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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 [[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 ''[[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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== References ==
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Colin Bostock-Smith
Colin Bostock-Smith.jpg
Born1942
Uckfield, West Sussex

Colin Bostock-Smith (born 1942)[1] 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".[2] He later edited the music newspaper Top Pops.[3] However, he always had—in his words—"this feeling that I would like to write comedy",[4] 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.[4]

Selected credits

Writing contributions

Other

  • 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."[4])

References

  1. ^ "I was born in 1942, so I was exactly the right age for rock and roll when it all happened." [1]
  2. ^ http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/in-focus-she-loved-them-yeah-yeah-yeah-1-151119[dead link]
  3. ^ Smith, Alan. "Every No.1 in the 1960s is listed from all the nine different magazine charts!". Dave McAleer. Archived from the original on May 10, 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2012. Original editor was the noted author Colin Bostock-Smith.
  4. ^ a b c d "The den of Geek interview: Colin Bostock-Smith". 14 May 2008.
  5. ^ a b "In Brief".
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