David Nobbs
David Nobbs

David Nobbs

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Press clippings

David Nobbs Memorial Trust 2024 writing competition opens

The annual comedy writing competition run by the David Nobbs Memorial Trust is now open for entries, with the deadline set as 17th March.

British Comedy Guide, 16th February 2024

David Nobbs and Peter Tinniswood's first sitcom partly recovered

The first ever sitcom from David Nobbs (The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin) and Peter Tinniswood (I Didn't Know You Cared), as well as a long-forgotten comedy from Johnny Speight, are amongst missing episodes to have been recovered in 2023, ahead of a screening this weekend.

British Comedy Guide, 30th November 2023

Rebecca Bain & Alex Garrick-Wright win David Nobbs competition

The winners of the David Nobbs Memorial Trust 2023 writing competition are Rebecca Bain and Alex Garrick-Wright, with their script Borderline. The runners-up are Alex Nash and Amy Harrison.

British Comedy Guide, 20th July 2023

Reggie Perrin returning to the BBC

Radio 4 is to air a two-part adaptation of David Nobbs' 1975 novel The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin, with David Haig in the title role.

British Comedy Guide, 20th September 2022

Rhiannon Shaw wins David Nobbs Memorial Trust 2022 competition

Rhiannon Shaw has won the David Nobbs Memorial Trust 2022 writing competition, with Charlie Dinkin and Benjamin Sutton runners-up.

British Comedy Guide, 17th August 2022

David Nobbs Memorial Trust announces judges for New Comedy Writing Competition final round

Lucy Lumsden is returning as a judge for the scripts that make it to the final. This year Lucy is joined by Katy Wix and Barunka O'Shaughnessy.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 9th May 2022

David Nobbs Memorial Trust 2022 writing competition launched

The David Nobbs Memorial Trust 2022 comedy writing competition is now open for entries, with £1000 as the top prize.

British Comedy Guide, 1st February 2022

New book to shine a light on creation of 1970s sitcoms

Raising Laughter, a new book due to be published in September, will take a look at the creation of 1970s sitcoms. Writer Robert Sellers has interviewed a number of those involved in the shows.

British Comedy Guide, 17th June 2021

How Reginald Perrin made middle-class monotony funny

David Nobbs's landmark 1970s sitcom was dark, melancholic and often profound. And its long absence from our screens has only made it better.

Tom Fordy, The Telegraph, 9th March 2021

Judges Announced for new comedy writing competition

The three judges have been announced for the first David Nobbs Memorial Trust writing competition, which opens for submissions on 1st January 2017. Founder of Yellow Door Productions and former head of comedy at Sky and the BBC, Lucy Lumsden, seasoned writer and comedian Marcus Brigstocke, and comedian and campaigner Josie Long have volunteered their time to support the recently founded charity.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th December 2016