Dennis Main Wilson - Revision history

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	==External links==		==External links==
	*~~[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/~~874431~~/index.html Screenonline on~~ Dennis Main Wilson]		*{{Screenonline name\|874431\|Dennis Main Wilson}}
	*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/w/wilson_dennis_main.shtml BBC Comedy Guide on Dennis Main Wilson]		*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/w/wilson_dennis_main.shtml BBC Comedy Guide on Dennis Main Wilson]
	*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070222002808/http://www.tonyhancock.org.uk/ham5art3.html Daily Telegraph obituary]		*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070222002808/http://www.tonyhancock.org.uk/ham5art3.html Daily Telegraph obituary]

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	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1924\|05\|01\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1924\|05\|01\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[w:Dulwich\|Dulwich]], London, England<ref>''Only Fools and Horses'', Author: Graham McCann, Canongate Books 2011, p.21</ref>		\| birth_place = [[w:Dulwich\|Dulwich]], London, England<ref>''Only Fools and Horses'', Author: Graham McCann, Canongate Books 2011, p.21</ref>
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1997\|01\|20\|1924\|05\|01\|df=y}}<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Took \|first1=Barry \|title=Obituary: Dennis Main Wilson \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-dennis-main-wilson-1284641.html \|accessdate=4 October 2020 \|work=[[w:The Independent\|]] \|date=23 January 1997}}</ref>		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1997\|01\|20\|1924\|05\|01\|df=y}}<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Took \|first1=Barry \|title=Obituary: Dennis Main Wilson \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-dennis-main-wilson-1284641.html \|accessdate=4 October 2020 \|work=[[w:The Independent\|The Independent]] \|date=23 January 1997}}</ref>
	\| death_place = Surrey, England		\| death_place = Surrey, England
	\| known_for = [[The Goon Show]]		\| known_for = [[The Goon Show]]

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Life and career

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	Other shows he produced include ''[[Sykes and a...]]'' with [[Eric Sykes]] and [[Hattie Jacques]], ''Here's Harry'' with [[Harry Worth]], ''[[It's Marty]]'' starring [[Marty Feldman]] and ''[[The Rag Trade]]'' (which he also directed). He had less success with ''[[Private Eye TV]]'', an attempt to turn the magazine ''[[w:Private Eye\|Private Eye]]'' into a television programme.		Other shows he produced include ''[[Sykes and a...]]'' with [[Eric Sykes]] and [[Hattie Jacques]], ''Here's Harry'' with [[Harry Worth]], ''[[It's Marty]]'' starring [[Marty Feldman]] and ''[[The Rag Trade]]'' (which he also directed). He had less success with ''[[Private Eye TV]]'', an attempt to turn the magazine ''[[w:Private Eye\|Private Eye]]'' into a television programme.

	In 1976, a scene-shifter at the BBC handed him a script he had written. Main Wilson turned it into ''[[Citizen Smith]]''. The scene-shifter was [[w:John Sullivan (writer)\|John Sullivan]], who later wrote ''[[Just Good Friends]]'', ''[[Dear John (UK TV series)\|Dear John]]'' and ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]''. Main Wilson gave TV breaks to [[w:Stephen Fry\|Stephen Fry]],<ref name="Fry"/> [[w:Hugh Laurie\|Hugh Laurie]], [[w:Griff Rhys Jones\|Griff Rhys Jones]] and [[w:Emma Thompson\|Emma Thompson]].		In 1976, a scene-shifter at the BBC handed him a script he had written. Main Wilson turned it into ''[[Citizen Smith]]''. The scene-shifter was [[John Sullivan (writer)\|John Sullivan]], who later wrote ''[[Just Good Friends]]'', ''[[Dear John (UK TV series)\|Dear John]]'' and ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]''. Main Wilson gave TV breaks to [[w:Stephen Fry\|Stephen Fry]],<ref name="Fry"/> [[w:Hugh Laurie\|Hugh Laurie]], [[w:Griff Rhys Jones\|Griff Rhys Jones]] and [[w:Emma Thompson\|Emma Thompson]].

