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	Powell contributed material to the [[Cilla Black]] vehicles ''[[Blind Date (UK TV series)\|Blind Date]]'' (224 episodes) and ''[[Surprise, Surprise (TV series)\|Surprise, Surprise]]'' (130 episodes).<ref name="Telegraphobit" /> He published his autobiography, ''From Rags to Gags'', in 2008.		Powell contributed material to the [[Cilla Black]] vehicles ''[[Blind Date (UK TV series)\|Blind Date]]'' (224 episodes) and ''[[Surprise, Surprise (TV series)\|Surprise, Surprise]]'' (130 episodes).<ref name="Telegraphobit" /> He published his autobiography, ''From Rags to Gags'', in 2008.

	==~~Death~~ ==		==Personal life==
	Powell died aged 80 in [[Guildford]], Surrey. His first marriage ended in divorce; as did his second marriage, to Judi Smith. His third marriage, to Geraldine Moore, ended when he died. He had a son from his second marriage, and a son and daughter from his third.		Powell died aged 80 in [[w:Guildford\|Guildford]], Surrey. His first marriage ended in divorce; as did his second marriage, to Judi Smith. His third marriage, to Geraldine Moore, ended when he died. He had a son from his second marriage, and a son and daughter from his third.

	==Writing credits==		==Writing credits==

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	'''Vincent Joseph Powell'''<ref name="Hayward">{{cite news\|last=Hayward\|first=Anthony\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/vince-powell-prolific-sitcom-writer-who-cocreated-love-thy-neighbour-and-bless-this-house-1751593.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220817/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/vince-powell-prolific-sitcom-writer-who-cocreated-love-thy-neighbour-and-bless-this-house-1751593.html \|archive-date=17 August 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live\|title=Vince Powell: Prolific sitcom writer who co-created ''Love Thy Neighbour'' and ''Bless This House''\|newspaper=[[The Independent]]\|date=18 July 2009\|access-date=23 January 2019}}</ref> (6 August 1928 – 13 July 2009) was a British television scriptwriter. He collaborated with a writing partner, [[Harry Driver]], until 1973.		'''Vincent Joseph Powell'''<ref name="Hayward">{{cite news\|last=Hayward\|first=Anthony\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/vince-powell-prolific-sitcom-writer-who-cocreated-love-thy-neighbour-and-bless-this-house-1751593.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220817/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/vince-powell-prolific-sitcom-writer-who-cocreated-love-thy-neighbour-and-bless-this-house-1751593.html \|archive-date=17 August 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live\|title=Vince Powell: Prolific sitcom writer who co-created ''Love Thy Neighbour'' and ''Bless This House''\|newspaper=[[w:The Independent\|]]\|date=18 July 2009\|access-date=23 January 2019}}</ref> (6 August 1928 – 13 July 2009) was a British television scriptwriter. He collaborated with a writing partner, [[Harry Driver]], until 1973.

	==Early life ==		==Early life ==
	Powell was born as Vincent Joseph Smith to Roman Catholic parents in [[Miles Platting]], Manchester. When he was five, his mother died; two years later, his father remarried. Powell began a career as a tailor following the lead of his father, while performing as a comedian in the evenings. He met Harry Driver on the local club circuit. Their performing partnership under the name Hammond and Powell lasted until 1955 when Driver's health and physical mobility became severely impaired by the onset of [[Poliomyelitis\|polio]].<ref>{{cite web\|last=Oliver\|first=John\|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1057977/index.html\|title=Driver, Harry (1931-1973) and Powell, Vince (1928-2009)\|work=BFI Screenonline\|date=\|access-date=23 January 2019}}</ref>		Powell was born as Vincent Joseph Smith to Roman Catholic parents in [[w:Miles Platting\|Miles Platting]], Manchester. When he was five, his mother died; two years later, his father remarried. Powell began a career as a tailor following the lead of his father, while performing as a comedian in the evenings. He met Harry Driver on the local club circuit. Their performing partnership under the name Hammond and Powell lasted until 1955 when Driver's health and physical mobility became severely impaired by the onset of [[Poliomyelitis\|polio]].<ref>{{cite web\|last=Oliver\|first=John\|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1057977/index.html\|title=Driver, Harry (1931-1973) and Powell, Vince (1928-2009)\|work=BFI Screenonline\|date=\|access-date=23 January 2019}}</ref>

