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Speight, Johnny (1920-1998)
 

Film & TV credits


Film Credits  
   
MR TOPAZE1961script associate (as John Speaight)
FRENCH DRESSING1963additional dialogue
THE PLANK1967concertina man's chauffeur
PRIVILEGE1967original story
TILL DEATH US DO PART1969script
RHUBARB1969Gents rhubarb
THE ALF GARNETT SAGA1972script / Barmy Harry (uncredited)
THE SECRET POLICEMAN'S THIRD BALL1987script
   
TV Credits  
   
THE DICKIE VALENTINE SHOWITV tx 30/6 - 4/8/1956 (7 edns)script
VAL PARNELL'S SATURDAY SPECTACULAR: The Dickie Valentine ShowITV tx 26/10/1957script
VAL PARNELL'S SATURDAY SPECTACULAR: The Dickie Valentine ShowITV tx 8/3/1958script
THE APRIL 8TH SHOWBBC tx 1/4/1958script
SATURDAY SPECTACULAR: The Dickie Valentine ShowITV tx 10/5/1958script
SATURDAY SPECTACULAR: The Dickie Valentine ShowITV tx 13/12/1958script
THE APRIL 8TH SHOWBBC tx 1/4/1958script
THE CYRIL FLETCHER SHOWITV tx 9/4/1959 script
SYKES AND A...: Series 1BBC tx 29/1 - 26/2/1960script
JUST THE JOB: You're On Your OwnBBC tx 1961interviewee
THE COMPARTMENTBBC tx 22/8/1961script
THE PLAYMATESBBC tx 16/7/1962script
COMEDY PLAYHOUSE: Till Death Us Do PartBBC tx 22/7/1965script
THE FRANKIE VAUGHAN SHOWITV tx 4/9/1965script
THE ARTHUR HAYNES SHOWITV tx 20/11/1965 - 23/4/1966 (10 edns)script
TILL DEATH US DO PART: Series 1BBC tx 6/6 - 1/8/1966 (7 eps)script
TILL DEATH US DO PART: Series 2BBC tx 26/12/1966 - 27/2/1967 (10 eps)script
TILL CLOSING TIME US DO PARTBBC tx 27/3/1967script
MAN ALIVE: Top Class PeopleBBC tx 10/5/1967interviewee
TILL DEATH US DO PART: Series 3BBC tx 5/1 - 16/2/1968 (7 eps)script
IF THERE WEREN'T ANY BLACKS YOU'D HAVE TO INVENT THEM (original version)ITV tx 4/8/1968script
A SPATE OF SPEIGHTITV tx 5/5/1969script
MARTY FELDMAN: ONE PAIR OF EYESBBC tx 7/6/1969on-screen participant
CURRY AND CHIPSITV tx 21/11 - 26/12/1969 (6 eps)script
THE WEDNESDAY PLAY: Double BillBBC tx 26/11/1969script
THIS IS YOUR LIFE: Johnny SpeightITV tx 13/5/1970subject of programme
SATURDAY NIGHT THEATRE: The SalesmanITV tx 30/5/1970script
THE CAMPAIGN'S OVER!BBC tx 18/6/1970script
CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH THE STARSBBC tx 25/12/1971script
THEMBBC tx 27/7 - 24/8/1972 (5 eps)script
TILL DEATH US DO PART: Series 4BBC tx 13/9 - 25/10/1972 (6 eps)script
LATE-NIGHT LINE-UPBBC tx 15/9/1972on-screen participant
THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCEBBC tx 5/11/1972script
TILL DEATH US DO PART: SpecialBBC tx 26/12/1972script
FRANKIE AND TOMMY: FRANKIE HOWERD IN ULSTERBBC tx 14/3/1973script
IT'S LULUBBC tx 15/9/1973Warren Mitchell's material
TILL DEATH US DO PART: Series 5BBC tx 2/1 - 28/2/1974 (7 eps)script
MARTY BACK TOGETHER AGAINBBC tx 20 & 27/2/1974script
IF THERE WEREN'T ANY BLACKS YOU'D HAVE TO INVENT THEM (colour remake)ITV tx 3/3/1974script
TILL DEATH US DO PART: Series 6BBC tx 31/12/1974 - 12/2/1975 (7 eps)script
TILL DEATH US DO PART: Series 7BBC tx 5/5 - 17/12/1975 (6 eps)script
FOR RICHER, FOR POORERBBC tx 25/6/1975script
THE MIKE REID SHOWBBC tx 31/1 - 28/2/1977 (3 edns)script
GALTON & SPEIGHT'S TEA LADIESBBC tx 4/1/1979script
SPOONER'S PATCH: Series 1ITV tx 9/7 - 29/8/1979 (8 eps)script
SPOONER'S PATCH: Series 2ITV tx 5/3 - 16/10/1980 (8 eps)script
THE THOUGHTS OF CHAIRMAN ALF AT CHRISTMASITV tx 26/12/1980script
TILL DEATH...ITV tx 22/5 - 3/7/1981 (6 eps)script
SPOONER'S PATCH: Series 3ITV tx 15/4 - 24/8/1982 (8 eps)script
THE LADY IS A TRAMP: Series 1Channel 4 tx 8/1 - 12/2/1983 (6 eps)script
THE LADY IS A TRAMP: Series 2Channel 4 tx 12/2 - 30/3/1984 (8 eps)script
IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH: Series 1BBC tx 1/9 - 13/10/1985 (6 eps)script
IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH: Christmas SpecialBBC tx 26/12/1985script
IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH: Series 2BBC tx 4/9 - 9/10/1986 (6 eps)script
THAT'S TELEVISION ENTERTAINMENTBBC tx 1/11/1986on-screen participant
IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH: Christmas SpecialBBC tx 23/12/1986script
IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH: Series 3BBC tx 22/10 - 26/11/1987 (6 eps)script
IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH: Christmas SpecialBBC tx 25/12/1987script
THE NINETEENTH HOLEITV tx 5/6 - 17/7/1989 (7 eps)script
BYLINE: Johnny and Alf Go HomeBBC tx 24/7/1989on-screen participant
IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH: Series 4BBC tx 7/9 - 19/10/1989 (7 eps)script
IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH: Christmas SpecialBBC tx 25/12/1989script
ARENA: Oooh-er, Missus! The Frankie Howerd StoryBBC tx 1/6/1990interviewee
IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH: Series 5BBC tx 1/9 - 3/11/1990 (10 eps)script
IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH: Christmas SpecialBBC tx 30/12/1990script
TALKING TURKEYBBC tx 25/12/1990on-screen participant
IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH: Series 6BBC tx 21/2 - 3/4/1992 (7 eps)script
BLACK AND WHITE IN COLOUR: Television, Memory, Race 1968-92BBC tx 30/6/1992on-screen participant
THE TROUBLE WITH THE SIXTIESITV tx 16/1/1993on-screen participant
WITHOUT WALLS: The National AlfChannel 4 tx 25/10/1994on-screen participant
HEROES OF COMEDY: A Special Tribute to Frankie HowerdChannel 4 tx 1/1/1995on-screen participant
HEROES OF COMEDY: Tommy CooperChannel 4 tx 13/10/1995on-screen participant
HEROES OF COMEDY: Arthur HaynesChannel 4 tx 3/11/1995on-screen participant
THURSDAY NIGHT LIVEITV tx 5/9/1996on-screen participant
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SPIKEBBC tx 18/4/1998on-screen participant
FOR RICHER, FOR POORER: A TRIBUTE TO JOHNNY SPEIGHTBBC tx 1/8/1998subject of programme