	Main Wilson died of lung cancer at the age of 72.		Main Wilson died of lung cancer at the age of 72.

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	\| birth_name = Dennis Geoffrey William Wilson<ref name="oxforddnb.com">{{Cite ODNB\|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-64701\|isbn = 978-0-19-861412-8\|doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/64701\|title = The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography\|year = 2004}}</ref>		\| birth_name = Dennis Geoffrey William Wilson<ref name="oxforddnb.com">{{Cite ODNB\|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-64701\|isbn = 978-0-19-861412-8\|doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/64701\|title = The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography\|year = 2004}}</ref>
	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1924\|05\|01\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1924\|05\|01\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = Dulwich, London, England<ref>''Only Fools and Horses'', Author: Graham McCann, Canongate Books 2011, p.21</ref>		\| birth_place = [[w:Dulwich\|Dulwich]], London, England<ref>''Only Fools and Horses'', Author: Graham McCann, Canongate Books 2011, p.21</ref>
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1997\|01\|20\|1924\|05\|01\|df=y}}<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Took \|first1=Barry \|title=Obituary: Dennis Main Wilson \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-dennis-main-wilson-1284641.html \|accessdate=4 October 2020 \|work=[[The Independent]] \|date=23 January 1997}}</ref>		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1997\|01\|20\|1924\|05\|01\|df=y}}<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Took \|first1=Barry \|title=Obituary: Dennis Main Wilson \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-dennis-main-wilson-1284641.html \|accessdate=4 October 2020 \|work=[[w:The Independent\|]] \|date=23 January 1997}}</ref>
	\| death_place = Surrey, England		\| death_place = Surrey, England
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	'''Dennis Geoffrey William Wilson''', known as '''Dennis Main Wilson'''<ref name="oxforddnb.com">{{Cite ODNB\|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-64701\|isbn = 978-0-19-861412-8\|doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/64701\|title = The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography\|year = 2004}}</ref> (1 May 1924 – 20 January 1997)<ref>GRO Register of Deaths: JAN 1997 A1B 212 WEST SURREY - Dennis Main Wilson, DoB = 1 May 1924, aged 72</ref> was a British producer of radio and television programmes, mainly for the [[BBC]]. Main Wilson has been described by ''Screenonline'' as "arguably the most important and influential of all comedy producers/directors in British radio and television".<ref>[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/874431/ BFI screenonline, Wilson, Dennis Main (1924-1997)] Retrieved 2 October 2016.</ref>		'''Dennis Geoffrey William Wilson''', known as '''Dennis Main Wilson'''<ref name="oxforddnb.com">{{Cite ODNB\|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-64701\|isbn = 978-0-19-861412-8\|doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/64701\|title = The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography\|year = 2004}}</ref> (1 May 1924 – 20 January 1997)<ref>GRO Register of Deaths: JAN 1997 A1B 212 WEST SURREY - Dennis Main Wilson, DoB = 1 May 1924, aged 72</ref> was a British producer of radio and television programmes, mainly for the [[w:BBC\|BBC]]. Main Wilson has been described by ''Screenonline'' as "arguably the most important and influential of all comedy producers/directors in British radio and television".<ref>[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/874431/ BFI screenonline, Wilson, Dennis Main (1924-1997)] Retrieved 2 October 2016.</ref>

	==Life and career==		==Life and career==
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	}}<!--\|accessdate=4 July 2012--></ref> on radio, before leaving to train in television. ''[[Till Death Us Do Part]]'', also for the BBC, is his best remembered television work.		}}<!--\|accessdate=4 July 2012--></ref> on radio, before leaving to train in television. ''[[Till Death Us Do Part]]'', also for the BBC, is his best remembered television work.

