Colin Bostock-Smith - Revision history

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	Until the age of 30, he was a journalist, noting in a review of an early performance by [[~~The~~ Beatles]] ("four young men with four fringes, three guitars, and some drums") that they were "not nearly as bad as they might have been".<ref name='peterboroughtoday'>http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/in-focus-she-loved-them-yeah-yeah-yeah-1-151119 {{Dead link\|date=February 2022}}</ref> He later edited the music newspaper ''[[w:Top Pops (newspaper)\|Top Pops]]''.<ref name="Sixties">{{cite web\|last=Smith \|first=Alan \|title=Every No.1 in the 1960s is listed from all the nine different magazine charts! \|url=http://www.davemcaleer.com/page22.htm \|publisher=[[w:Dave McAleer\|Dave McAleer]] \|accessdate=4 October 2012 \|quote=Original editor was the noted author Colin Bostock-Smith. \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510032548/http://www.davemcaleer.com/page22.htm \|archivedate=May 10, 2011 }}</ref> However, he always had—in his words—"this feeling that I would like to write comedy",<ref name='denofgeek'>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/19497/the-den-of-geek-interview-colin-bostock-smith\|title = The den of Geek interview: Colin Bostock-Smith\|date = 14 May 2008}}</ref> starting in this area with contributions to the [[w:BBC Radio 4\|BBC Radio 4]] show ''[[w:Week Ending\|Week Ending]]''.		Until the age of 30, he was a journalist, noting in a review of an early performance by [[w:the Beatles\|the Beatles]] ("four young men with four fringes, three guitars, and some drums") that they were "not nearly as bad as they might have been".<ref name='peterboroughtoday'>http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/in-focus-she-loved-them-yeah-yeah-yeah-1-151119 {{Dead link\|date=February 2022}}</ref> He later edited the music newspaper ''[[w:Top Pops (newspaper)\|Top Pops]]''.<ref name="Sixties">{{cite web\|last=Smith \|first=Alan \|title=Every No.1 in the 1960s is listed from all the nine different magazine charts! \|url=http://www.davemcaleer.com/page22.htm \|publisher=[[w:Dave McAleer\|Dave McAleer]] \|accessdate=4 October 2012 \|quote=Original editor was the noted author Colin Bostock-Smith. \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510032548/http://www.davemcaleer.com/page22.htm \|archivedate=May 10, 2011 }}</ref> However, he always had—in his words—"this feeling that I would like to write comedy",<ref name='denofgeek'>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/19497/the-den-of-geek-interview-colin-bostock-smith\|title = The den of Geek interview: Colin Bostock-Smith\|date = 14 May 2008}}</ref> starting in this area with contributions to the [[w:BBC Radio 4\|BBC Radio 4]] show ''[[w:Week Ending\|Week Ending]]''.

	Bostock-Smith has contributed to a significant number of British television comedies. In a 2008 interview, he noted that he was the sole writer of all 41 episodes of the early-1980s ITV sitcom ''[[w:Metal Mickey\|Metal Mickey]]'', and claims to be most proud of his work on ''[[Not the Nine O'Clock News]]'' and the sitcom ''[[Me and My Girl (TV series)\|Me and My Girl]]''.<ref name='denofgeek' />		Bostock-Smith has contributed to a significant number of British television comedies. In a 2008 interview, he noted that he was the sole writer of all 41 episodes of the early-1980s ITV sitcom ''[[w:Metal Mickey\|Metal Mickey]]'', and claims to be most proud of his work on ''[[Not the Nine O'Clock News]]'' and the sitcom ''[[Me and My Girl (TV series)\|Me and My Girl]]''.<ref name='denofgeek' />

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	'''Colin Bostock-Smith''' (born 1942)<ref name='galactic1'>"I was born in 1942, so I was exactly the right age for rock and roll when it all happened." [http://galacticramble.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/great-lost-pop-publications-1-top-pops.html]</ref> is a British television and radio comedy writer.		'''Colin Bostock-Smith''' (born 1942)<ref name='galactic1'>"I was born in 1942, so I was exactly the right age for rock and roll when it all happened." [http://galacticramble.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/great-lost-pop-publications-1-top-pops.html]</ref> is a British television and radio comedy writer.

	==Early career==		==Early career==
	Until the age of 30, he was a journalist, noting in a review of an early performance by [[The Beatles]] ("four young men with four fringes, three guitars, and some drums") that they were "not nearly as bad as they might have been".<ref name='peterboroughtoday'>http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/in-focus-she-loved-them-yeah-yeah-yeah-1-151119 {{Dead link\|date=February 2022}}</ref> He later edited the music newspaper ''[[Top Pops (newspaper)\|Top Pops]]''.<ref name="Sixties">{{cite web\|last=Smith \|first=Alan \|title=Every No.1 in the 1960s is listed from all the nine different magazine charts! \|url=http://www.davemcaleer.com/page22.htm \|publisher=[[Dave McAleer]] \|accessdate=4 October 2012 \|quote=Original editor was the noted author Colin Bostock-Smith. \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510032548/http://www.davemcaleer.com/page22.htm \|archivedate=May 10, 2011 }}</ref> However, he always had—in his words—"this feeling that I would like to write comedy",<ref name='denofgeek'>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/19497/the-den-of-geek-interview-colin-bostock-smith\|title = The den of Geek interview: Colin Bostock-Smith\|date = 14 May 2008}}</ref> starting in this area with contributions to the [[BBC Radio 4]] show ''[[Week Ending]]''.		Until the age of 30, he was a journalist, noting in a review of an early performance by [[The Beatles]] ("four young men with four fringes, three guitars, and some drums") that they were "not nearly as bad as they might have been".<ref name='peterboroughtoday'>http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/in-focus-she-loved-them-yeah-yeah-yeah-1-151119 {{Dead link\|date=February 2022}}</ref> He later edited the music newspaper ''[[w:Top Pops (newspaper)\|Top Pops]]''.<ref name="Sixties">{{cite web\|last=Smith \|first=Alan \|title=Every No.1 in the 1960s is listed from all the nine different magazine charts! \|url=http://www.davemcaleer.com/page22.htm \|publisher=[[w:Dave McAleer\|Dave McAleer]] \|accessdate=4 October 2012 \|quote=Original editor was the noted author Colin Bostock-Smith. \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510032548/http://www.davemcaleer.com/page22.htm \|archivedate=May 10, 2011 }}</ref> However, he always had—in his words—"this feeling that I would like to write comedy",<ref name='denofgeek'>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/19497/the-den-of-geek-interview-colin-bostock-smith\|title = The den of Geek interview: Colin Bostock-Smith\|date = 14 May 2008}}</ref> starting in this area with contributions to the [[w:BBC Radio 4\|BBC Radio 4]] show ''[[w:Week Ending\|Week Ending]]''.

