OBITUARIES: RICHARD WARING
... RICHARD WARING One of the last doyens of British situation comedy writing has died. He first burst upon the enter tainment scene when, at the age of eight, he appeared at a local fete, billed as 'Brian Barton- Chappie the Wonder Boy Conjuror and Ventriloquist', short ly followed by an appearance, dressed in one of his mother's frocks, and singing Why Am I Always A Bridesmaid? During the war, ...