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	~~{{Short description\|British television comedy writer}}~~
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	\| birth_name = Neil Hodgson Shand		\| birth_name = Neil Hodgson Shand
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1934\|03\|03\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1934\|03\|03\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[~~w:Luton\|~~Luton]]		\| birth_place = [[Luton]]
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2018\|04\|14\|1934\|03\|03\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2018\|04\|14\|1934\|03\|03\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = [[w:Whitton, North Lincolnshire\|Whitton]]		\| death_place = [[Whitton, North Lincolnshire\|Whitton]]
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	\| occupation = Comedy writer		\| occupation = Comedy writer
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	'''Neil Hodgson Shand''' (3 March 1934 – 14 April 2018) was a British television comedy writer.<ref name="BBC15042018">{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-43775357\|title=Comedy writer Neil Shand dies aged 84\|work=BBC News\|date=15 April 2018\|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref>		'''Neil Hodgson Shand''' (3 March 1934 – 14 April 2018) was a British television comedy writer.<ref name="BBC15042018">{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-43775357\|title=Comedy writer Neil Shand dies aged 84\|work=BBC News\|date=15 April 2018\|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref>

	He was born in [[w:Luton\|Luton]] to parents from [[w:Glasgow\|Glasgow]], the son of a [[w:Vauxhall Motors\|Vauxhall]] employee and a dressmaker.<ref name="Times050618">{{cite news\|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/neil-shand-obituary-b8whh3kq3\|title=Neil Shand obituary\|work=The Times\|date=5 June 2018\|accessdate=5 June 2018}} {{subscription required}}</ref> Neil was the eldest of three boys.		He was born in [[Luton\|Luton]] to parents from [[Glasgow\|Glasgow]], the son of a [[Vauxhall Motors\|Vauxhall]] employee and a dressmaker.<ref name="Times050618">{{cite news\|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/neil-shand-obituary-b8whh3kq3\|title=Neil Shand obituary\|work=The Times\|date=5 June 2018\|accessdate=5 June 2018}} {{subscription required}}</ref> Neil was the eldest of three boys.

	Raised in a "two up two down" house, he passed the [[w:Eleven-plus\|11-plus]], and had a positive experience of attending a [[w:grammar school\|grammar school]]. Virtually blind in one eye, an operation at 14 on the day the [[w:National Health Service\|National Health Service]] NHS was founded (5 July 1948) saved his eyesight.<ref name="Times050618"/> He began to work for a local paper, the ''Luton Gazette'', after leaving school.<ref name="Freeman">{{cite news\|last=Freeman\|first=Sarah\|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/neil-shand-my-life-with-the-old-guard-of-british-comedy-1-8410149\|title=Neil Shand: My life with the old guard of British comedy\|work=The Yorkshire Post\|date=26 February 2017\|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref> Briefly working for the nationals while still having the day job in Luton, he managed to gain a regular job at the ''[[w:Daily Sketch\|Daily Sketch]]'' after finding details of the 21st birthday party of a son of the [[w:Aga Khan\|Aga Khan]] at the [[w:Savoy Hotel\|Savoy Hotel]].<ref name="Freeman"/>		Raised in a "two up two down" house, he passed the [[Eleven-plus\|11-plus]], and had a positive experience of attending a [[grammar school\|grammar school]]. Virtually blind in one eye, an operation at 14 on the day the [[National Health Service\|National Health Service]] NHS was founded (5 July 1948) saved his eyesight.<ref name="Times050618"/> He began to work for a local paper, the ''Luton Gazette'', after leaving school.<ref name="Freeman">{{cite news\|last=Freeman\|first=Sarah\|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/neil-shand-my-life-with-the-old-guard-of-british-comedy-1-8410149\|title=Neil Shand: My life with the old guard of British comedy\|work=The Yorkshire Post\|date=26 February 2017\|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref> Briefly working for the nationals while still having the day job in Luton, he managed to gain a regular job at the ''[[Daily Sketch\|Daily Sketch]]'' after finding details of the 21st birthday party of a son of the [[Aga Khan\|Aga Khan]] at the [[Savoy Hotel\|Savoy Hotel]].<ref name="Freeman"/>

	Shand was later a journalist for the ''[[w:Daily Mail\|Daily Mail]]'' and ''[[w:Daily Express\|Daily Express]]'', before moving into comedy writing in the 1960s.<ref name="Slot">{{cite news\|last=Slot\|first=Owen\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy--feeding-the-habit-unlike-many-comedians-jasper-carrott-writes-a-lot-of-his-own-material-but-no-one-writer-can-feed-the-massive-appetite-of-a-regular-television-series-own-slot-meets-some-of-the-other-men-behind-the-mouth-1462809.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy--feeding-the-habit-unlike-many-comedians-jasper-carrott-writes-a-lot-of-his-own-material-but-no-one-writer-can-feed-the-massive-appetite-of-a-regular-television-series-own-slot-meets-some-of-the-other-men-behind-the-mouth-1462809.html \|archive-date=18 June 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live\|title=Feeding the habit\|work=The Independent\|date=22 August 1993\|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref> Shortly after being sacked from the ''Mail'' for being drunk once too often, he ran into the documentary maker Michael Ingrams, who eventually introduced him to [[Bernard Braden]], for whom Shand first began to write humorous material.<ref name="Freeman"/>		Shand was later a journalist for the ''[[Daily Mail\|Daily Mail]]'' and ''[[Daily Express\|Daily Express]]'', before moving into comedy writing in the 1960s.<ref name="Slot">{{cite news\|last=Slot\|first=Owen\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy--feeding-the-habit-unlike-many-comedians-jasper-carrott-writes-a-lot-of-his-own-material-but-no-one-writer-can-feed-the-massive-appetite-of-a-regular-television-series-own-slot-meets-some-of-the-other-men-behind-the-mouth-1462809.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy--feeding-the-habit-unlike-many-comedians-jasper-carrott-writes-a-lot-of-his-own-material-but-no-one-writer-can-feed-the-massive-appetite-of-a-regular-television-series-own-slot-meets-some-of-the-other-men-behind-the-mouth-1462809.html \|archive-date=18 June 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live\|title=Feeding the habit\|work=The Independent\|date=22 August 1993\|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref> Shortly after being sacked from the ''Mail'' for being drunk once too often, he ran into the documentary maker Michael Ingrams, who eventually introduced him to [[Bernard Braden]], for whom Shand first began to write humorous material.<ref name="Freeman"/>

