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{{Short description|British television director (1926–2020)}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]
| name = Sydney Lotterby
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| alt = 
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| birth_name = Sydney Warren Lotterby
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|11|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Paddington]], [[London]], England, UK
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2020|7|28|1926|9|1}}
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| occupation = Television producer, television director
| years_active = 1948–2005
| known_for =
| notable_works = ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''<br />''[[Open All Hours]]''<br />''[[Porridge (1974 TV series)|Porridge]]''<br />''[[The Liver Birds]]''
| spouse = {{marriage|Marcia Dos Santos|1997}}
}}

'''Sydney Warren Lotterby''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (30 November 1926 – 28 July 2020) was a British television producer and director who produced numerous [[BBC]] comedy series.

==Life and career==
Lotterby was born in [[Paddington]], [[London]], to Winifred (née Warren) and Sidney Lotterby, a shop fitter, and grew up in [[Edgware]], [[Middlesex]]. In 1941, on leaving Stag Lane school aged 14, he joined the [[BBC]] as a storekeeper in the electrical department at [[Broadcasting House]], then worked in the sound control room at [[BBC Radio]] until his [[Conscription in the United Kingdom#After 1945|national service]] in the [[British Army]] from 1946 until 1948.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sydney-lotterby-obituary-7vfgk7vwf | title= Sydney Lotterby obituary | work=The Times | date=5 August 2020 | access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref> After national service he returned to the BBC and became a cameraman and progressed to becoming technical manager. He joined the BBC's Entertainment Department in 1958 and in 1963, became a producer/director.

Lotterby married Marcia Dos Santos in 1997.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/aug/03/sydney-lotterby-obituary|title=Sydney Lotterby obituary|first=Anthony|last=Hayward|date=3 August 2020|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

He died on 28 July 2020, at the age of 93.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/heritage/in-memory-of/sydney-lotterby-obe-0|title=Sydney Lotterby OBE|publisher=BAFTA|access-date=31 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53594082|title=Porridge director Sydney Lotterby leaves 'true legacy of laughter'|work=BBC News|date=30 July 2020|access-date=31 July 2020}}</ref>

==Production and direction==
Television comedy series which he produced or directed included: ''[[As Time Goes By (TV series)|As Time Goes By]]'', ''[[May to December]]'', ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'', [[Yes Minister|''Yes, Minister'' and ''Yes, Prime Minister'']], ''[[Ever Decreasing Circles]]'', ''[[Brush Strokes]]'', ''[[Open All Hours]]'', ''[[The Old Boy Network]]'', ''[[Butterflies (TV series)|Butterflies]]'', ''[[Ripping Yarns]]'', ''[[Porridge (1974 TV series)|Porridge]]'', ''[[Going Straight]]'', ''[[Broaden Your Mind]]'', the final series of ''[[Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em]]'', ''[[The Liver Birds]]'', ''[[Up Pompeii!]]'' and ''[[Sykes and A...]]''.

A sketch in ''[[At Last The 1948 Show]]'' in which four exactly alike men all called Sydney Lotterby ("[[The Four Sydney Lotterbies]]") was written by [[John Cleese]], because he liked the name. The men were played by Cleese, [[Marty Feldman]], [[Tim Brooke-Taylor]], and [[Graham Chapman]]. Cleese also gave the name to the character played by [[Robert Lindsay (actor)|Robert Lindsay]] in ''[[Fierce Creatures]]'' (1997).<ref>Michael Palin ''Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years'', Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006</ref>

==Awards==
Lotterby won four [[BAFTA]] awards for comedy, including for ''Porridge'' (and also for a special in 1975), ''Going Straight'' (1978) and ''Yes Minister'' (1980). He was also nominated for 11 more. In 1994, Lotterby was appointed [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]].

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0521535}}.
* {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/l/lotterby_sydney.shtml|title=Sydney Lotterby|work=BBC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060618113228/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/l/lotterby_sydney.shtml|archive-date=18 June 2006|url-status=dead}}

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