	Bostock-Smith has contributed to a significant number of British television comedies. In a 2008 interview, he noted that he was the sole writer of all 41 episodes of the early-1980s ITV sitcom ''[[Metal Mickey]]'', and claims to be most proud of his work on ''[[Not the Nine O'Clock News]]'' and the sitcom ''[[Me and My Girl (TV series)\|Me and My Girl]]''.<ref name='denofgeek' />		Bostock-Smith has contributed to a significant number of British television comedies. In a 2008 interview, he noted that he was the sole writer of all 41 episodes of the early-1980s ITV sitcom ''[[w:Metal Mickey\|Metal Mickey]]'', and claims to be most proud of his work on ''[[Not the Nine O'Clock News]]'' and the sitcom ''[[Me and My Girl (TV series)\|Me and My Girl]]''.<ref name='denofgeek' />

	== Selected credits ==		== Selected credits ==

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{{Short description|British television and radio comedy writer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
'''Colin Bostock-Smith''' (born 1942)<ref name='galactic1'>"I was born in 1942, so I was exactly the right age for rock and roll when it all happened." [http://galacticramble.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/great-lost-pop-publications-1-top-pops.html]</ref> is a British television and radio comedy writer.

==Early career==
Until the age of 30, he was a journalist, noting in a review of an early performance by [[The Beatles]] ("four young men with four fringes, three guitars, and some drums") that they were "not nearly as bad as they might have been".<ref name='peterboroughtoday'>http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/in-focus-she-loved-them-yeah-yeah-yeah-1-151119 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> He later edited the music newspaper ''[[Top Pops (newspaper)|Top Pops]]''.<ref name="Sixties">{{cite web|last=Smith |first=Alan |title=Every No.1 in the 1960s is listed from all the nine different magazine charts! |url=http://www.davemcaleer.com/page22.htm |publisher=[[Dave McAleer]] |accessdate=4 October 2012 |quote=Original editor was the noted author Colin Bostock-Smith. |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510032548/http://www.davemcaleer.com/page22.htm |archivedate=May 10, 2011 }}</ref> However, he always had—in his words—"this feeling that I would like to write comedy",<ref name='denofgeek'>{{Cite web|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/19497/the-den-of-geek-interview-colin-bostock-smith|title = The den of Geek interview: Colin Bostock-Smith|date = 14 May 2008}}</ref> starting in this area with contributions to the [[BBC Radio 4]] show ''[[Week Ending]]''.

Bostock-Smith has contributed to a significant number of British television comedies. In a 2008 interview, he noted that he was the sole writer of all 41 episodes of the early-1980s ITV sitcom ''[[Metal Mickey]]'', and claims to be most proud of his work on ''[[Not the Nine O'Clock News]]'' and the sitcom ''[[Me and My Girl (TV series)|Me and My Girl]]''.<ref name='denofgeek' />

== Selected credits ==

===Writing contributions===

* [[Not the Nine O'Clock News]]
* [[Alas Smith and Jones|Smith and Jones]]
* [[Clive James]] (''The Clive James Show'', ''Friday Night Clive'', ''Saturday Night Clive'')
* [[Basil Brush]]<ref name='week1'>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theweek.co.uk/27419/basil-brush-run-earth-pc-pack|title=In Brief}}</ref>
* [[Metal Mickey]]<ref name='week1' /> (Wrote all 41 episodes)
* [[Terry and June]]
* [[Week Ending]]
* [[Punchlines]] (for [[BBC Radio 2]])
* [[My Sainted Aunt]] (for [[BBC Radio 2]])
* [[Bruce Forsyth's Big Night]]
* [[The Two Ronnies]]
* [[Shelley (TV series)|Shelley]]
* [[Crackerjack (TV series)|Crackerjack]] ("[[The Krankies]]! I wrote a lot for The Krankies"<ref name='denofgeek' />)
* [[Me and My Girl (TV series)|Me and My Girl]]
* [[Roland Rat]]
* [[Naked Video]]
* [[Trouble in Mind (TV series)|Trouble in Mind]]
* [[Who Dares Wins (TV series)|Who Dares Wins]]
* [[Russ Abbot]]
* [[The Odd Job]] (novelisation of the 1978 film)

===Other===
* ''[[As Time Goes By (UK TV series)|As Time Goes By]]'' (Bostock-Smith claims he only came up with the original concept, saying "I’ve never written a word of it. [..] I didn’t even write the title. It was my idea, you see."<ref name='denofgeek' />)

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