	Shand worked extensively with [[David Frost]], beginning with ''The Frost Programme'' in 1967.<ref name="Quinn">{{cite news\|last=Quinn\|first=Mchael\|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2018/obituary-neil-shand/\|title=Obituary: Neil Shand – 'one of the most successful comedy writers of the past half-century'\|work=The Stage\|date=25 April 2018\|accessdate=5 June 2018}}</ref> Subsequent work with Frost included [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]]'s coverage of [[w:Apollo 11]] landing on the Moon in 1969, and spells in [[w:New York City\|New York]] working on Frost's American talk show as a "creative consultant".<ref name="Times050618"/>		Shand worked extensively with [[David Frost]], beginning with ''The Frost Programme'' in 1967.<ref name="Quinn">{{cite news\|last=Quinn\|first=Mchael\|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2018/obituary-neil-shand/\|title=Obituary: Neil Shand – 'one of the most successful comedy writers of the past half-century'\|work=The Stage\|date=25 April 2018\|accessdate=5 June 2018}}</ref> Subsequent work with Frost included [[ITV (TV network)\|ITV]]'s coverage of [[Apollo 11]] landing on the Moon in 1969, and spells in [[New York City\|New York]] working on Frost's American talk show as a "creative consultant".<ref name="Times050618"/>

	His work with impressionist [[w:Mike Yarwood\|Mike Yarwood]] began around the same time with the sketch show ''Three of a Kind'' (1967).<ref name="Quinn"/> Shand also wrote for such acts as [[Spike Milligan]], [[Kenny Everett]], [[Bob Monkhouse]], [[The Two Ronnies]] and [[w:Jasper Carrott\|Jasper Carrott]] (on ''[[Carrott Confidential]]'').<ref name="BBC15042018"/><ref name="Slot"/> He was a member of [[w:BBC\|BBC]] staff for many years.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Terrace\|first=Vincent\|title=Encyclopedia of Television: Series, Pilots and Specials 1974–1984\|location=New York\|publisher=Zoetrope\|year=1985\|isbn=978-0918432612\|page=225}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last=Scudamore\|first=Pauline\|title=Spike: A Biography\|publisher=The History Press\|year=2003\|orig-year=1985\|isbn=978-0750932547}}</ref>		His work with impressionist [[Mike Yarwood\|Mike Yarwood]] began around the same time with the sketch show ''Three of a Kind'' (1967).<ref name="Quinn"/> Shand also wrote for such acts as [[Spike Milligan]], [[Kenny Everett]], [[Bob Monkhouse]], [[The Two Ronnies]] and [[Jasper Carrott\|Jasper Carrott]] (on ''[[Carrott Confidential]]'').<ref name="BBC15042018"/><ref name="Slot"/> He was a member of [[BBC\|BBC]] staff for many years.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Terrace\|first=Vincent\|title=Encyclopedia of Television: Series, Pilots and Specials 1974–1984\|location=New York\|publisher=Zoetrope\|year=1985\|isbn=978-0918432612\|page=225}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last=Scudamore\|first=Pauline\|title=Spike: A Biography\|publisher=The History Press\|year=2003\|orig-year=1985\|isbn=978-0750932547}}</ref>

	Shand married [[w:Judith Keppel\|Judith Keppel]] in 1985; the marriage ended in 1987.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Woods\|first=Judith\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4724890/Thank-God-I-dont-have-to-move-to-France.html\|title='Thank God, I don't have to move to France'\|work=[[w:The Daily Telegraph\|The Daily Telegraph]]\|location=London\|date=4 August 2001\|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref> He died on 14 April 2018, aged 84 in [[w:Whitton, North Lincolnshire\|Whitton]], where he had lived since 2003.<ref name="BBC15042018"/><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/culture-stars-died-2018-motorheads-fast-eddie-tocomedian-bella/neil-shand/ \|title=Culture stars who died in 2018: from Neil Shand to Harry Anderson\|website=Telegraph.co.uk\|accessdate=18 April 2018}} {{paywall}}</ref>		Shand married [[Judith Keppel\|Judith Keppel]] in 1985; the marriage ended in 1987.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Woods\|first=Judith\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4724890/Thank-God-I-dont-have-to-move-to-France.html\|title='Thank God, I don't have to move to France'\|work=[[The Daily Telegraph\|The Daily Telegraph]]\|location=London\|date=4 August 2001\|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref> He died on 14 April 2018, aged 84 in [[Whitton, North Lincolnshire\|Whitton]], where he had lived since 2003.<ref name="BBC15042018"/><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/culture-stars-died-2018-motorheads-fast-eddie-tocomedian-bella/neil-shand/ \|title=Culture stars who died in 2018: from Neil Shand to Harry Anderson\|website=Telegraph.co.uk\|accessdate=18 April 2018}} {{paywall}}</ref>

	==Books==		==Books==
	*''Melting Pot'' (1983) – with Spike Milligan		*''Melting Pot'' (1983) – with Spike Milligan
	*''1956 and All That'' (1984) – with [[Ned Sherrin]]		*''1956 and All That'' (1984) – with [[Ned Sherrin]]
	*''True Brit'' (1992) – with [[w:Jim Davidson\|Jim Davidson]]		*''True Brit'' (1992) – with [[Jim Davidson\|Jim Davidson]]