	==Career ==		==Career ==

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| birth_name = Vincent Joseph Smith
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| birth_place = [[Miles Platting]], [[Manchester]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2009|7|13|1928|8|6}}
| death_place = [[Guildford]], [[Surrey]], England
| occupation = Scriptwriter
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''Here's Harry'' (1960–1965) 
''[[Pardon the Expression]]'' (1965–1966) ''[[George and the Dragon (TV series)|George and the Dragon]]'' (1966–1968) ''[[Never Mind the Quality Feel the Width]]'' (1967–1971) ''Best of Enemies'' (1968–1969) ''[[Nearest and Dearest]]'' (1968–1973) ''[[Two in Clover]]'' (1969–1970) ''[[For the Love of Ada]]'' (1970–1971) ''[[Bless This House (British TV series)|Bless This House]]'' (1971–1976) ''[[Love Thy Neighbour (1972 TV series)|Love Thy Neighbour]]'' (1972–1976) ''Spring and Autumn'' (1972–1976) ''The Wackers'' (1975) ''[[Rule Britannia!]]'' (1975) ''My Son Reuben'' (1975) ''[[Odd Man Out (UK TV series)|Odd Man Out]]'' (1977) ''[[Mind Your Language]]'' (1977–1979, 1986) ''Young at Heart'' (1980–1982) ''[[Never the Twain]]'' (1983–1991) ''[[Bottle Boys]]'' (1984–1985) ''[[Slinger's Day]]'' (1986–1987) ''Cilla's Celebration'' (1993) ''For Better Or For Worse'' (Radio 2, 1993–1996)
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'''Vincent Joseph Powell'''<ref name="Hayward">{{cite news|last=Hayward|first=Anthony|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/vince-powell-prolific-sitcom-writer-who-cocreated-love-thy-neighbour-and-bless-this-house-1751593.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220817/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/vince-powell-prolific-sitcom-writer-who-cocreated-love-thy-neighbour-and-bless-this-house-1751593.html |archive-date=17 August 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Vince Powell: Prolific sitcom writer who co-created ''Love Thy Neighbour'' and ''Bless This House''|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=18 July 2009|access-date=23 January 2019}}</ref> (6 August 1928 – 13 July 2009) was a British television scriptwriter. He collaborated with a writing partner, [[Harry Driver]], until 1973.

==Early life ==
Powell was born as Vincent Joseph Smith to Roman Catholic parents in [[Miles Platting]], Manchester. When he was five, his mother died; two years later, his father remarried. Powell began a career as a tailor following the lead of his father, while performing as a comedian in the evenings. He met Harry Driver on the local club circuit. Their performing partnership under the name Hammond and Powell lasted until 1955 when Driver's health and physical mobility became severely impaired by the onset of [[Poliomyelitis|polio]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Oliver|first=John|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1057977/index.html|title=Driver, Harry (1931-1973) and Powell, Vince (1928-2009)|work=BFI Screenonline|date=|access-date=23 January 2019}}</ref>

==Career ==
With his writing partner, [[Harry Driver]], the partnership was hired to write material for comedian [[Harry Worth]] in Manchester for the BBC in 1960.<ref name="Timesobit">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/vince-powell-comedy-writer-of-love-thy-neighbour-gr0x9zghhkr|title=Vince Powell: comedy writer of ''Love Thy Neighbour''|work=The Times|date=24 July 2009|access-date=23 January 2019}} {{subscription required}}</ref> The show, ''Here's Harry'' (co-written with Frank Roscoe) ran for five years.<ref name="Telegraphobit">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/5888240/Vince-Powell.html|title=Vince Powell|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=22 July 2009|access-date=January 23, 2019}}</ref> The partnership, was better known for writing for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] franchise holders from the early-1960s beginning with ''[[Coronation Street]]'' from 1961; Powell ceased writing for the programme in 1964, but Driver's involvement continued until he died in 1973.<ref name="Telegraphobit" /> Powell and Driver created and wrote 11 sitcoms for ITV in an eight-year period, including the shows ''[[Bless This House (British TV series)|Bless This House]]'' (with [[Sid James]]) and ''[[Love Thy Neighbour (1972 TV series)|Love Thy Neighbour]]'', though other writers contributed scripts to both series. The latter programme, according to ''[[The Times]]'', was "one of television’s most notorious, if at the time highly popular, comedies". While it was "intended to debunk racial stereotypes" it "came to be widely condemned for doing exactly the opposite."<ref name="Timesobit" />

