Claim: Paddy Crosbie, the Irish creator of the radio and television programmes The School Around The Corner and Back To School, composed songs, comic rhyme and scripts for stage and television and wrote two books Tales from the School Around the Corner in 1979 and Your Dinner's Poured Out in 1981.
Evidence: Paddy Crosbie (1 October 1913 – 2 September 1982) was the Irish creator of the radio and television programmes The School Around The Corner and Back To School. Crosbie composed songs (most remembered would be the theme song for "School Around The Corner), comic rhyme and scripts for stage and television. He wrote two books Tales from the School Around the Corner in 1979 and Your Dinner's Poured Out in 1981.