again, this featured working class characters and humour. Frinton's character was a plumber, while Hird's had social aspirations. It ran for five series.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesWolfe&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; In 1964, for Australian television, they wrote the first six episodes of a 13 episode comedy series, ''Barley Charlie'', concerning the inheritance by two sisters of a run down garage with one lazy employee.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Oliver&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The partnership wrote ''[[The Bed-Sit Girl]]'' (1965–66) for [[Sheila Hancock]], who played a young typist frustrated by her current life.{{sfn|Irwin|2016|p=77}} One of the series' characters, a neighbour (played by [[Derek Nimmo]]) of Hancock's title character, carried over to a follow-up series: ''Sorry I'm Single'' (1967) starred Nimmo as a callow mature student sharing a house with three young women. ''[[Wild, Wild Women]]'' (1969), starring [[Barbara Windsor]] and [[Pat Coombs]]&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Stage2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; and set in 1902, was effectively a period-drama variation on ''The Rag Trade'', but only one series was produced.{{sfn|Irwin|2016|p=76}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===''On the Buses''===&lt;br /&gt;
Their next series was [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s ''[[On the Buses]]'', which ran from 1969 to 1973, leading them to be called the Other Two Ronnies.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Smith&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; Rejected by the BBC,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;BBCWolfe&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; it was commissioned by Frank Muir, now Head of Entertainment at the then recently established [[London Weekend Television]], who said it was &amp;quot;rather at the baked beans end of my menu&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesChesney&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/ronald-chesney-obituary-kj627vtn0 |title=Ronald Chesney obituary |work=The Times |date=30 April 2018 |accessdate=30 April 2018}} {{subscription required}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The series had an audience of up to 20 million, and was more popular at the time than ''[[Dad's Army]]''.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Gaughan&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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It starred Reg Varney as bus driver Stan Butler, with [[Bob Grant (actor)|Bob Grant]] as his bus conductor Jack Harper.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Standard2011&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/on-the-buses-writer-dies-after-fall-at-home-6380075.html|title=On The Buses writer dies after fall at home|work=London Evening Standard|date=19 December 2011|accessdate=25 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; [[Doris Hare]] was his Mum (originally played by [[Cicely Courtneidge]]),&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Stubbs&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; [[Michael Robbins]] his brother-in-law Arthur, [[Anna Karen]] as his plain sister Olive.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Hayward2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; [[Stephen Lewis (actor)|Stephen Lewis]] as bus inspector Cyril Blake, usually referred to as 'Blakey', delivered the series' catchphrases &amp;quot;I 'ate you, Butler&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;I'll get you for this, Butler&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Dixon&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Dixon |first=Stephen |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/aug/14/stephen-lewis |title=Stephen Lewis obituary |work=The Guardian |date=14 August 2015 |accessdate=25 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Both Varney and Grant's characters were womanisers; it was a decidedly [[Political correctness|un-politically correct]] series, with women objectified and ethnic minorities used inappropriately for humour.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Scotsman2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;{{sfn|Irwin|2016|p=77}}&amp;lt;!-- quote from Irwin p.77:  &amp;quot;with much of the humour derived from what would today be unacceptable attitudes, in particular to race and gender&amp;quot; --&amp;gt; As David Stubbs wrote for ''[[The Guardian]]'' in 2008, Grant and Varney were playing &amp;quot;two conspicuously middle-aged men&amp;quot; pursuing &amp;quot;an endless array of improbably available 'dolly birds'&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Stubbs&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Stubbs |first=David |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2008/nov/17/reg-varney-on-the-buses |title=Reg Varney reaches the end of the line |work=The Guardian |date=17 November 2008 |accessdate=25 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The series, although a rating success, was nevertheless critically derided at the time of its first broadcast. It led to three film spin-offs, which Chesney and Wolfe both co-wrote and co-produced. [[On the Buses (film)|The first of these]] was more successful at the British box office than the year's [[James Bond in film|James Bond]] film ''[[Diamonds Are Forever (film)|Diamonds Are Forever]]'' (1971).&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesWolfe&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; ''On the Buses'' American remake, ''[[Lotsa Luck]]'' (1973–74), ran for a season on [[NBC]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Hayward2018&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; When ''On the Buses'' ended, Wolfe and Chesney followed it with ''[[Don't Drink the Water (TV series)|Don't Drink the Water]]'' (1974–75), which starred Stephen Lewis's Blakey character abroad in Spain with his sister (played by Pat Coombs).&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Stage2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; It lasted for two series.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Later work===&lt;br /&gt;
