#RoyClarke Writer of THE POWER GAME episode 'The Big Nothing' 14 January 1969 #MichaelJayston #PatrickWymark

#OnThisDay 26 April 1992 📺TV Listings
#DrewBarrymore stars in #StevenSpielberg's AMAZING STORIES.
DON'T TELL FATHER is a new comedy by #RoyClarke, starring #TonyBritton.
More comedy with #CarlaLane's SCREAMING, #NicholasLyndhurst in THE PIGLET FILES, and SPITTING IMAGE.

8:05pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social

From 1970, Ep 3 (of 26) of #WW2 #Drama📺 “Manhunt” - "Only The Dead Survive" directed by #CyrilCoke & written by #RoyClarke

🌟 #AlfredLynch #PeterBarkworth #CydHayman #RichardHurndall #PhilipMadoc #GeorgeMurcell #CliffordParrish #RoystonTickner

14 January 1969 - Helen Ferguson (#JoannaRigby) is annoyed when Wilder (#PatrickWymark) turns down her offer of sex in THE POWER GAME episode 'The Big Nothing' by #RoyClarke. "I just can’t afford the time…Affairs are very easy to start but hell to end." wymark.org.uk/power943.html

Roy Clarke wrote some absolutely fabulous sitcoms. Especially "Last of The Summer Wine".
Well deserved, Sir.
👍🎉🥂 #NewYearsHonours #NewYearsHonours2026 #LastOfTheSummerWine #RoyClarke

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#OnThisDay 6 September 1984
The first episode of THE MAGNIFICENT EVANS was broadcast on BBC1. Despite being written by #RoyClarke and starring #RonnieBarker, the comedy, following Welsh photographer Plantagenet Evans, was not well-received and only one series was made.

Roy Clarke wrote some absolutely fabulous sitcoms. Especially "Last of The Summer Wine".
Well deserved, Sir.
👍🎉🥂 #NewYearsHonours #NewYearsHonours2026 #LastOfTheSummerWine #RoyClarke

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7:45pm TODAY on @BBCFOUR

Keeping Up Appearances
s5 Ep 3 of 10, Hyacinth Is Alarmed

Directed by #HaroldSnoad & written by #RoyClarke

🌟 Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift, Judy Cornwell, Geoffrey Hughes, Mary Millar, David Griffin, Josephine Tewson, Jeremy Gittins, George Webb

14 Jan 1969 - THE POWER GAME-SPECIAL ENVOY: 'The Big Nothing' by Sir #RoyClarke - #MichaelJayston and #PatrickWymark gamble on developing a barren stretch of land in South America wymark.org.uk/power943.html

I think I'm right in saying Sir #RoyClarke is the first and only POWER GAME writer to be knighted. He may have only written one episode (THE BIG NOTHING 14 Jan 1969) but he still wrote it.

Three successive games in three different divisions #RoyClarke #CardiffCity #ManCity (1947) #Shoot! 1969-08-16