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Denis Norden
CBE
Born
Denis Moss Cohen
(1922-02-06)6 February 1922
Hackney, London, England
Died
19 September 2018(2018-09-19) (aged 96)
Hampstead, London, England
Occupations
Radio & television writer
Television presenter
Radio personality
Years active
1941–2006
Employer
ITV
Spouse
Avril Rosen
(m. 1943; died 2018)
Children
2
Military career
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Royal Air Force
Years of service
1939–1945
Unit
Wireless operator, Signals unit
Battles/wars
Second World War
Denis Mostyn NordenCBE (born Denis Moss Cohen; 6 February 1922 – 19 September 2018) was an English comedy writer and television presenter. After an early career working in cinemas, he began scriptwriting during the Second World War. From 1948 to 1959, he co-wrote the BBC Radio comedy programme Take It from Here with Frank Muir. Muir and Norden remained associated for more than 50 years, appearing regularly together on the radio panel programmes My Word! and My Music after they stopped collaborating on scripts. He also wrote scripts for Hollywood films. He presented television programmes on ITV for many years, including the nostalgia quiz Looks Familiar and blooper shows It'll be Alright on the Night and Laughter File.
Denis Mostyn Norden CBE (born Denis Moss Cohen; 6 February 1922 – 19 September 2018) was an English comedy writer and television presenter. After an early...
personality, and raconteur. His writing and performing partnership with DenisNorden endured for most of their careers. Together they wrote BBC Radio's Take...
bloopers show It'll be Alright on the Night for ITV, having replaced DenisNorden and being succeeded in 2022 by David Walliams. Rhys Jones was born on...
broadcast by the BBC between 1948 and 1960. It was written by Frank Muir and DenisNorden, and starred Jimmy Edwards, Dick Bentley and Joy Nichols. When Nichols...
spin-off which lasted for one series of eight episodes. Frank Muir and DenisNorden adapted their original radio scripts for the series. Jimmy Edwards as...
outtake shows like LWT's It'll be Alright on the Night, presented by DenisNorden, which started life as an occasional treat in the schedules and eventually...
Edwards, and indirectly led to the pairing of DenisNorden with Frank Muir, who was Edwards' writer. Muir and Norden together wrote Take It From Here (1948–60)...
1950s radio series Take It From Here that were written by Frank Muir and DenisNorden. Lavender then appeared in several other television comedy shows during...
starring Marty Feldman. The screenplay was by Marty Feldman, Barry Took and DenisNorden, based on a story by Herbert Kretzmer and Milton Shulman. The film ridicules...
Supporting Role at this 35th film ceremony. The ceremony was hosted by DenisNorden. Andrzej Wajda David Puttnam Winners are listed first and highlighted...
Anna Ford Edward Fox 34th 22 March 1981 David Frost 35th 18 March 1982 DenisNorden 36th 20 March 1983 Frank Bough Selina Scott 37th 25 March 1984 Michael...
lieutenant Bill Fraser. Sykes also collaborated with fellow RAF servicemen DenisNorden and Ron Rich in the production of troop entertainment shows. Whilst preparing...
permission from a Take It from Here script written by Frank Muir and DenisNorden. In a 2018 retrospective on the series, the British Film Institute named...
Feldman and Took 'in the front rank of comedy writers', according to DenisNorden. Feldman then became the chief writer and script editor on The Frost...
(surprise guest - Ted Taylor) 5 November 1960 - Katie Boyle, Frank Muir, DenisNorden and 'A Surprise Guest' 12 November 1960 – Jill Ireland, David McCallum...
How to Be an Alien, was broadcast in 1964, featuring Frank Muir and DenisNorden, with the voices of Ronnie Barker and June Whitfield. The book was adopted...
Mya-Lecia Naylor Ernest Maxin Monica Sims Jeremy Hardy Anthony Owen DenisNorden Jill James Ray Galton Rachael Bland John Bluthal Peter Tork Leonie Jameson...
nickname Nord was given to him by Wally Downes, who thought he sounded like DenisNorden. The book won the best sports autobiography category at the 2004 British...