Barry Took. Copyright: BBC
Barry Took

Barry Took

  • English
  • Writer, script editor, comedian and presenter
Barry Took. Copyright: BBC

Barry Took was an English writer, script editor, comedian and presenter.

Year Production Role
2017 40 Years Of The News Quiz Self (Archive Material)
2011 Legends Of British Comedy
  1. E1 - "Stop Messin' About!" - The Very Best Of Kenneth Williams
  2. E3 - And It's Goodnight From Him - The Very Best Of Ronnie Barker
 Narrator
2011 Legends Of British Comedy
  1. E1 - "Stop Messin' About!" - The Very Best Of Kenneth Williams
 Self
2008 Marty Feldman - Six Degrees Of Separation Self (Archive Material)
2003 30 Years Of Last Of The Summer Wine Self (Archive Material)
2001 Thou Art Awful ... But I Like Thee Self
2000 Legends - Series 1
  1. E5 - Frankie Howerd
  2. E6 - Kenneth Williams
 Self
1999 Laughter In The House: The Story Of British Sitcom
  1. E1 - The Early Days
 Self
1997 25 Years Of Last Of The Summer Wine Self
1996 The News Quiz - Series 35
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
 Host / Presenter
1996 Laughter In The Air - Series 2 Writer
1996 Laughter In The Air - Series 2 Host / Presenter
1995 The News Quiz - Series 34
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E6 - Episode Six
  6. E7 - Episode Seven
  7. E8 - Episode Eight
  8. E9 - Episode Nine
  9. E10 - Episode Ten
  10. E12 - Episode Twelve
 Host / Presenter
1995 The News Quiz - Series 33
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
  7. E7 - Episode Seven
  8. E8 - Episode Eight
  9. E9 - Episode Nine
  10. E10 - Episode Ten
  11. E11 - Episode Eleven
 Host / Presenter
1994 The News Quiz - Series 32
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
  7. E7 - Episode Seven
  8. E8 - Episode Eight
  9. E9 - Episode Nine
  10. E11 - Episode Eleven
 Host / Presenter
1994 The News Quiz - Series 31
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E5 - Episode Five
  3. E6 - Episode Six
  4. E8 - Episode Eight
  5. E9 - Episode Nine
  6. E10 - Episode Ten
  7. E11 - Episode Eleven
 Host / Presenter
1993 The News Quiz - Series 30
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E6 - Episode Six
  5. E8 - Episode Eight
  6. E9 - Episode Nine
 Host / Presenter
1993 The News Quiz - Series 29
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E3 - Episode Three
  3. E4 - Episode Four
  4. E5 - Episode Five
  5. E6 - Episode Six
  6. E7 - Episode Seven
  7. E8 - Episode Eight
  8. E10 - Episode Ten
  9. E11 - Episode Eleven
 Host / Presenter
1992 The News Quiz - Series 28
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
  7. E7 - Episode Seven
  8. E8 - Episode Eight
  9. E9 - Episode Nine
  10. E10 - Episode Ten
  11. E11 - Episode Eleven
  12. Special - The News Quiz of the Year 1992
 Host / Presenter
1992 The News Quiz - Series 27
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  1. E6 - Episode Six
  2. E7 - Episode Seven
  3. E8 - Episode Eight
  4. E9 - Episode Nine
  5. E10 - Episode Ten
  6. E11 - Episode Eleven
  7. E12 - Episode Twelve
 Host / Presenter
1991 The News Quiz - Series 26
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E4 - Episode Four
  4. E5 - Episode Five
  5. E6 - Episode Six
  6. E7 - Episode Seven
  7. E8 - Episode Eight
  8. E9 - Episode Nine
  9. E10 - Episode Ten
  10. E11 - Episode Eleven
  11. Special - The News Quiz of the Year (Part 1)
  12. Special - The News Quiz of the Year (Part 2)
 Host / Presenter
1990 The News Quiz - Series 23
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
  7. E7 - Episode Seven
  8. E8 - Episode Eight
  9. E9 - Episode Nine
  10. E10 - Episode Ten
  11. E11 - Episode Eleven
  12. E12 - Episode Twelve
 Host / Presenter
1989 Funny You Ask
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  1. E1 - Jean Boht
  2. E2 - John Inman
  3. E3 - Janet Brown
  4. E4 - Brian Murphy
  5. E5 - Johnny Morris
  6. E6 - William Franklyn
  7. E7 - June Whitfield
  8. E8 - Jonathon Morris
  9. E9 - Jim Bowen
  10. E10 - Keith Barron
  11. E11 - Carmen Silvera
  12. E12 - Gorden Kaye
  13. E13 - Dinah Sheridan
  14. E14 - Ian Lavender
  15. E15 - Carla Lane
  16. E16 - Wendy Craig
  17. E17 - Richard Briers
  18. E18 - Reg Varney
  19. E19 - Hilary Minster
  20. E20 - Diana Coupland
  21. E21 - Melvyn Hayes
  22. E22 - Nina Baden-Semper
  23. E23 - Patricia Hodge
  24. E24 - Patrick Mower
  25. E25 - Jeffrey Holland
 Host / Presenter
1986 The Kenny Everett Television Show - Series 4
