NOBBS, David

NOBBS, David. British, b. 1935. Genres: Novels, Plays/Screenplays. Career: Sheffield Star, Sheffield, England, reporter, 1958-60; St. Pancras Chronicle, St. Pancras, England, reporter, 1961-62; writer. Publications: REGINALD PERRIN NOVELS: The Death of Reginald Perrin, 1975, as The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, 1976; The Return of Reginald Perrin, 1977; The Better World of Reginald Perrin, 1978; The Complete Reginald Perrin, 1990; The Legacy of Reginald Perrin, 1995. OTHER NOVELS: The Itinerant Lodger, 1965; Ostrich Country, 1968; A Piece of the Sky Is Missing, 1969; Second from Last in the Sack Race, 1983; A Bit of a Do, 1986; Pratt of the Argus, 1988; Fair Do's, 1990; The Cucumber Man, 1994; Going Gently, 2000; I Didn't Get Where I Am Today (autobiography), 2003. TELEVISION PLAYS: Our Young Mr. Wignall, 1976; Cupid's Darts, 1981; Dogfood Dan and the Carmarthen Cowboy, 1982; (with P. Tinniswood) The Signalbox of Grandpa Hudson; Stalag Luft, 1993; Cuts, 1996; Gentlemen's Relish, 2001. TELEVISION SERIES: The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (adapted from Reginald Perrin novels), 1976-77, 1979; The Sun Trap, 1980; The Glamour Girls, 1981-82; The Hello Goodbye Man, 1983; Fairly Secret Army, 1984; A Bit of a Do, 1988 and 1989; Rich Tea and Sympathy, 1991; Love on a Branch Line, 1994. Contributor to television series. Address: c/o Jonathan Clowes, 10 Iron Bridge House, Bridge Approach, London NW1 8BD, England.