	==References==		==References==

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	Shand worked extensively with [[David Frost]], beginning with ''The Frost Programme'' in 1967.<ref name="Quinn">{{cite news\|last=Quinn\|first=Mchael\|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2018/obituary-neil-shand/\|title=Obituary: Neil Shand – 'one of the most successful comedy writers of the past half-century'\|work=The Stage\|date=25 April 2018\|accessdate=5 June 2018}}</ref> Subsequent work with Frost included [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]]'s coverage of [[w:Apollo 11]] landing on the Moon in 1969, and spells in [[w:New York City\|New York]] working on Frost's American talk show as a "creative consultant".<ref name="Times050618"/>		Shand worked extensively with [[David Frost]], beginning with ''The Frost Programme'' in 1967.<ref name="Quinn">{{cite news\|last=Quinn\|first=Mchael\|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2018/obituary-neil-shand/\|title=Obituary: Neil Shand – 'one of the most successful comedy writers of the past half-century'\|work=The Stage\|date=25 April 2018\|accessdate=5 June 2018}}</ref> Subsequent work with Frost included [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]]'s coverage of [[w:Apollo 11]] landing on the Moon in 1969, and spells in [[w:New York City\|New York]] working on Frost's American talk show as a "creative consultant".<ref name="Times050618"/>

	His work with impressionist [[Mike Yarwood]] began around the same time with the sketch show ''Three of a Kind'' (1967).<ref name="Quinn"/> Shand also wrote for such acts as [[Spike Milligan]], [[Kenny Everett]], [[Bob Monkhouse]], [[The Two Ronnies]] and [[w:Jasper Carrott\|Jasper Carrott]] (on ''[[Carrott Confidential]]'').<ref name="BBC15042018"/><ref name="Slot"/> He was a member of [[w:BBC\|BBC]] staff for many years.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Terrace\|first=Vincent\|title=Encyclopedia of Television: Series, Pilots and Specials 1974–1984\|location=New York\|publisher=Zoetrope\|year=1985\|isbn=978-0918432612\|page=225}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last=Scudamore\|first=Pauline\|title=Spike: A Biography\|publisher=The History Press\|year=2003\|orig-year=1985\|isbn=978-0750932547}}</ref>		His work with impressionist [[w:Mike Yarwood\|Mike Yarwood]] began around the same time with the sketch show ''Three of a Kind'' (1967).<ref name="Quinn"/> Shand also wrote for such acts as [[Spike Milligan]], [[Kenny Everett]], [[Bob Monkhouse]], [[The Two Ronnies]] and [[w:Jasper Carrott\|Jasper Carrott]] (on ''[[Carrott Confidential]]'').<ref name="BBC15042018"/><ref name="Slot"/> He was a member of [[w:BBC\|BBC]] staff for many years.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Terrace\|first=Vincent\|title=Encyclopedia of Television: Series, Pilots and Specials 1974–1984\|location=New York\|publisher=Zoetrope\|year=1985\|isbn=978-0918432612\|page=225}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last=Scudamore\|first=Pauline\|title=Spike: A Biography\|publisher=The History Press\|year=2003\|orig-year=1985\|isbn=978-0750932547}}</ref>

	Shand married [[w:Judith Keppel\|Judith Keppel]] in 1985; the marriage ended in 1987.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Woods\|first=Judith\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4724890/Thank-God-I-dont-have-to-move-to-France.html\|title='Thank God, I don't have to move to France'\|work=[[w:The Daily Telegraph\|The Daily Telegraph]]\|location=London\|date=4 August 2001\|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref> He died on 14 April 2018, aged 84 in [[w:Whitton, North Lincolnshire\|Whitton]], where he had lived since 2003.<ref name="BBC15042018"/><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/culture-stars-died-2018-motorheads-fast-eddie-tocomedian-bella/neil-shand/ \|title=Culture stars who died in 2018: from Neil Shand to Harry Anderson\|website=Telegraph.co.uk\|accessdate=18 April 2018}} {{paywall}}</ref>		Shand married [[w:Judith Keppel\|Judith Keppel]] in 1985; the marriage ended in 1987.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Woods\|first=Judith\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4724890/Thank-God-I-dont-have-to-move-to-France.html\|title='Thank God, I don't have to move to France'\|work=[[w:The Daily Telegraph\|The Daily Telegraph]]\|location=London\|date=4 August 2001\|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref> He died on 14 April 2018, aged 84 in [[w:Whitton, North Lincolnshire\|Whitton]], where he had lived since 2003.<ref name="BBC15042018"/><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/culture-stars-died-2018-motorheads-fast-eddie-tocomedian-bella/neil-shand/ \|title=Culture stars who died in 2018: from Neil Shand to Harry Anderson\|website=Telegraph.co.uk\|accessdate=18 April 2018}} {{paywall}}</ref>

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	Shand worked extensively with [[David Frost]], beginning with ''The Frost Programme'' in 1967.<ref name="Quinn">{{cite news\|last=Quinn\|first=Mchael\|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2018/obituary-neil-shand/\|title=Obituary: Neil Shand – 'one of the most successful comedy writers of the past half-century'\|work=The Stage\|date=25 April 2018\|accessdate=5 June 2018}}</ref> Subsequent work with Frost included [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]]'s coverage of [[w:Apollo 11]] landing on the Moon in 1969, and spells in [[w:New York City\|New York]] working on Frost's American talk show as a "creative consultant".<ref name="Times050618"/>		Shand worked extensively with [[David Frost]], beginning with ''The Frost Programme'' in 1967.<ref name="Quinn">{{cite news\|last=Quinn\|first=Mchael\|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2018/obituary-neil-shand/\|title=Obituary: Neil Shand – 'one of the most successful comedy writers of the past half-century'\|work=The Stage\|date=25 April 2018\|accessdate=5 June 2018}}</ref> Subsequent work with Frost included [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]]'s coverage of [[w:Apollo 11]] landing on the Moon in 1969, and spells in [[w:New York City\|New York]] working on Frost's American talk show as a "creative consultant".<ref name="Times050618"/>

