Fair Do’s

David Nobbs’s first break as a comedy writer came on the iconic satire show That Was The Week, That Was, hosted by David Frost. Later he wrote for The Frost Report and The Two Ronnies and provided material for many top comedians including Les Dawson, Ken Dodd, Tommy Cooper, Frankie Howerd and Dick Emery. Apart from his twenty novels, David is best known for his two TV hit series A Bit of a Do and for The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. David Nobbs died in 2015 at the age of eighty.

Praise for THE FALL AND RISE OF GORDON COPPINGER:‘Pitch-perfect comedy, terrific social satire, excellent writing and a regular supply of cracking jokes – this is David Nobbs on superb form.’ Daily MailPraise for David Nobbs:‘We should be thankful for the continuing brilliance of David Nobbs’ Mail on Sunday‘A delicious entertainment, as comic and sharp as they come’ Guardian‘Probably our finest post-war comic novelist’ Jonathan Coe