Other popular series created and written by them for ITV include:

==Script projects ==
* ''[[Pardon the Expression]]'' (1965–66), starring [[Arthur Lowe]] reprising the role of Leonard Swindley, a character which first appeared in ''Coronation Street''.
* ''[[George and the Dragon (TV series)|George and the Dragon]]'' (1966–68), starring [[Sid James]] and [[Peggy Mount]] as chauffeur and housekeeper to Colonel Maynard ([[John Le Mesurier]])
* ''[[Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width]]'' (1967–1971), set in the London rag trade, featuring an ethnically mis-matched pair of tailors, the Jewish Manny Cohen ([[John Bluthal]]) and the Irish-Catholic Patrick Kelly ([[Joe Lynch (actor)|Joe Lynch]])
* ''[[Nearest and Dearest]]'' (1968–1973), set in a Pickle Factory in Colne, North-West of England, starring ([[Hylda Baker]]) and ([[Jimmy Jewel]]) as squabbling siblings Nellie and Eli Pledge, running the Pickle Factory business left by their late father. Powell and Driver left after the first series, though the show (written by writers such as Roy Bottomley and Tom Brennand) continued in their absence.
* ''[[Two in Clover]]'' (1969–70), starring [[Sid James]] and [[Victor Spinetti]], as Clerks-turned-Farmers
* ''[[For the Love of Ada]]'' (1970–71), in which [[Irene Handl]] and [[Wilfred Pickles]] played romantically involved pensioners
* ''[[Bless This House (British TV series)|Bless This House]]'' (1971–76), starring Sid James and Diana Coupland, as Sid and Jean Abbott, along with Robin Stewart and Sally Geeson as their teenage son and daughter, living in Birch Avenue, Putney.
* ''[[Love Thy Neighbour (1972 TV series)|Love Thy Neighbour]]'' (1972–1976), centred around a white couple and a black couple living as next-door neighbours in Twickenham, London, during an era, in which Britain was coming to terms with the population of Black Immigrants. The series featured [[Jack Smethurst]] and [[Kate Williams (actress)|Kate Williams]] as Eddie and Joan Booth, with [[Rudolph Walker]] and [[Nina Baden-Semper]] as Bill and Barbie Reynolds. Powell co-wrote a 1979 sequel ''[[Love Thy Neighbour in Australia]]''.
* ''Spring And Autumn'' (1973–1976), starring [[Jimmy Jewel]] as a retired widower, parting ways from Up North to live with his daughter and her husband in a high-rise block, Down South, let alone making friends with a pre-teen cockney lad.

After Driver died, Powell worked solo and created later shows such as:

* ''The Wackers'' (1975), set in mid-1970s Liverpool, starring Ken Jones and Sheila Fay, along with Joe Gladwin. Notable for early TV roles for [[Alison Steadman]] and [[Keith Chegwin]] as the lead couple's teenage children. The show caused such a backlash that the series was scrapped before the last episode was broadcast and never repeated again.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1970s/wackers/|title=Wackers, The – Nostalgia Central|date=26 June 2014|website=Nostalgiacentral.com|access-date=3 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/nostalgia/disgusting-tv-show-insult-liverpool-22786099|title='Disgusting' TV show that was 'insult to Liverpool' pulled by ITV|first=Lee|last=Grimsditch|date=19 January 2022|newspaper=[[Liverpool Echo]]|access-date=3 March 2022}}</ref>
* ''[[Mind Your Language]]'' (1977–1979, 1986), starring Barry Evans (previously in the [[Doctor in the House (TV series)|''Doctor''... series]]) as the English-Foreign Language teacher Mr Jeremy Brown, set in an adult education college of foreign characters in late-1970s London.
* ''Young at Heart'' (1977–1982),
* ''[[Bottle Boys]]'' (1984–85), starring [[Robin Askwith]] as Dave Deacon, a football-obsessed milkman.