	His work with impressionist [[Mike Yarwood]] began around the same time with the sketch show ''Three of a Kind'' (1967).<ref name="Quinn"/> Shand also wrote for such acts as [[Spike Milligan]], [[Kenny Everett]], [[Bob Monkhouse]], [[The Two Ronnies]] and [[Jasper Carrott]] (on ''[[Carrott Confidential]]'').<ref name="BBC15042018"/><ref name="Slot"/> He was a member of [[w:BBC\|BBC]] staff for many years.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Terrace\|first=Vincent\|title=Encyclopedia of Television: Series, Pilots and Specials 1974–1984\|location=New York\|publisher=Zoetrope\|year=1985\|isbn=978-0918432612\|page=225}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last=Scudamore\|first=Pauline\|title=Spike: A Biography\|publisher=The History Press\|year=2003\|orig-year=1985\|isbn=978-0750932547}}</ref>		His work with impressionist [[Mike Yarwood]] began around the same time with the sketch show ''Three of a Kind'' (1967).<ref name="Quinn"/> Shand also wrote for such acts as [[Spike Milligan]], [[Kenny Everett]], [[Bob Monkhouse]], [[The Two Ronnies]] and [[w:Jasper Carrott\|Jasper Carrott]] (on ''[[Carrott Confidential]]'').<ref name="BBC15042018"/><ref name="Slot"/> He was a member of [[w:BBC\|BBC]] staff for many years.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Terrace\|first=Vincent\|title=Encyclopedia of Television: Series, Pilots and Specials 1974–1984\|location=New York\|publisher=Zoetrope\|year=1985\|isbn=978-0918432612\|page=225}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last=Scudamore\|first=Pauline\|title=Spike: A Biography\|publisher=The History Press\|year=2003\|orig-year=1985\|isbn=978-0750932547}}</ref>

	Shand married [[w:Judith Keppel\|Judith Keppel]] in 1985; the marriage ended in 1987.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Woods\|first=Judith\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4724890/Thank-God-I-dont-have-to-move-to-France.html\|title='Thank God, I don't have to move to France'\|work=[[w:The Daily Telegraph\|The Daily Telegraph]]\|location=London\|date=4 August 2001\|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref> He died on 14 April 2018, aged 84 in [[w:Whitton, North Lincolnshire\|Whitton]], where he had lived since 2003.<ref name="BBC15042018"/><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/culture-stars-died-2018-motorheads-fast-eddie-tocomedian-bella/neil-shand/ \|title=Culture stars who died in 2018: from Neil Shand to Harry Anderson\|website=Telegraph.co.uk\|accessdate=18 April 2018}} {{paywall}}</ref>		Shand married [[w:Judith Keppel\|Judith Keppel]] in 1985; the marriage ended in 1987.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Woods\|first=Judith\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4724890/Thank-God-I-dont-have-to-move-to-France.html\|title='Thank God, I don't have to move to France'\|work=[[w:The Daily Telegraph\|The Daily Telegraph]]\|location=London\|date=4 August 2001\|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref> He died on 14 April 2018, aged 84 in [[w:Whitton, North Lincolnshire\|Whitton]], where he had lived since 2003.<ref name="BBC15042018"/><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/culture-stars-died-2018-motorheads-fast-eddie-tocomedian-bella/neil-shand/ \|title=Culture stars who died in 2018: from Neil Shand to Harry Anderson\|website=Telegraph.co.uk\|accessdate=18 April 2018}} {{paywall}}</ref>

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	'''Neil Hodgson Shand''' (3 March 1934 – 14 April 2018) was a British television comedy writer.<ref name="BBC15042018">{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-43775357\|title=Comedy writer Neil Shand dies aged 84\|work=BBC News\|date=15 April 2018\|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref>		'''Neil Hodgson Shand''' (3 March 1934 – 14 April 2018) was a British television comedy writer.<ref name="BBC15042018">{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-43775357\|title=Comedy writer Neil Shand dies aged 84\|work=BBC News\|date=15 April 2018\|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref>

	He was born in [[Luton]] to parents from [[Glasgow]], the son of a [[Vauxhall Motors\|Vauxhall]] employee and a dressmaker.<ref name="Times050618">{{cite news\|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/neil-shand-obituary-b8whh3kq3\|title=Neil Shand obituary\|work=The Times\|date=5 June 2018\|accessdate=5 June 2018}} {{subscription required}}</ref> Neil was the eldest of three boys.		He was born in [[w:Luton\|Luton]] to parents from [[w:Glasgow\|Glasgow]], the son of a [[w:Vauxhall Motors\|Vauxhall]] employee and a dressmaker.<ref name="Times050618">{{cite news\|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/neil-shand-obituary-b8whh3kq3\|title=Neil Shand obituary\|work=The Times\|date=5 June 2018\|accessdate=5 June 2018}} {{subscription required}}</ref> Neil was the eldest of three boys.

