Wrote Steptoe and Son, and others.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Galton and Simpson
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Hand & Racquet
The Hand & Racquet has been around in different forms since the Tudor tim...
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Galton and Simpson
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Tony Hancock - SW7
Unveiled on Hancock's 90th birthday by scriptwriters Galton and Simpson.
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Rik Mayall
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