Leonard Rossiter film. His last television role was as the supermarket manager in another ITV sitcom, "Tripper's Day" (1984). He continued to make a steady stream of film appearances, including a role in Lindsay Anderson's "Britannia Hospital" (1982). Rossiter also played the title role in the "BBC Television Shakespeare" production of "The Life and Death of King John" (1984). His last film appearance was in "Water" (1985). Rossiter displayed his acid wit in two books: "The Devil's Bedside Book" (1980), a collection of cynical dictionary definitions in the style of Ambrose Bierce's "The Devil's Dictionary", and "The Lowest Form of Wit" (1981),
David Nobbs Dawson and "The Two Ronnies". Nobbs was the creator of the sitcom "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin" (1976–79), adapted from his own "Reginald Perrin" novels, which "told the story of a man living an escapist fantasy in response to the mundanity of his daily commute". The TV series starred Leonard Rossiter as Perrin. Nobbs also wrote the comedy/drama series "A Bit of a Do" (1989) and the Henry Pratt series of novels, the fourth of which, "Pratt à Manger", was published in 2006. His novel "It Had to be You" was published in 2011. A passionate humanist and