	Raised in a "two up two down" house, he passed the [[Eleven-plus\|11-plus]], and had a positive experience of attending a [[grammar school]]. Virtually blind in one eye, an operation at 14 on the day the [[National Health Service]] NHS was founded (5 July 1948) saved his eyesight.<ref name="Times050618"/> He began to work for a local paper, the ''Luton Gazette'', after leaving school.<ref name="Freeman">{{cite news\|last=Freeman\|first=Sarah\|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/neil-shand-my-life-with-the-old-guard-of-british-comedy-1-8410149\|title=Neil Shand: My life with the old guard of British comedy\|work=The Yorkshire Post\|date=26 February 2017\|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref> Briefly working for the nationals while still having the day job in Luton, he managed to gain a regular job at the ''[[Daily Sketch]]'' after finding details of the 21st birthday party of a son of the [[Aga Khan]] at the [[Savoy Hotel]].<ref name="Freeman"/>		Raised in a "two up two down" house, he passed the [[w:Eleven-plus\|11-plus]], and had a positive experience of attending a [[w:grammar school\|grammar school]]. Virtually blind in one eye, an operation at 14 on the day the [[w:National Health Service\|National Health Service]] NHS was founded (5 July 1948) saved his eyesight.<ref name="Times050618"/> He began to work for a local paper, the ''Luton Gazette'', after leaving school.<ref name="Freeman">{{cite news\|last=Freeman\|first=Sarah\|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/neil-shand-my-life-with-the-old-guard-of-british-comedy-1-8410149\|title=Neil Shand: My life with the old guard of British comedy\|work=The Yorkshire Post\|date=26 February 2017\|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref> Briefly working for the nationals while still having the day job in Luton, he managed to gain a regular job at the ''[[w:Daily Sketch\|Daily Sketch]]'' after finding details of the 21st birthday party of a son of the [[w:Aga Khan\|Aga Khan]] at the [[w:Savoy Hotel\|Savoy Hotel]].<ref name="Freeman"/>

	Shand was later a journalist for the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' and ''[[Daily Express]]'', before moving into comedy writing in the 1960s.<ref name="Slot">{{cite news\|last=Slot\|first=Owen\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy--feeding-the-habit-unlike-many-comedians-jasper-carrott-writes-a-lot-of-his-own-material-but-no-one-writer-can-feed-the-massive-appetite-of-a-regular-television-series-own-slot-meets-some-of-the-other-men-behind-the-mouth-1462809.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy--feeding-the-habit-unlike-many-comedians-jasper-carrott-writes-a-lot-of-his-own-material-but-no-one-writer-can-feed-the-massive-appetite-of-a-regular-television-series-own-slot-meets-some-of-the-other-men-behind-the-mouth-1462809.html \|archive-date=18 June 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live\|title=Feeding the habit\|work=The Independent\|date=22 August 1993\|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref> Shortly after being sacked from the ''Mail'' for being drunk once too often, he ran into the documentary maker Michael Ingrams, who eventually introduced him to [[Bernard Braden]], for whom Shand first began to write humorous material.<ref name="Freeman"/>		Shand was later a journalist for the ''[[w:Daily Mail\|Daily Mail]]'' and ''[[w:Daily Express\|Daily Express]]'', before moving into comedy writing in the 1960s.<ref name="Slot">{{cite news\|last=Slot\|first=Owen\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy--feeding-the-habit-unlike-many-comedians-jasper-carrott-writes-a-lot-of-his-own-material-but-no-one-writer-can-feed-the-massive-appetite-of-a-regular-television-series-own-slot-meets-some-of-the-other-men-behind-the-mouth-1462809.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy--feeding-the-habit-unlike-many-comedians-jasper-carrott-writes-a-lot-of-his-own-material-but-no-one-writer-can-feed-the-massive-appetite-of-a-regular-television-series-own-slot-meets-some-of-the-other-men-behind-the-mouth-1462809.html \|archive-date=18 June 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live\|title=Feeding the habit\|work=The Independent\|date=22 August 1993\|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref> Shortly after being sacked from the ''Mail'' for being drunk once too often, he ran into the documentary maker Michael Ingrams, who eventually introduced him to [[Bernard Braden]], for whom Shand first began to write humorous material.<ref name="Freeman"/>

	Shand worked extensively with [[David Frost]], beginning with ''The Frost Programme'' in 1967.<ref name="Quinn">{{cite news\|last=Quinn\|first=Mchael\|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2018/obituary-neil-shand/\|title=Obituary: Neil Shand – 'one of the most successful comedy writers of the past half-century'\|work=The Stage\|date=25 April 2018\|accessdate=5 June 2018}}</ref> Subsequent work with Frost included [[ITV (TV network)\|ITV]]'s coverage of [[Apollo 11]] landing on the Moon in 1969, and spells in [[New York City\|New York]] working on Frost's American talk show as a "creative consultant".<ref name="Times050618"/>		Shand worked extensively with [[David Frost]], beginning with ''The Frost Programme'' in 1967.<ref name="Quinn">{{cite news\|last=Quinn\|first=Mchael\|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2018/obituary-neil-shand/\|title=Obituary: Neil Shand – 'one of the most successful comedy writers of the past half-century'\|work=The Stage\|date=25 April 2018\|accessdate=5 June 2018}}</ref> Subsequent work with Frost included [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]]'s coverage of [[w:Apollo 11]] landing on the Moon in 1969, and spells in [[w:New York City\|New York]] working on Frost's American talk show as a "creative consultant".<ref name="Times050618"/>

