birth_place nationality notableworks name birth_date period genre article_title birth_name occupation
grantham , lincolnshire , england british '' damp -lrb- 1974-1978 -rrb- '' '' only when i laugh the -lrb- 1979-1982 -rrb- '' '' misfits -lrb- 1981 -rrb- '' squirrels '' the bounder -lrb- 1982-1983 -rrb- '' '' duty free -lrb- -lrb- 1984-1986 -rrb- '' '' home to roost -lrb- 1985-1990 1974-1977 -rrb- '' '' singles -lrb- 1984-1991 -rrb- '' '' natural -rrb- causes -lrb- 1988 -rrb- '' '' haggard -lrb- 1990-1992 -rrb- '' '' '' fiddlers three -lrb- 1991 -rrb- '' '' rising eric chappell 1933 1973-1992 television eric chappell
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eric chappell

eric chappell -lrb- born 1933 , grantham , lincolnshire -rrb- is an english comedy writer who wrote and co-wrote a number of the uk 's biggest sitcom hits during the 1970s , '80s , and '90s .
his successes include `` the squirrels '' , `` rising damp '' , `` only when i laugh '' , `` the bounder '' , `` duty free , '' `` singles '' , `` haggard '' and `` home to roost '' .
he also wrote the stage plays `` the banana box '' -lrb- later turned into the sitcom `` rising damp '' -rrb- , `` only when i laugh '' -lrb- based on the earlier sitcom -rrb- , `` natural causes '' , `` theft '' and `` dead reckoning '' .
