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	Galton, Sir Francis. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		He turned from exploration and meteorology (where he introduced the theory of the anticyclone) to the study of heredity and eugenics (a term that he coined).
		Galton devised the correlation coefficient and brought other statistical methods into this work, which was carried on by his pupil Karl Pearson as the science of biometrics.
		Galton established a system of classifying fingerprints that is still used today.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ga/Galton-S.html (180 words)

	Galton and Simpson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ray Galton OBE (born 1930), and Alan Simpson OBE (born 1929), are British scriptwriters who met in 1948 at a tuberculosis sanatorium in London.
		Simpson formally retired from scriptwriting in 1978, concentrating on his business interests, and Galton collaborated in several projects with Johnny Speight.
		Both Galton and Simpson were awarded OBEs in the 2000 Honours list for their contribution to British television.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Galton_and_Simpson (529 words)

	RAY GALTON AND ALAN SIMPSON \| A TELETRONIC CLASSIC TV BIOGRAPHY
		Ray Galton was born in Paddington on 17th July 1930, and by 1948 was working for the Transport and General Workers Union when he too contracted the killer disease.
		Galton and Simpson were duly called up and on meeting Derek Roy came to an agreement whereby they would write jokes for him and for every one he accepted they would be paid five shillings.
		Galton and Simpson approached him and asked if they could do a half hour show with Tony rather than the sketch show.
	www.teletronic.co.uk /galton_simpson.htm (2993 words)

	Tony Hancock
		Working with scripts from Ray Galton and Alan Simpson the show lasted for five years and over a hundred episodes, featuring Sid James, Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams and over the years Moira Lister and Hattie Jacques.
		From the playlet "Look Back In Hunger" in ''The East Cheam Drama Festival'' episode, Galton and Simpson showed they were in touch with developments in the British theatre, the use of sighs and silent pauses predating the works of Harold Pinter by several years.
		With Galton and Simpson cranking out scripts at the rate they did, it is little wonder that continuity was not given top priority.
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Tony_Hancock (2944 words)

	Arts \| Steptoe rides again - on stage
		Ray Galton, half of the Galton and Simpson writing team that created bickering rag'n'bone men Steptoe and Son, has penned a new stage play which catches up with the 1960s sitcom stars in the present day.
		According to Galton, the killing is "accidental as well as premeditated".
		Galton wrote the new play with fellow comedy scribe John Antrobus.
	arts.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,5243812-110427,00.html (296 words)

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		This exchange is entirely typical of Galton and Simpson's main device with the character Hancock, the bathetic descent from Hancock's cultural and intellectual aspirations to the reality of his life and pursuits.
		In bringing together the theme of vicarious living with a consideration of the nature of formulaic pleasure, Galton and Simpson explored the consequence of a highly formulaic work of art, one conforming to a pattern which dictates the shape of the outcome, being as it were de-tailed, stripped of its ending.
		That Galton and Simpson were operating within similar formulaic principles is clear, I think, from their choice of symphony for the record that Sid buys for Hancock to play on his expensive new stereophonic gramophone.
	www.gabrielegan.com /publications/Egan2001d.htm (2248 words)

	Alan Simpson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alan Simpson OBE (born 1929), of Galton and Simpson, scriptwriters
		Alan Simpson (broadcaster) (born 1945), broadcaster, pioneer of open source intelligence
		This human name article is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that might otherwise share the same title, which is a person's or persons' name.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alan_Simpson (107 words)

	The Stage \| Features \| Funny bones - Ray Galton
		Galton and Simpson first met in Milford Sanatorium, where they were being treated for tuberculosis.
		Galton had been working as a postboy for the Transport and General Workers Union, while Simpson was treading the boards in a concert party.
		Although, along with Simpson, Galton will forever be remembered for his work with Hancock and Steptoe and Son as well as the Comedy Playhouses, they wrote for many other iconic comedy stars.
	www.thestage.co.uk /features/feature.php/10218 (1442 words)

	Steptoe and Son
		Galton and Simpson resisted at first, reluctant to commit themselves to another long-term venture, but were worn down by Sloane's persistence and the fact that he was clearly right.
		Galton and Simpson believed that they should cast straight actors rather than comedians and so signed up Wilfrid Brambell to play Albert and Harry H. Corbett as Harold.
		In 1965, Galton and Simpson decided to stop writing the show while it was still an enormous success, although radio versions were produced in the following two years and the format was introduced to American television as Sanford and Son.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/S/htmlS/steptoeands/steptoeands.htm (1036 words)

	Corbett, Harry
		Corbett was later to claim credit for altering Galton and Simpson's original conception by lowering the ages of these characters, making Harold a man approaching his forties (his own age).
		Corbett enriched Galton and Simpson's wonderful scripts and gave them a character to develop further as the series progressed.
		Between series and when Galton and Simpson brought Steptoe and Son to an end in 1965, both Corbett and Brambell were sought for movie roles because of their popularity, though Corbett's starring roles in Ladies Who Do, The Bargee and Rattle of a Simple Man are scarcely remembered today.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/C/htmlC/corbettharr/corbettharr.htm (720 words)

