Patrick Ryan (author and journalist) then transferred to The Fourth Regiment of the Reconnaissance Corps of the Royal Armoured Corps. He served in North Africa, Italy, and Greece. He moved to Leeds in the 1950s as Assistant Head Postmaster, and his "apprenticeship" in adapting to Yorkshire life is related in his humorous memoir "How I Became A Yorkshireman", published in the late 1960s. He later became Head Postmaster at Harrogate and was a regular contributor for "Punch" and The New Scientist in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as writing several television plays and some episodes of "The Army Game" and "Bootsie and Snudge" both
Our Man in the Company Our Man in the Company Our Man in the Company is an Australian comedy series which screened on the ABC in 1973 and 1974. This series was a spin-off from the controversial series "Our Man in Canberra", which was produced as four episodes from 1971. "Our Man in Canberra" was originally one episode of the anthology series "The Comedy Game" which screened in 1971. It was intended that some of the episodes could act as pilots for series. The other successful episodes which led to series were "A Nice Day at the Office", "" and "Aunty Jack". The ABC authorised