	Other shows he produced include ''[[Sykes and a...]]'' with [[Eric Sykes]] and [[Hattie Jacques]], ''Here's Harry'' with [[Harry Worth]], ''[[It's Marty]]'' starring [[Marty Feldman]] and ''[[The Rag Trade]]'' (which he also directed). He had less success with ''[[Private Eye TV]]'', an attempt to turn the magazine ''[[Private Eye]]'' into a television programme.		Other shows he produced include ''[[Sykes and a...]]'' with [[Eric Sykes]] and [[Hattie Jacques]], ''Here's Harry'' with [[Harry Worth]], ''[[It's Marty]]'' starring [[Marty Feldman]] and ''[[The Rag Trade]]'' (which he also directed). He had less success with ''[[Private Eye TV]]'', an attempt to turn the magazine ''[[w:Private Eye\|Private Eye]]'' into a television programme.

	In 1976, a scene-shifter at the BBC handed him a script he had written. Main Wilson turned it into ''[[Citizen Smith]]''. The scene-shifter was [[John Sullivan (writer)\|John Sullivan]], who later wrote ''[[Just Good Friends]]'', ''[[Dear John (UK TV series)\|Dear John]]'' and ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]''. Main Wilson gave TV breaks to [[Stephen Fry]],<ref name="Fry"/> [[Hugh Laurie]], [[Griff Rhys Jones]] and [[Emma Thompson]].		In 1976, a scene-shifter at the BBC handed him a script he had written. Main Wilson turned it into ''[[Citizen Smith]]''. The scene-shifter was [[w:John Sullivan (writer)\|John Sullivan]], who later wrote ''[[Just Good Friends]]'', ''[[Dear John (UK TV series)\|Dear John]]'' and ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]''. Main Wilson gave TV breaks to [[w:Stephen Fry\|Stephen Fry]],<ref name="Fry"/> [[w:Hugh Laurie\|Hugh Laurie]], [[w:Griff Rhys Jones\|Griff Rhys Jones]] and [[w:Emma Thompson\|Emma Thompson]].

	Main Wilson died of lung cancer at the age of 72.		Main Wilson died of lung cancer at the age of 72.

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	\| birth_name = Dennis Geoffrey William Wilson<ref name="oxforddnb.com">{{Cite ODNB\|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-64701\|isbn = 978-0-19-861412-8\|doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/64701\|title = The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography\|year = 2004}}</ref>		\| birth_name = Dennis Geoffrey William Wilson<ref name="oxforddnb.com">{{Cite ODNB\|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-64701\|isbn = 978-0-19-861412-8\|doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/64701\|title = The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography\|year = 2004}}</ref>
	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1924\|05\|01\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1924\|05\|01\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = Dulwich, London, England<ref>''Only Fools and Horses'', Author: Graham McCann, Canongate Books 2011, p.21</ref>		\| birth_place = [[w:Dulwich\|Dulwich]], London, England<ref>''Only Fools and Horses'', Author: Graham McCann, Canongate Books 2011, p.21</ref>
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1997\|01\|20\|1924\|05\|01\|df=y}}<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Took \|first1=Barry \|title=Obituary: Dennis Main Wilson \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-dennis-main-wilson-1284641.html \|accessdate=4 October 2020 \|work=[[The Independent]] \|date=23 January 1997}}</ref>		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1997\|01\|20\|1924\|05\|01\|df=y}}<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Took \|first1=Barry \|title=Obituary: Dennis Main Wilson \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-dennis-main-wilson-1284641.html \|accessdate=4 October 2020 \|work=[[w:The Independent\|]] \|date=23 January 1997}}</ref>
	\| death_place = Surrey, England		\| death_place = Surrey, England
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	\| occupation = [[Radio producer\|Radio]] and [[television producer]]		\| occupation = [[w:Radio producer\|Radio]] and [[w:television producer\|television producer]]
	\| title =		\| title =
	\| ~~networth =~~		\| spouse = {{marriage\|Sylvia Harkin\|1955}}
	~~\| height =~~		\| children = 2
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	~~\| boards~~ =
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	\| ~~partner =~~
	\| children =
	~~\| parents =~~
	~~\| relatives =~~
	~~\| signature =~~
	~~\| website =~~
	~~\| footnotes =~~
	}}		}}