Powell also penned a number of scripts for the popular 1980s sitcom ''[[Never the Twain]]'' (1981–1991) starring [[Windsor Davies]] and [[Donald Sinden]], also for [[Thames Television]], writing all of the final episodes from 1989 to 1991. Plus he wrote three series (20 episodes) of the [[BBC Radio 2|Radio 2]] sitcom ''For Better Or For Worse'', starring [[Gorden Kaye]] and [[Su Pollard]], between 1993 and 1996.

Powell contributed material to the [[Cilla Black]] vehicles ''[[Blind Date (UK TV series)|Blind Date]]'' (224 episodes) and ''[[Surprise, Surprise (TV series)|Surprise, Surprise]]'' (130 episodes).<ref name="Telegraphobit" /> He published his autobiography, ''From Rags to Gags'', in 2008.

==Death ==
Powell died aged 80 in [[Guildford]], Surrey. His first marriage ended in divorce; as did his second marriage, to Judi Smith. His third marriage, to Geraldine Moore, ended when he died. He had a son from his second marriage, and a son and daughter from his third.

==Writing credits==
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! Notes
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|''Here's Harry''
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*51 episodes (1960–1965)
|[[BBC One|BBC 1]]
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|''[[Coronation Street]]''
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*18 episodes (1961–1962, 1964-1967)
|ITV
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|''De Laatste Trein''
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*Television film (co-written with [[Harry Driver]] and Frank Roscoe, 1962)
|[[Omroepvereniging VARA|VARA]]
|-
|''The Saturday Show''
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*3 episodes (co-written with Frank Roscoe, 1962)
|ITV
|-
|''De Rally''
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*Television film (co-written with Harry Driver and Frank Roscoe, 1962)
|VARA
|-
|''Herrie om Harrie''
|
*7 episodes (co-written with Frank Roscoe, 1963-1964)
|[[Nederlandse Christelijke Radio-Vereniging|NCRV]]
|-
|''[[Comedy Playhouse]]''
|
*"Fools Rush In" (co-written with Frank Roscoe, 1963)
*"The Mascot" (co-written with Frank Roscoe, 1963)
*"Spanner in the Works" (co-written with Harry Driver, 1967)
|BBC 1
|-
|''The Villains''
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*"Les Girls" (co-written with Harry Driver, 1964)
|ITV
|-
|''[[Pardon the Expression]]''
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*16 episodes (co-written with Harry Driver, 1965-1966)
|ITV
|-
|''[[Adam Adamant Lives!]]''
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*"Beauty Is an Ugly Word" (co-written with Harry Driver, 1966)
*"The Village of Evil" (co-written with Harry Driver, 1966)
*"Conspiracy of Death" (co-written with Harry Driver, 1967)
*"The Survivors" (co-written with Harry Driver, 1967)
*"The Deadly Bullet" (co-written with Harry Driver, 1967)
|BBC 1
|-
|''[[George and the Dragon (TV series)|George and the Dragon]]''
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*26 episodes (co-written with Harry Driver, 1966-1968)
|ITV
|-
|''That's Show Business''
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*Television film (co-written with Harry Driver, 1967)
|ITV
|-
|''[[Armchair Theatre]]''
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*"Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width" (co-written with Harry Driver, 1967)
|ITV
|-
|''[[Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width]]''
|
*29 episodes (co-written with Harry Driver, 1967-1971)
|[[ABC Weekend TV|ABC Television]] ITV
|-
|''[[Best of Enemies (TV series)|Best of Enemies]]''
|
*5 episodes (co-written with Harry Driver, 1968–1969)
|ITV
|-