	His work with impressionist [[Mike Yarwood]] began around the same time with the sketch show ''Three of a Kind'' (1967).<ref name="Quinn"/> Shand also wrote for such acts as [[Spike Milligan]], [[Kenny Everett]], [[Bob Monkhouse]], [[The Two Ronnies]] and [[Jasper Carrott]] (on ''[[Carrott Confidential]]'').<ref name="BBC15042018"/><ref name="Slot"/> He was a member of [[BBC]] staff for many years.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Terrace\|first=Vincent\|title=Encyclopedia of Television: Series, Pilots and Specials 1974–1984\|location=New York\|publisher=Zoetrope\|year=1985\|isbn=978-0918432612\|page=225}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last=Scudamore\|first=Pauline\|title=Spike: A Biography\|publisher=The History Press\|year=2003\|orig-year=1985\|isbn=978-0750932547}}</ref>		His work with impressionist [[Mike Yarwood]] began around the same time with the sketch show ''Three of a Kind'' (1967).<ref name="Quinn"/> Shand also wrote for such acts as [[Spike Milligan]], [[Kenny Everett]], [[Bob Monkhouse]], [[The Two Ronnies]] and [[Jasper Carrott]] (on ''[[Carrott Confidential]]'').<ref name="BBC15042018"/><ref name="Slot"/> He was a member of [[w:BBC\|BBC]] staff for many years.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Terrace\|first=Vincent\|title=Encyclopedia of Television: Series, Pilots and Specials 1974–1984\|location=New York\|publisher=Zoetrope\|year=1985\|isbn=978-0918432612\|page=225}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last=Scudamore\|first=Pauline\|title=Spike: A Biography\|publisher=The History Press\|year=2003\|orig-year=1985\|isbn=978-0750932547}}</ref>

	Shand married [[Judith Keppel]] in 1985; the marriage ended in 1987.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Woods\|first=Judith\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4724890/Thank-God-I-dont-have-to-move-to-France.html\|title='Thank God, I don't have to move to France'\|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]\|location=London\|date=4 August 2001\|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref> He died on 14 April 2018, aged 84 in [[Whitton, North Lincolnshire]], where he had lived since 2003.<ref name="BBC15042018"/><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/culture-stars-died-2018-motorheads-fast-eddie-tocomedian-bella/neil-shand/ \|title=Culture stars who died in 2018: from Neil Shand to Harry Anderson\|website=Telegraph.co.uk\|accessdate=18 April 2018}} {{paywall}}</ref>		Shand married [[w:Judith Keppel\|Judith Keppel]] in 1985; the marriage ended in 1987.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Woods\|first=Judith\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4724890/Thank-God-I-dont-have-to-move-to-France.html\|title='Thank God, I don't have to move to France'\|work=[[w:The Daily Telegraph\|The Daily Telegraph]]\|location=London\|date=4 August 2001\|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref> He died on 14 April 2018, aged 84 in [[w:Whitton, North Lincolnshire\|Whitton]], where he had lived since 2003.<ref name="BBC15042018"/><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/culture-stars-died-2018-motorheads-fast-eddie-tocomedian-bella/neil-shand/ \|title=Culture stars who died in 2018: from Neil Shand to Harry Anderson\|website=Telegraph.co.uk\|accessdate=18 April 2018}} {{paywall}}</ref>

	==Books==		==Books==
	*''Melting Pot'' (1983) – with Spike Milligan		*''Melting Pot'' (1983) – with Spike Milligan
	*''1956 and All That'' (1984) – with [[Ned Sherrin]]		*''1956 and All That'' (1984) – with [[Ned Sherrin]]
	*''True Brit'' (1992) – with [[Jim Davidson]]		*''True Brit'' (1992) – with [[w:Jim Davidson\|Jim Davidson]]

	==References==		==References==
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	*{{IMDb name}}		*{{IMDb name}}

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'''Neil Hodgson Shand''' (3 March 1934 – 14 April 2018) was a British television comedy writer.<ref name="BBC15042018">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-43775357|title=Comedy writer Neil Shand dies aged 84|work=BBC News|date=15 April 2018|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref>

He was born in [[Luton]] to parents from [[Glasgow]], the son of a [[Vauxhall Motors|Vauxhall]] employee and a dressmaker.<ref name="Times050618">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/neil-shand-obituary-b8whh3kq3|title=Neil Shand obituary|work=The Times|date=5 June 2018|accessdate=5 June 2018}} {{subscription required}}</ref> Neil was the eldest of three boys.

Raised in a "two up two down" house, he passed the [[Eleven-plus|11-plus]], and had a positive experience of attending a [[grammar school]]. Virtually blind in one eye, an operation at 14 on the day the [[National Health Service]] NHS was founded (5 July 1948) saved his eyesight.<ref name="Times050618"/> He began to work for a local paper, the ''Luton Gazette'', after leaving school.<ref name="Freeman">{{cite news|last=Freeman|first=Sarah|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/neil-shand-my-life-with-the-old-guard-of-british-comedy-1-8410149|title=Neil Shand: My life with the old guard of British comedy|work=The Yorkshire Post|date=26 February 2017|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref> Briefly working for the nationals while still having the day job in Luton, he managed to gain a regular job at the ''[[Daily Sketch]]'' after finding details of the 21st birthday party of a son of the [[Aga Khan]] at the [[Savoy Hotel]].<ref name="Freeman"/>

Shand was later a journalist for the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' and ''[[Daily Express]]'', before moving into comedy writing in the 1960s.<ref name="Slot">{{cite news|last=Slot|first=Owen|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy--feeding-the-habit-unlike-many-comedians-jasper-carrott-writes-a-lot-of-his-own-material-but-no-one-writer-can-feed-the-massive-appetite-of-a-regular-television-series-own-slot-meets-some-of-the-other-men-behind-the-mouth-1462809.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy--feeding-the-habit-unlike-many-comedians-jasper-carrott-writes-a-lot-of-his-own-material-but-no-one-writer-can-feed-the-massive-appetite-of-a-regular-television-series-own-slot-meets-some-of-the-other-men-behind-the-mouth-1462809.html |archive-date=18 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Feeding the habit|work=The Independent|date=22 August 1993|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref> Shortly after being sacked from the ''Mail'' for being drunk once too often, he ran into the documentary maker Michael Ingrams, who eventually introduced him to [[Bernard Braden]], for whom Shand first began to write humorous material.<ref name="Freeman"/>