  1. E6 - Episode Six
 Self
1979 Laughter In The Air - Series 1 Writer
1977 A Roof Over My Head - Series 1
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  1. E1 - First, Find Your House
  2. E2 - Take Me To Your Solicitor
  3. E3 - The Sitting Tenant
  4. E4 - Learn To Dread One Day At A Time
  5. E5 - Not Cricket
  6. E6 - Another Fine Mess
  7. E7 - Home And Dried
 Writer (Adapted By)
1977 A Roof Over My Head - Pilot Writer (Adapted By)
1976 N.U.T.S. Crew
1976 N.U.T.S. Actor
1974 Oneupmanship - Christmas Oneupmanship Writer (Adapted By)
1974 Badger's Set Writer
1974 Howerd's History Of England Writer
1974 Oneupmanship Writer (Adapted By)
1973 Elementary, My Dear Watson Producer
1972 The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine
  1. E13 - Episode Thirteen
 Writer (Additional Material)
1972 Grubstreet Crew
1972 Grubstreet Crew
1971 Private Eye TV Compiler
1971 Frankie Howerd: The Laughing Stock Of Television Writer
1969 The World Of Beachcomber - Series 2 Writer
1969 The Making Of Peregrine Writer
1969 Tooth And Claw Writer
1968 Horne A'Plenty - Series 2 Producer
1968 Horne A'Plenty - Series 2 Script Editor
1968 Horne A'Plenty - Series 1 Script Editor
1968 Horne A'Plenty - Series 1 Writer
1968 Stiff Upper Lip Writer
1968 Life With Cooper - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
 Script Editor
1968 The World Of Beachcomber - Series 1 Writer
1967 Round The Horne - Series 3 Writer
1966 Round The Horne - Series 2 Writer
1965 Barney Is My Darling
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  1. E1 - Home Is The Sailor
  2. E2 - The £2,000 A Year Man
  3. E3 - The Twenty Six Year Itch
  4. E4 - Weddings, Funerals And Christenings
  5. E5 - My Son! My Son!
  6. E6 - The Prodigal Son
 Writer
1965 Memoirs Of A Chaise Longue Writer
1965 Barnaby Spoot And The Exploding Whoopee Cushion Writer
1965 Scott On... - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Scott On Money
 Writer
1965 Round The Horne Creator
1965 Round The Horne - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
  7. E7 - Episode Seven
  8. E8 - Episode Eight
  9. E9 - Episode Nine
  10. E10 - Episode Ten
  11. E11 - Episode Eleven
  12. E12 - Episode Twelve
  13. E13 - Episode Thirteen
  14. E14 - Episode Fourteen
  15. E15 - Episode Fifteen
  16. E16 - Episode Sixteen
 Writer
1965 The Walrus And The Carpenter - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Return To Lumley Hoo
  2. E2 - The Coffin They Carry You Off In
  3. E3 - Luther Flannery Revisited
  4. E4 - Luther And The Golden Fleece
  5. E5 - The Quarrel
  6. E6 - The Secret Life Of Gascoigne Quilt
 Writer
1964 Foreign Affairs
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  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. E3 - Episode Three
  3. E8 - Episode Eight
 Writer
1963 The Walrus And The Carpenter - Pilot Writer
1963 Home From Home Writer
1963 Scoop Script Editor
1963 Tea At The Ritz Script Editor
1963 Fit For Heroes Crew
1961 Colonel Trumper's Private War
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  1. E1 - Operation Lubenski
  2. E2 - The Spy School
  3. E3 - A Phoney Marks Time
  4. E4 - Factory Saboteurs
  5. E5 - Episode Five
 Script Editor
1961 Colonel Trumper's Private War
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  1. E1 - Operation Lubenski
  2. E2 - The Spy School
  3. E3 - A Phoney Marks Time
  4. E4 - Factory Saboteurs
  5. E5 - Episode Five
 Writer
1961 Colonel Trumper's Private War
  1. E1 - Operation Lubenski
 Actor
1961 Bootsie And Snudge - Series 1
  1. E32 - How To Win Friends
 Script Editor
1960 Bootsie And Snudge - Series 1
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  1. E2 - Bootsie's Punctured Romance
  2. E3 - Snudge's School Friend
  3. E7 - Of Mouse And Man
  4. E9 - Cordon Bleu
  5. E13 - Bath Night
  6. E14 - Johnson's Retirement
  7. E29 - The Moth Hunt
  8. E33 - Days Fishing
  9. E35 - The Concert Pianist
  10. E39 - The Holiday
 Writer
1960 Ladies And Gentle-Men Writer
1960 Whack-O! - Series 6
  1. E6 - Episode Six
 Barry Hayman
1960 We're In Business - Series 2 Writer
1958 Beyond Our Ken - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Episode One
 Writer

Non-comedy TV and film credits may be found here:
Barry Took on IMDb

Born
Tuesday 19th June 1928
Died
Sunday 31st March 2002 (aged 73)
Nationality
English
BAFTA Television Awards 1969
Best Script (Winner)
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