|''[[Nearest and Dearest]]''
|
*13 episodes (co-written with Harry Driver, 1968–1973)
|ITV
|-
|''[[Two in Clover]]''
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*13 episodes (co-written with Harry Driver, 1969–1970)
|ITV
|-
|''[[For the Love of Ada]]''
|
*27 episodes (co-written with Harry Driver, 1970–1971)
|ITV
|-
|''[[Bless This House (British TV series)|Bless This House]]''
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*13 episodes (co-written with Harry Driver, 1971–1974)
|ITV
|-
|''Mike and Bernie''
|
*6 episodes (co-written with Harry Driver, 1971–1972)
|ITV
|-
|''[[Love Thy Neighbour (1972 TV series)|Love Thy Neighbour]]''
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*42 episodes (1972–1975)
|[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
|-
|''Spring & Autumn''
|
*26 episodes (1972–1976)
|[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
|-
|''[[All Star Comedy Carnival]]''
|
*"Love Thy Neighbour" (mini-episode, 1972)
*"Spring and Autumn" (mini-episode, 1973)
|ITV
|-
|''[[For the Love of Ada (film)|For the Love of Ada]]''
|
*Feature film (co-written with Harry Driver, 1972)
|[[Tigon British Film Productions]]
|-
|''Cheap at Half the Price''
|
*Television film (co-written with Harry Driver, 1972)
|ITV
|-
|''[[Never Mind the Quality Feel the Width (film)|Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width]]''
|
*Feature film (co-written with Harry Driver, 1973)
|
*[[EMI Films|EMI-MGM]]
|-
|''[[Love Thy Neighbour (1973 film)|Love Thy Neighbour]]''
|
*Feature film (co-written with Harry Driver, 1973)
|
*[[Hammer Films]]
*[[EMI Films|Anglo-EMI]] (International)
|-
|''The Wackers''
|
*6 episodes (1975)
|ITV
|-
|''My Son Reuben''
|
*6 episodes (1975)
|ITV
|-
|''Rule Britannia!''
|
*7 episodes (1975)
|ITV
|-
|''Paradise Island''
|
*"A Stranger in Paradise" (1977)
|ITV
|-
|''[[The Fosters (British TV series)|The Fosters]]''
|
*"Who Needs Friends?" (1977)
|ITV
|-
|''[[Odd Man Out (British TV series)|Odd Man Out]]''
|
*7 episodes (1977)
|ITV
|-
|''[[Mind Your Language]]''
|
*42 episodes (1977-1979, 1986)
|ITV
|-
|''[[Carry On Emmannuelle]]''
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*Feature film (additional material, 1978)
|
*[[Hemdale Film Corporation|Hemdale]]
|-
|''[[Give Us a Clue]]''
|
*2 episodes (1979, 1981)
|ITV
|-
|''Love Thy Neighbour in Australia''
|
*7 episodes (1979)
|[[Seven Network]]
|-
|''[[Young at Heart (1980 TV series)|Young at Heart]]''
|
*19 episodes (1980-1982)
|ITV
|-
|''[[Home Sweet Home (Australian TV series)|Home Sweet Home]]''
|
*"No Flame Like an Old Flame" (1980)
|[[ABC Television (Australian TV network)|ABC TV]]
|-
|''[[A Sharp Intake of Breath]]''
|
*6 episodes (1981)
|ITV
|-
|''Ik ben Joep Meloen''
|
*Feature film (1981)
|
*[[Televisie Radio Omroep Stichting|TROS]]
*Video Garant
|-
|''Father Charlie''
|
*"The New Chaplain" (1982)
*"Miracles Take a Little Longer" (1982)
*"Halfway to Heaven" (1982)
*"Better the Devil You Know" (1982)
|ITV
|-
|''An Age Apart''
|
*"A Log Way from Home" (1983)
*"Don't Rock the Boat" (1983)
*"Out of the Frying Pan" (1983)
*"Home Is Where the Heart Is" (1983)
|[[Television New Zealand|TVNZ]]
|-
|''[[Never the Twain]]''
|
*31 episodes (1983-1984, 1986-1991)
|ITV
|-
|''[[Bottle Boys]]''
|
*13 episodes (1984-1985)
|ITV
|-
|''Mixed Doubles''
|
*"Semper Fidelis" (1985)
*"TV or Not TV" (1985)
*"The Facts of Life" (1986)
*"If at First You Don't Succeed" (1986)
|ITV
|-
|''[[Slinger's Day]]''
|
*6 episodes (1986-1987)
|ITV
|-
|''[[Superfrank!]]''
|
*Television film (co-written with Andrew Nickolds and Miles Tredinnick, 1987)
|[[Channel 4]]
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0694344|Vince Powell}}

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