Shand worked extensively with [[David Frost]], beginning with ''The Frost Programme'' in 1967.<ref name="Quinn">{{cite news|last=Quinn|first=Mchael|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2018/obituary-neil-shand/|title=Obituary: Neil Shand – 'one of the most successful comedy writers of the past half-century'|work=The Stage|date=25 April 2018|accessdate=5 June 2018}}</ref> Subsequent work with Frost included [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s coverage of [[Apollo 11]] landing on the Moon in 1969, and spells in [[New York City|New York]] working on Frost's American talk show as a "creative consultant".<ref name="Times050618"/>

His work with impressionist [[Mike Yarwood]] began around the same time with the sketch show ''Three of a Kind'' (1967).<ref name="Quinn"/> Shand also wrote for such acts as [[Spike Milligan]], [[Kenny Everett]], [[Bob Monkhouse]], [[The Two Ronnies]] and [[Jasper Carrott]] (on ''[[Carrott Confidential]]'').<ref name="BBC15042018"/><ref name="Slot"/> He was a member of [[BBC]] staff for many years.<ref>{{cite book|last=Terrace|first=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television: Series, Pilots and Specials 1974–1984|location=New York|publisher=Zoetrope|year=1985|isbn=978-0918432612|page=225}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Scudamore|first=Pauline|title=Spike: A Biography|publisher=The History Press|year=2003|orig-year=1985|isbn=978-0750932547}}</ref>

Shand married [[Judith Keppel]] in 1985; the marriage ended in 1987.<ref>{{cite news|last=Woods|first=Judith|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4724890/Thank-God-I-dont-have-to-move-to-France.html|title='Thank God, I don't have to move to France'|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|location=London|date=4 August 2001|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref> He died on 14 April 2018, aged 84 in [[Whitton, North Lincolnshire]], where he had lived since 2003.<ref name="BBC15042018"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/culture-stars-died-2018-motorheads-fast-eddie-tocomedian-bella/neil-shand/ |title=Culture stars who died in 2018: from Neil Shand to Harry Anderson|website=Telegraph.co.uk|accessdate=18 April 2018}} {{paywall}}</ref>

==Books==
*''Melting Pot'' (1983) – with Spike Milligan
*''1956 and All That'' (1984) – with [[Ned Sherrin]]
*''True Brit'' (1992) – with [[Jim Davidson]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb name}}

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	Shand worked extensively with [[David Frost]], beginning with ''The Frost Programme'' in 1967.<ref name="Quinn">{{cite news\|last=Quinn\|first=Mchael\|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2018/obituary-neil-shand/\|title=Obituary: Neil Shand – 'one of the most successful comedy writers of the past half-century'\|work=The Stage\|date=25 April 2018\|accessdate=5 June 2018}}</ref> Subsequent work with Frost included [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]]'s coverage of [[w:Apollo 11]] landing on the Moon in 1969, and spells in [[w:New York City\|New York]] working on Frost's American talk show as a "creative consultant".<ref name="Times050618"/>		Shand worked extensively with [[David Frost]], beginning with ''The Frost Programme'' in 1967.<ref name="Quinn">{{cite news\|last=Quinn\|first=Mchael\|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2018/obituary-neil-shand/\|title=Obituary: Neil Shand – 'one of the most successful comedy writers of the past half-century'\|work=The Stage\|date=25 April 2018\|accessdate=5 June 2018}}</ref> Subsequent work with Frost included [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]]'s coverage of [[w:Apollo 11]] landing on the Moon in 1969, and spells in [[w:New York City\|New York]] working on Frost's American talk show as a "creative consultant".<ref name="Times050618"/>

	His work with impressionist [[Mike Yarwood]] began around the same time with the sketch show ''Three of a Kind'' (1967).<ref name="Quinn"/> Shand also wrote for such acts as [[Spike Milligan]], [[Kenny Everett]], [[Bob Monkhouse]], [[The Two Ronnies]] and [[w:Jasper Carrott\|Jasper Carrott]] (on ''[[Carrott Confidential]]'').<ref name="BBC15042018"/><ref name="Slot"/> He was a member of [[w:BBC\|BBC]] staff for many years.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Terrace\|first=Vincent\|title=Encyclopedia of Television: Series, Pilots and Specials 1974–1984\|location=New York\|publisher=Zoetrope\|year=1985\|isbn=978-0918432612\|page=225}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last=Scudamore\|first=Pauline\|title=Spike: A Biography\|publisher=The History Press\|year=2003\|orig-year=1985\|isbn=978-0750932547}}</ref>		His work with impressionist [[w:Mike Yarwood\|Mike Yarwood]] began around the same time with the sketch show ''Three of a Kind'' (1967).<ref name="Quinn"/> Shand also wrote for such acts as [[Spike Milligan]], [[Kenny Everett]], [[Bob Monkhouse]], [[The Two Ronnies]] and [[w:Jasper Carrott\|Jasper Carrott]] (on ''[[Carrott Confidential]]'').<ref name="BBC15042018"/><ref name="Slot"/> He was a member of [[w:BBC\|BBC]] staff for many years.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Terrace\|first=Vincent\|title=Encyclopedia of Television: Series, Pilots and Specials 1974–1984\|location=New York\|publisher=Zoetrope\|year=1985\|isbn=978-0918432612\|page=225}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last=Scudamore\|first=Pauline\|title=Spike: A Biography\|publisher=The History Press\|year=2003\|orig-year=1985\|isbn=978-0750932547}}</ref>