The [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] sitcom ''[[Romany Jones]]'' ran from 1973 to 1975, with an initial pilot in 1972, was set on a caravan site. Originally it starred ''Dad's Army'' actor [[James Beck]] (who died in 1973, after recording the second series) with [[Jo Rowbottom]] and [[Jonathan Cecil]] also appearing.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/romany_jones/ |title=''Romany Jones'' |work=British Comedy Guide |accessdate=25 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It lasted four series, being the most successful in the ratings of their series after ''On the Buses''.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TimesWolfe&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; It led to a sequel, featuring the characters played by [[Arthur Mullard]] and [[Queenie Watts]] moving into a council house, entitled ''[[Yus, My Dear]]'' (1976).&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Smith&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; The latter series, which had comparatively low ratings,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mike-reid-8l9w8xq6378 |title=Mike Reid |work=The Times |date=31 July 2007 |accessdate=24 April 2018}} {{subscription required}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; has a reputation, shared with ''Romany Jones'', of being one of the worst-ever sitcoms.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Wainwright |first=Martin |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/sep/30/broadcasting.uknews |title=Bilko named best ever comedy |work=The Guardian |date=30 September 2003 |accessdate=24 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1977, following the BBC's rejection of a new pilot episode, ''The Rag Trade'' was revived by LWT for the ITV network, with Peter Jones and Miriam Karlin returning; it lasted for two series. Anna Karen was &amp;quot;transplanted&amp;quot; into the cast (as [[Anthony Hayward]] expressed it in 2011) to play her Olive character from ''On The Buses''.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Hayward2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;AClark&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; Karlin, however, encouraged to return to the role by a promise from Chesney and Wolfe of a more ethnically diverse cast, ultimately regretted her involvement, believing the sole black character was merely a token.{{sfn|Karlin|Sargent|2007|p=132}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Their last two series as a comedy scriptwriting partnership were ''Watch This Space'' (BBC 1980) set in an advertising agency with [[Liza Goddard]], [[Peter Blake (actor)|Peter Blake]] and [[Christopher Biggins]],&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b85310bb7 |title=Watch This Space [31/01/80] (1980) |work=BFI Film Forever |access-date=2 May 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and ''[[Take a Letter, Mr. Jones]]'' ([[Southern Television|Southern]] 1981), a role-reversal comedy created for [[John Inman]], which also starred [[Rula Lenska]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Smith&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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An episode of ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'' (1989) and ''Fredrikssons Fabrik – The Movie'' (1994) were the partnership's last scripts.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Stage2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Later life==&lt;br /&gt;
From the 1980s, Wolfe taught comedy writing at London's &amp;lt;!-- Only became part of the University of London, rather than a separate institution, in 2016. --&amp;gt;[[City, University of London|City University]] in 1986 and 1988. His text book ''Writing Comedy'' first appeared in 1992.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Gaughan&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; He was also a contributor to ''[[The Stage]]'' newspaper.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Stage2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; ''Ronnie Wolfe – My Life in Memoirs'' appeared in 2010. Written 20 years earlier, it was launched at [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] in November 2010.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|last=Taylor|first=Katie|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/people/ronnie-wolfe-takes-his-buses-down-memory-lane-1.19935|title=Ronnie Wolfe takes his buses down memory lane|work=The Jewish Chronicle|date=9 December 2010|accessdate=25 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Chesney was no longer a regular harmonica player in his last years; he preferred to play jazz on his grand piano at home.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;NHL&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Wolfe died on Sunday 18 December 2011, aged 89, three days after sustaining head injuries from a fall at a care home in London. He had married Rose Krieger in 1953; she served as his secretary and estimated that she had typed 95% of his scripts. The couple had two daughters.