Question: Who wrote the British television sitcom with seven series being broadcast between 1981 to 1991, 16 sporadic Christmas specials, and a 'Comic Relief special', recorded as part of the 1997 appeal which features the final appearance of Uncle Albert?
Context: The following is a list of episodes for the British comedy panel show "Would I Lie to You? ", which was first broadcast on 16 June 2007.  As of 19 December 2016, 82 regular episodes (including 4 Christmas specials) and 9 clip shows have been broadcast across ten series; 91 episodes in total (not including the 2011 Comic Relief or 2016 Children in Need specials). "Gimme Gimme Gimme" is a British television sitcom which premiered on BBC Two on 8 January 1999.  It was entirely written by Jonathan Harvey and stars Kathy Burke and James Dreyfus, with supporting cast including Beth Goddard, Brian Bovell, and Rosalind Knight.  Two series and a Millennium special had been broadcast and due to the success of the series, it was moved to BBC One for the third and final series, concluding on 14 December 2001.  Overall, the series included 19 episodes and Comic Relief special. The "Comic Relief special" was an edition of the BBC sit-com, "Only Fools and Horses", recorded as part of the 1997 Comic Relief appeal.  It was first screened on 14 March 1997.  It was chronologically set before the 1996 Christmas trilogy.  This special was the final appearance of Uncle Albert. The fifth series of the BBC family sitcom "My Family" originally aired between 19 March 2004 and 25 December 2005.  The series was commissioned following consistently high ratings for the fourth series.  The opening episode of the series, "The Mummy Returns", re-introduces the six main characters from the previous series, as well as Janey, played by Daniela Denby-Ashe, who had not been seen on-screen since December 2002.  The fifth series includes four specials: two-hour long Christmas specials, a 30-minute "best-of" special, and an exclusive 5-minute Comic Relief short.  All thirteen regular episodes from the fifth series are thirty minutes in length.  The series was once again produced by Rude Boy Productions, a company that produces comedies created by Fred Barron.  The series was filmed at Pinewood Studios in London, in front of a live audience. This is a list of episodes for the British television sitcom "Grownups" that ran on BBC Three from 2006 to 2009 for three series and one Comic Relief special. Comic Relief Does The Apprentice is a special celebrity version of British reality television series "The Apprentice", produced to raise money for Comic Relief.  The first edition aired in March 2007, and the second in March 2009.  Five male celebrities and five female celebrities took part in the show to complete a designated task.  The task in the 2007 edition was to run a funfair.  The show first aired on BBC One at 2100 GMT on 15 March 2007 and concluded on 16 March 2007 during the main Comic Relief programme.  The first episode of the show received strong viewing figures of 6.72 million.  It became the fifth most watched programme on BBC One that week.  The show returned on 12 March 2009 for the Comic Relief 2009 event, where the woman's team triumphed.  This would prove to be the final charity "Apprentice" series, in part because of the time needed each year to film the newly commissioned "Junior Apprentice" series. "The Vicar of Dibley" is a British sitcom which premiered on BBC One on 10 November, 1994.  From 1994 to 1998, two series and two specials had been produced and broadcast.  No further series were produced.  Following this, a number of specials were broadcast.  Over the seasonal period between Christmas 1999 and early 2000, four specials aired.  This collection of specials are often referred to as the third series, however, it was not produced as an official series.  Another four specials were aired between 2004/2005 and 2006/2007.  The series ended on 1 January 2007.  This was, however, followed by three short Comic Relief episodes, aired on 16 March 2007, 15 March 2013 and 13 March 2015.  In all, 20 episodes and six shorter Comic Relief specials have been produced. Only Fools and Horses is a British television sitcom created and written by John Sullivan.  Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1981 to 1991, with sixteen sporadic Christmas specials aired until the end of the show in 2003.  Episodes are regularly repeated on UKTV comedy channel Gold, Yesterday and occasionally repeated on BBC One. "Mock the Week" is a satirical panel show that airs on BBC Two.  The first episode was broadcast on 5 June 2005.  As of 29 September 2017, 146 regular episodes and 25 clip shows (nine of which were Christmas/New Year specials) have been aired across sixteen series; 171 episodes in total (not including the 2011 Comic Relief special or ""Mock the Week Looks Back At...""). "The Catherine Tate Show" is a British comedy sketch series that premiered on 16 February 2004.  It aired on BBC Two from 2004 to 2006 and on BBC One from 2007 to 2014.  Three series were aired between 2004 and 2006, with four Christmas specials between 2005 and 2009 and a Comic Relief special in 2007.  The show returned for a one-off "Nan" special on 4 January 2014.  A total of 24 episodes have been aired to date.  The series was co-written by the show's leading character Catherine Tate.
Answer: John Sullivan