Laurie Rowley (writer)
Laurence Peter Rowley, better known as Laurie Rowley (30 July 1941 – 16 August 2009) was an England, English comedy writing, comedy writer from Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire. He is most famous for a sketch writer, working on shows such as ''The Two Ronnies'' and ''Not the Nine O'Clock News'', for which he wrote the "Darts" sketch, which satire, satirised the heavy drinking habits of darts players at the time. Biography Born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, Rowley was educated at the St Augustine's Catholic School as a child. After leaving school he had jobs as a shower fitter, a manager of a 10-pin bowling alley, a Illusionist, magician, a Bingo (Non-US), bingo caller and a shopkeeper. He turned to comedy in the 1970s, first by winning caption competitions in the satirical magazine ''Punch (magazine), Punch''. He later attempted to become a cartoonist but was not successful. Rowley then became a comedy writer, first sending in sketches to the BBC Radio 2 comedy series ''The ...
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century and has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century. The English language, the Anglican Church, and Engli ...
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