	'''Dennis Geoffrey William Wilson''', known as '''Dennis Main Wilson'''<ref name="oxforddnb.com">{{Cite ODNB\|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-64701\|isbn = 978-0-19-861412-8\|doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/64701\|title = The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography\|year = 2004}}</ref> (1 May 1924 – 20 January 1997)<ref>GRO Register of Deaths: JAN 1997 A1B 212 WEST SURREY - Dennis Main Wilson, DoB = 1 May 1924, aged 72</ref> was a British producer of radio and television programmes, mainly for the [[BBC]]. Main Wilson has been described by ''Screenonline'' as "arguably the most important and influential of all comedy producers/directors in British radio and television".<ref>[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/874431/ BFI screenonline, Wilson, Dennis Main (1924-1997)] Retrieved 2 October 2016.</ref>		'''Dennis Geoffrey William Wilson''', known as '''Dennis Main Wilson'''<ref name="oxforddnb.com">{{Cite ODNB\|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-64701\|isbn = 978-0-19-861412-8\|doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/64701\|title = The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography\|year = 2004}}</ref> (1 May 1924 – 20 January 1997)<ref>GRO Register of Deaths: JAN 1997 A1B 212 WEST SURREY - Dennis Main Wilson, DoB = 1 May 1924, aged 72</ref> was a British producer of radio and television programmes, mainly for the [[w:BBC\|BBC]]. Main Wilson has been described by ''Screenonline'' as "arguably the most important and influential of all comedy producers/directors in British radio and television".<ref>[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/874431/ BFI screenonline, Wilson, Dennis Main (1924-1997)] Retrieved 2 October 2016.</ref>

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	}}<!--\|accessdate=4 July 2012--></ref> on radio, before leaving to train in television. ''[[Till Death Us Do Part]]'', also for the BBC, is his best remembered television work.		}}<!--\|accessdate=4 July 2012--></ref> on radio, before leaving to train in television. ''[[Till Death Us Do Part]]'', also for the BBC, is his best remembered television work.

	Other shows he produced include ''[[Sykes and a...]]'' with [[Eric Sykes]] and [[Hattie Jacques]], ''Here's Harry'' with [[Harry Worth]], ''[[It's Marty]]'' starring [[Marty Feldman]] and ''[[The Rag Trade]]'' (which he also directed). He had less success with ''[[Private Eye TV]]'', an attempt to turn the magazine ''[[Private Eye]]'' into a television programme.		Other shows he produced include ''[[Sykes and a...]]'' with [[Eric Sykes]] and [[Hattie Jacques]], ''Here's Harry'' with [[Harry Worth]], ''[[It's Marty]]'' starring [[Marty Feldman]] and ''[[The Rag Trade]]'' (which he also directed). He had less success with ''[[Private Eye TV]]'', an attempt to turn the magazine ''[[w:Private Eye\|Private Eye]]'' into a television programme.

	In 1976, a scene-shifter at the BBC handed him a script he had written. Main Wilson turned it into ''[[Citizen Smith]]''. The scene-shifter was [[John Sullivan (writer)\|John Sullivan]], who later wrote ''[[Just Good Friends]]'', ''[[Dear John (UK TV series)\|Dear John]]'' and ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]''. Main Wilson gave TV breaks to [[Stephen Fry]],<ref name="Fry"/> [[Hugh Laurie]], [[Griff Rhys Jones]] and [[Emma Thompson]].		In 1976, a scene-shifter at the BBC handed him a script he had written. Main Wilson turned it into ''[[Citizen Smith]]''. The scene-shifter was [[w:John Sullivan (writer)\|John Sullivan]], who later wrote ''[[Just Good Friends]]'', ''[[Dear John (UK TV series)\|Dear John]]'' and ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]''. Main Wilson gave TV breaks to [[w:Stephen Fry\|Stephen Fry]],<ref name="Fry"/> [[w:Hugh Laurie\|Hugh Laurie]], [[w:Griff Rhys Jones\|Griff Rhys Jones]] and [[w:Emma Thompson\|Emma Thompson]].

	Main Wilson died of lung cancer at the age of 72.		Main Wilson died of lung cancer at the age of 72.