Peter Vincent, who has died aged 91, was a television scriptwriter who put words into the mouths of some of Britain’s biggest comedy names, including Tommy Cooper, Dick Emery, Jimmy Tarbuck, Les Dawson, Kenneth Williams and Russ Abbot. He enjoyed particularly fruitful collaborations with Dave Allen and the stars of The Two Ronnies, Corbett and Barker.
Like Dick Vosburgh, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Barry Cryer and David Nobbs, Vincent moved on to The Two Ronnies after writing for David Frost’s ITV satirical series Frost on Sunday (1968-70), which featured Corbett and Barker in its ensemble cast before they were catapulted into their own show on the BBC. Vincent contributed sketches, and some of Corbett’s famously long-winded monologues, to all 12 series of The Two Ronnies (1971-87), although not the 1987 Christmas special, their swansong.
