Keith Waterhouse (born 6 February 1929 in Leeds, England) is a novelist, newspaper columnist, and the writer of many television series. February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Leeds Coat Of Arms Map sources for Leeds at grid reference SE297338 Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in Yorkshire in the north of England. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... DeFoes Robinson Crusoe, Newspaper edition published in 1719 A novel (from French nouvelle, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ...

His credits, many with life-long friend and collaborator Willis Hall, include satires such as That Was The Week That Was, BBC-3 and The Frost Report during the early 1960s, Budgie, Worzel Gummidge, and Andy Capp (an adaptation of the comic strip). Willis Hall (6 April 1929 - 7 March 2005) was an English playwright and radio and television writer who drew on his working class Leeds roots in much of his material. ... Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which exposes the follies of its subject (for example, individuals, organizations, or states) to ridicule, often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. ... That Was The Week That Was, also known as TW3, was a satirical television comedy program that aired on the BBC in 1962 and 1963. ... The Frost Report was a satirical television show hosted by Sir David Frost. ... The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... Budgie was a British television series starring Adam Faith which aired on ITV between 1970 and 1972. ... Worzel Gummidge Series 2 DVD cover. ... Andy Capp is a long-running comic strip character created by Reg Smythe, seen in the Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror since August 5, 1957. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ...

His 1959 book Billy Liar was subsequently filmed by John Schlesinger with Tom Courtenay in the part of Billy. It was nominated in six categories of the 1964 BAFTA awards, including Best Screenplay, and was nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1963; in the early 1970s a sitcom based on the character was quite popular and ran to 25 episodes--a respectable run for a British sitcom, although it has seldom been seen since. 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Billy Liar (1959) is a novel by Keith Waterhouse that was later adapted into a play, film, musical and TV series. ... John Richard Schlesinger (February 16, 1926–July 25, 2003) was a British film director. ... Tom Courtenay (pronounced Courtney) (born February 25, 1937) is a British actor who came to prominence in the early 1960s with a succession of critically-acclaimed films including The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Billy Liar (1963) and Dr. Zhivago (1965). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... The Venice Film Festival (Mostra Internazionale dArte Cinematografica) takes place every year in late August/early September on the Lido di Venezia in the historic Palazzo del Cinema on the Lungomare Marconi, in Venice, Italy. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ...

His first screenplay was the 1961 film Whistle Down the Wind and his most recent production was Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell in 1999, based on the life of journalist Jeffrey Bernard. 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Whistle Down the Wind is a 1961 British film, directed by Bryan Forbes. ... Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell is a play by Keith Waterhouse about the title characters life at a public house: The_Coach_and_Horses,_Greek_Street,_Soho,_London. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people. ... Jeffrey Bernard (May 27, 1932 - September 4, 1997) was a British journalist, notorious for a feckless and chaotic career and life of alcohol abuse. ...

He also wrote regularly for Punch and the Daily Mirror, and currently for the Daily Mail. Punch, or The London Charivari was a British weekly magazine founded in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and a wood engraver named Ebenezer Landells. ... Alternate newspaper: The Daily Mirror (Australia) The Daily Mirror is a popular British tabloid daily newspaper. ... The front page of the Daily Mail on February 7, 2005. ...