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Old 18-06-2008, 09:57 PM
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Here a handful of sitcoms based on novels.

The Fall and Rise Of Reginald Perrin, by David Nobbs and his subsequent novels which were adapted for tv,

I Didnt Know You Cared based on Peter Tinniswood trilogy abouT the Brandon family.

Bless Me Father based on the novels by Neil Boyd aka Peter De Rosa.

The World of Bertie Wooster

Woodehouse Playhouse

The novel "M.A.S.H."by Richard Hooker was turned into a film which then spawned the tv series.

The same for Billy Liar culimimating in the LWT adaptation starring Jeff Rawle and Geroge A Cooper.

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Mog by Peter Tinniswood was an ITV sitcom in the 80s.
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"Brothers In Law" by Henry Cecil was first a novel, then a film and then a sitcom in 1962.
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The Further Adventures of Lucky Jim a continuation of the Amis character from Clement and La Frenias first inthe 60s with Keith Barron and the then recycled in the 80s with Enn Reitel
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Outside Edge (a rare ITV comedy that was funny) was based on a play by Richard Harris - not Richard Harris the actor!
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Was 'Yes Minister' from a book?
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'whatever happened to the likely lads' is a great novel, but i'm not sure which came first
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Was 'Yes Minister' from a book?
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Monarch of the Glen based on a novel by Compton MacKenzie.
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Monarch of the Glen based on a novel by Compton MacKenzie.
NOT a sitcom no matter how risible.
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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, first a novel, then film then American sitcom.
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