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David Stafford obituary

Comedy writer and broadcaster who worked with Alexei Sayle and Benjamin Zephaniah.

David Stafford obituary

David Stafford's writing career took off after meeting Alexei Sayle, with whom he embarked on several successful collaborations.

Four further adventures of nice Nick (Paul Bazely), who inherited a house only to find it occupied by charming but dodgy Hazelbeach (Jamie Foreman). Since then, in this lively comedy by Caroline and David Stafford, they've managed to live under the same roof. But the first of their latest series starts with lightning striking that very roof, water pouring in and the dreaded James, Nick's girlfriend's former husband, sneaking in too. You don't have to believe that every atom of the story could be true. But Nick's misadventures with roof men sound only too familiar.

David and Caroline Stafford's Hazelbeach has morphed into a superannuated flat-sharing saga. It may be entertaining and the eponymous character is still a con man, but he's certainly not likeable.

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (R2 and R4) dispensed with questions, answers, scoring, rules and jokes years ago, and gets more diverting all the time - living proof that less is more.