Dick Clement

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia   Dick Clement OBE born 5 September 1937 is an English writer Born in WestcliffonSea Essex England Clement was educated at Bishops Stortford College and is best known for his writing partnership with Ian La Frenais Generally Clement and La Frenais write comedies or dramas with a comic tone They are known for television series including The Likely Lads Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads Porridge Lovejoy and Auf Wiedersehen Pet They have also written various other works for TV and a number of films including The Commitments with Roddy Doyle Goal Flushed Away Across The Universe and The Bank Job They also wrote film versions of some of their television successes which Clement himself usually directed Both have been resident in the US since the 1980s and have worked on such series as The Tracey Ullman Show as well as uncredited script doctoring on films like Never Say Never Again The Rock 1996 and Bad Boys 2 They also continue to write for British TV Clement was awarded an OBE in the Queens 2007 Birthday Honours list Description above from the Wikipedia article Dick Clement licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia