The Simpsons Comics 100

The Simpsons Comics 100

The Simpsons Comics 100

When it comes to successful television comedy, the United Kingdom boasts an astonishing array of celebrated writing talent. Iconic partnerships, such as Croft and Perry, Marks and Gran, Esmonde and Larbey and Clement and La Frenais, have brought endless joy to millions with an impressive list of classic sitcoms, including Dad's Army, The New Statesman, The Good Life and Porridge.

Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, whose groundbreaking work on Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe & Son continues to surprise and delight, certainly deserve their place among the elite, with many crediting them as inventing the British sitcom as we know it back in the 1950s with the above-mentioned Hancock's Half Hour.

Galton & Simpson: "Siamese Twins"

Suite 101: How did the two of you write together?