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Keith Spencer Waterhouse CBE (6 February 1929 – 4 September 2009) was a British novelist and newspaper columnist and the writer of many television series.
Learn about the life and works of Keith Waterhouse, a prolific British novelist, columnist, playwright and screenwriter. Find his biography, bibliography and awards on the British Council website.
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Keith Waterhouse (born Feb. 6, 1929, Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire, Eng.—died Sept. 4, 2009, London) was an English novelist, playwright, and screenwriter noted for his ability to create comedy and satire out of depressing human predicaments.
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Sep 5, 2009 · Keith Waterhouse, whose 1959 novel, “Billy Liar,” placed him at the forefront of a rising generation of working-class writers from northern England, and whose many plays, notably “Jeffrey ...
Dec 21, 2022 · Keith Waterhouse: BBC Radio Drama Collection. Keith Spencer Waterhouse was a British novelist, newspaper columnist and the writer of many films and television series. His credits, many with lifelong friend and collaborator Willis Hall, include satires such as That Was The Week That Was, BBC-3 and The Frost Report during the 1960s; Budgie ...
Sep 7, 2009 · Keith Waterhouse was “the journalist’s journalist, the columnist’s columnist…the best by a mile”, according to Michael Parkinson. Here we summarise some of the best of the...
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Sep 4, 2009 · The author of Billy Liar and a prolific columnist for the Daily Mail passed away in 2009. He had a 60-year career in Fleet Street and wrote more than 60 books and two acclaimed films.
