N. F. Simpson which no episodes survive. His final series for television was the unsuccessful "Charley’s Grants" (1970), co-written with John Fortune and John Wells, starring Hattie Jacques, and produced by Ian MacNaughton (who produced "Monty Python’s Flying Circus"), which is also entirely lost. Plays followed, including a satire on advertising, "Thank You Very Much" (1971), and an effective three-hander for ITV, "Silver Wedding" (1974), directed by Mike Newell. Simpson’s highest-profile production for television was "Elementary, My Dear Watson" (1973), a Sherlock Holmes parody for BBC One’s "Comedy Playhouse" starring John Cleese and Willie Rushton. It has been screened several times at the
John Mealing Shop Boys. Between 1986 and 1993, he composed the music to the hit BBC Television quiz shows "Every Second Counts" and "Bob's Full House". He is credited with the music for the 1991 "The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball". He is also credited as co-composer of the theme tune to the British TV comedy-drama series "Press Gang" which ran from 1989 to 1993. John Mealing John Mealing (born 5 April 1942 in Yeovil, Somerset) is a keyboards player, composer and arranger. After leaving the Don Rendell-Ian Carr Quintet in the late sixties, he joined the pioneering British jazz-rock band If until