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph2011&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; &amp;quot;He was the most incredible husband and we had 58 years of superb marriage harmony&amp;quot;, his wife said in tribute.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;BBCWolfe&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Chesney died at [[Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust|Kingston Hospital]] on 12 April 2018, aged 97.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Hayward2018&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;BBCChesney&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43801071 |title=Ronald Chesney, On the Buses co-writer, dies at 98 |work=BBC News|date=17 April 2018|accessdate=23 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was survived by his wife Patricia, to whom he was married for 70 years, and their two children, Marianne and Michael.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Manby |first=Christine |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ronald-chesney-dead-harmonica-player-bbc-radio-on-the-buses-profile-a8365711.html |title=Ronald Chesney: Harmonica player turned sitcom scriptwriter who co-created ''On the Buses'' |work=The Independent |date=25 May 2018 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Television credits==&lt;br /&gt;
* ''Here's Archie'' (1956) BBC&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Educating Archie]]'' (1958–59) Associated-Rediffusion/ITV&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Rag Trade]]'' (1961–1963, 1977–1978) BBC, LWT/ITV&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Comedy Playhouse (series 3)|Comedy Playhouse]]'' – &amp;quot;The Bed&amp;quot; (1963, pilot for ''Meet the Wife'') BBC&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Meet the Wife (TV series)|Meet the Wife]]'' (1964–1966) BBC&lt;br /&gt;
* ''Barley Charlie'' (1964) Nine Network, Australia&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[The Bed-Sit Girl]]'' (1965–66) BBC&lt;br /&gt;
* ''Sorry I'm Single'' (1967) BBC&lt;br /&gt;
* ''According To Dora'' (1968–69) BBC&lt;br /&gt;
* ''Comedy Playhouse'' (Series 7) – &amp;quot;Wild, Wild Women&amp;quot; (1968, pilot) BBC&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Wild, Wild Women]]'' (1969, series) BBC&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[On the Buses]]'' (1969–1973) LWT&lt;br /&gt;
* ''The Other Reg Varney'' (1970, repeated as ''The Reg Varney Comedy Hour'' in 1972) LWT&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Romany Jones]]'' (1972, pilot) Thames Television/ITV&lt;br /&gt;
* ''Romany Jones'' (1973–75, series) LWT/ITV&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Don't Drink the Water (TV series)|Don't Drink the Water]]'' (1974–75) LWT/ITV&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Yus, My Dear]]'' (1976) LWT/ITV&lt;br /&gt;
* ''Comedy Special'' – &amp;quot;[[The Boys and Mrs B]]&amp;quot;  (1977) BBC&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Watch This Space (British TV series)|Watch This Space]]'' (1980) BBC&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Take a Letter, Mr. Jones]]'' (1981) Southern/ITV&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'' (1989, episode &amp;quot;Down the Drain&amp;quot;, series 5) BBC&lt;br /&gt;
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==Film credits==&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[I've Gotta Horse]]'' (1965)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[On the Buses (film)|On the Buses]]'' (1971)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Mutiny on the Buses]]'' (1972)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''[[Holiday on the Buses]]'' (1973)&lt;br /&gt;
* ''Fredrikssons Fabrikk – The Movie'' (Norway 1994)&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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==Bibliography==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book |last=Goodwin |first=Cliff |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=riU8pURNuNUC&amp;amp;pg=PA139 |title=Sid James: A Biography |location=London |publisher=Virgin |year=2001|isbn=9780753546826 }}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book |last=Hancock |first=Sheila |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l9qn-jR-HKsC&amp;amp;pg=PT101 |title=The Two of Us: My Life with John Thaw |location=London |publisher=Bloomsbury |year=2004|isbn=9781408806937 }}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book |editor-last1=Kamm |editor-first1=Jürgen |editor-last2=Neumann |editor-first2=Birgit |author-last=Irwin |author-first=Mary |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kijxCgAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA77 |title=British TV Comedies: Cultural Concepts, Contexts and Controversies |chapter=''The Rag Trade'': 'Everybody Out!' Gender, Politics and Class on the Factory Floor |location=Basingstoke &amp;amp; New York City |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |year=2016|isbn=9781137552952 }}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book |last1=Karlin |first1=Miriam |last2=Sargent |first2=Jan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VzM2DwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PT132 |title=Some Sort of Life |location=London |publisher=Oberon |year=2007|isbn=9781783194605 }}&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
*{{IMDb name|156255|Ronald Chesney}}&lt;br /&gt;
*{{IMDb name|938132|Ronald Wolfe}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{screenonline name|id=572407}}&lt;br /&gt;
* http://www.thejc.com/news/people/42391/ronnie-wolfe-takes-his-buses-down-memory-lane&lt;br /&gt;
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