	Shand married [[w:Judith Keppel\|Judith Keppel]] in 1985; the marriage ended in 1987.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Woods\|first=Judith\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4724890/Thank-God-I-dont-have-to-move-to-France.html\|title='Thank God, I don't have to move to France'\|work=[[w:The Daily Telegraph\|The Daily Telegraph]]\|location=London\|date=4 August 2001\|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref> He died on 14 April 2018, aged 84 in [[w:Whitton, North Lincolnshire\|Whitton]], where he had lived since 2003.<ref name="BBC15042018"/><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/culture-stars-died-2018-motorheads-fast-eddie-tocomedian-bella/neil-shand/ \|title=Culture stars who died in 2018: from Neil Shand to Harry Anderson\|website=Telegraph.co.uk\|accessdate=18 April 2018}} {{paywall}}</ref>		Shand married [[w:Judith Keppel\|Judith Keppel]] in 1985; the marriage ended in 1987.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Woods\|first=Judith\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4724890/Thank-God-I-dont-have-to-move-to-France.html\|title='Thank God, I don't have to move to France'\|work=[[w:The Daily Telegraph\|The Daily Telegraph]]\|location=London\|date=4 August 2001\|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref> He died on 14 April 2018, aged 84 in [[w:Whitton, North Lincolnshire\|Whitton]], where he had lived since 2003.<ref name="BBC15042018"/><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/culture-stars-died-2018-motorheads-fast-eddie-tocomedian-bella/neil-shand/ \|title=Culture stars who died in 2018: from Neil Shand to Harry Anderson\|website=Telegraph.co.uk\|accessdate=18 April 2018}} {{paywall}}</ref>

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	Shand worked extensively with [[David Frost]], beginning with ''The Frost Programme'' in 1967.<ref name="Quinn">{{cite news\|last=Quinn\|first=Mchael\|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2018/obituary-neil-shand/\|title=Obituary: Neil Shand – 'one of the most successful comedy writers of the past half-century'\|work=The Stage\|date=25 April 2018\|accessdate=5 June 2018}}</ref> Subsequent work with Frost included [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]]'s coverage of [[w:Apollo 11]] landing on the Moon in 1969, and spells in [[w:New York City\|New York]] working on Frost's American talk show as a "creative consultant".<ref name="Times050618"/>		Shand worked extensively with [[David Frost]], beginning with ''The Frost Programme'' in 1967.<ref name="Quinn">{{cite news\|last=Quinn\|first=Mchael\|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2018/obituary-neil-shand/\|title=Obituary: Neil Shand – 'one of the most successful comedy writers of the past half-century'\|work=The Stage\|date=25 April 2018\|accessdate=5 June 2018}}</ref> Subsequent work with Frost included [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]]'s coverage of [[w:Apollo 11]] landing on the Moon in 1969, and spells in [[w:New York City\|New York]] working on Frost's American talk show as a "creative consultant".<ref name="Times050618"/>

	His work with impressionist [[Mike Yarwood]] began around the same time with the sketch show ''Three of a Kind'' (1967).<ref name="Quinn"/> Shand also wrote for such acts as [[Spike Milligan]], [[Kenny Everett]], [[Bob Monkhouse]], [[The Two Ronnies]] and [[Jasper Carrott]] (on ''[[Carrott Confidential]]'').<ref name="BBC15042018"/><ref name="Slot"/> He was a member of [[w:BBC\|BBC]] staff for many years.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Terrace\|first=Vincent\|title=Encyclopedia of Television: Series, Pilots and Specials 1974–1984\|location=New York\|publisher=Zoetrope\|year=1985\|isbn=978-0918432612\|page=225}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last=Scudamore\|first=Pauline\|title=Spike: A Biography\|publisher=The History Press\|year=2003\|orig-year=1985\|isbn=978-0750932547}}</ref>		His work with impressionist [[Mike Yarwood]] began around the same time with the sketch show ''Three of a Kind'' (1967).<ref name="Quinn"/> Shand also wrote for such acts as [[Spike Milligan]], [[Kenny Everett]], [[Bob Monkhouse]], [[The Two Ronnies]] and [[w:Jasper Carrott\|Jasper Carrott]] (on ''[[Carrott Confidential]]'').<ref name="BBC15042018"/><ref name="Slot"/> He was a member of [[w:BBC\|BBC]] staff for many years.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Terrace\|first=Vincent\|title=Encyclopedia of Television: Series, Pilots and Specials 1974–1984\|location=New York\|publisher=Zoetrope\|year=1985\|isbn=978-0918432612\|page=225}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last=Scudamore\|first=Pauline\|title=Spike: A Biography\|publisher=The History Press\|year=2003\|orig-year=1985\|isbn=978-0750932547}}</ref>

	Shand married [[w:Judith Keppel\|Judith Keppel]] in 1985; the marriage ended in 1987.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Woods\|first=Judith\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4724890/Thank-God-I-dont-have-to-move-to-France.html\|title='Thank God, I don't have to move to France'\|work=[[w:The Daily Telegraph\|The Daily Telegraph]]\|location=London\|date=4 August 2001\|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref> He died on 14 April 2018, aged 84 in [[w:Whitton, North Lincolnshire\|Whitton]], where he had lived since 2003.<ref name="BBC15042018"/><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/culture-stars-died-2018-motorheads-fast-eddie-tocomedian-bella/neil-shand/ \|title=Culture stars who died in 2018: from Neil Shand to Harry Anderson\|website=Telegraph.co.uk\|accessdate=18 April 2018}} {{paywall}}</ref>		Shand married [[w:Judith Keppel\|Judith Keppel]] in 1985; the marriage ended in 1987.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Woods\|first=Judith\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4724890/Thank-God-I-dont-have-to-move-to-France.html\|title='Thank God, I don't have to move to France'\|work=[[w:The Daily Telegraph\|The Daily Telegraph]]\|location=London\|date=4 August 2001\|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref> He died on 14 April 2018, aged 84 in [[w:Whitton, North Lincolnshire\|Whitton]], where he had lived since 2003.<ref name="BBC15042018"/><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/culture-stars-died-2018-motorheads-fast-eddie-tocomedian-bella/neil-shand/ \|title=Culture stars who died in 2018: from Neil Shand to Harry Anderson\|website=Telegraph.co.uk\|accessdate=18 April 2018}} {{paywall}}</ref>