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Neil Shand

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Neil Shand is a British television comedy writer.

Shand was a journalist, working for the Daily Mail and Daily Express, before moving into comedy writing in the 1960s.[1]

He has worked with David Frost, Spike Milligan, the Two Ronnies, Mike Yarwood, Kelly Monteith, and Jasper Carrott (on Carrott Confidential), and was a member of BBC staff for many years.[1][2][3]

Shand married Judith Keppel in 1985, the marriage ending in 1987.[4]

Books

  • Melting Pot (1983) – with Spike Milligan
  • 1956 and All That (1984) – with Ned Sherrin
  • True Brit (1992) – with Jim Davidson

References

  1. ^ a b Slot, Owen (1993) "COMEDY / Feeding the habit: Unlike many comedians Jasper Carrott writes a lot of his own material. But no one writer can feed the massive appetite of a regular television series. Own Slot meets some of the other men behind the mouth", The Independent, 23 August 1993. Retrieved 3 January 2015
  2. ^ Terrace, Vincent (1985) Encyclopedia of Television: Series, Pilots and Specials 1974–1984, New York Zoetrope, ISBN 978-0918432612, p. 225
  3. ^ Scudamore, Pauline (2013) Spike: A Biography, The History Press, ISBN 978-0750932547
  4. ^ Woods, Judith (2001) "'Thank God, I don't have to move to France'", Daily Telegraph, 4 August 2001. Retrieved 3 January 2015