	Hancock's Half Hour - BBCtv Scripts
		The essential quality of Hancock, Galton and Simpson was that they held a consistent point of view about the world and wanted their work to express it.
		Hancock the character's cultural allusions came from Galton and Simpson's own frenzied catching up on their reading in the sanatorium where they had met as TB patients.
		To read them more than ten years after their first performances is to rediscover with joy that Galton and Simpson when still in their early twenties were writing some of the most gloriously funny low comedy in the language.
	www.railwaycuttings.co.uk /bk_hhh.htm (2462 words)

	PD's Comedy Guide - Steptoe and Son
		For the son, Galton and Simpson had their eye on the young Mancunian theatre actor, Harry H. Corbett.
		Galton and Simspon figured he would be perfect for the role, so they sent him the script, but they weren't sure he would go for it.
		Galton and Simpson had recently seen two TV plays called 'Too Many Mansions' and 'No Fixed Abode', which both starred the Irish actor, Wilfrid Brambell.
	www.angelfire.com /magic2/delboy123_1/steptoeandson.htm (1412 words)

	Galton and Simpson - TheBestLinks.com - Ray Galton, London, Television, Tuberculosis, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Galton and Simpson - TheBestLinks.com - Ray Galton, London, Television, Tuberculosis,...
		Ray Galton, Galton and Simpson, London, Television, Tuberculosis, United...
		Ray Galton, OBE (born 1930) and Alan Simpson, OBE (born 1929) are British scriptwriters best known for writing Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe and Son in the 1950s and 1960s.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Ray_Galton.html (122 words)

	BBC 7 - Comedy - Tony Hancock
		Galton and Simpson's scripts set the scene for the way British comedy is created, using one or two authors, rather an entire team as in the US.
		By 1956, the series had become so successful it transferred to new-fangled TV where Galton and Simpson's scripts set another precedent by becoming the ultimate British sitcom prototype.
		Whereas in the radio version, wacky, camp, 'comedy' voices led the show, the TV version evolved into more of a reality-based drama, emerging as a situation comedy that the writers and Hancock himself felt should be as true to life as possible.
	www.bbc.co.uk /bbc7/comedy/progpages/hancock.shtml (344 words)

	British Sitcom Guide - Steptoe and Son - About
		Of Galton and Simpson’s 10 originals, it was the fifth, "The Offer", broadcast on the 5th of January 1962, about a father-and-son, rag-and-bone business, which was deemed most worthy of a series.
		Under sudden pressure to produce 10 new scripts in a short space of time, Galton and Simpson simply decided to start writing two male characters and worry about the rest later.
		Apparently effortless for Galton and Simpson, who blended farce with tragedy, hilarity with cruelty, and created what remains, if not the funniest, certainly the most important situation comedy of all time.
	www.sitcom.co.uk /steptoe_son/about.shtml (634 words)

	Blackbird, a CurtainUp London review
		Alan Simpson and Ray Galton, who conceived and wrote the series, deserve comic genius status on the strength of Steptoe alone.
		But instead of reviving the show, Galton, working with comedy veteran John Antrobus, brings it up to date and offers us, and possibly himself, a kind of closure on it.
		Galton and Simpson were masters of the 30 minute format, not for nothing was their other hit show entitled Hancock's Half Hour -- but opening Steptoe out to a full two hours reveals limitations.
	www.curtainup.com /steptoeandson.html (705 words)

	British Sitcom Guide - Steptoe and Son - About (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Of Galton and Simpson’s 10 originals, it was the fifth, "The Offer", broadcast on the 5th of January 1962, about a father-and-son, rag-and-bone business, which was deemed most worthy of a series.
		Under sudden pressure to produce 10 new scripts in a short space of time, Galton and Simpson simply decided to start writing two male characters and worry about the rest later.
		Apparently effortless for Galton and Simpson, who blended farce with tragedy, hilarity with cruelty, and created what remains, if not the funniest, certainly the most important situation comedy of all time.
	www.british-sitcom.co.uk /steptoe_son/about.shtml (634 words)

	Countrybookshop.co.uk - Fifty Years of Hancock's Half Hour
		Hancock's "Half-Hour", which began as a radio series, was penned by the writers Galton and Simpson.
		Two years later, the first of 58 TV instalments had been screened, and Hancock's genius, coupled with Galton and Simpson's brilliant scripts, ensured that the show soon became a yardstick against which all subsequent British sitcoms have since been measured.
		Fully authorised by Galton and Simpson, "Fifty Years of Hancock's Half-Hour" is a full history of the show, including how the show came about, behind-the-scenes stories from Hancock's fellow artists and members of the crew and production team, and the story of its demise.
	www.countrybookshop.co.uk /books/index.phtml?whatfor=0099464888 (282 words)

	steptoe and son
		Alan Simpson (One half of the creative influence) was once a totter in his younger days.
		Steptoe and son was among the first programmes to be released onto BBC video during the mid 80's, and the repeat run during 1988 on BBC1 broke all previous viewing records.
		According to Galton, the BBC was very keen to develop 'The Offer' into an immediate series - but the two writers were very reluctant to commit themselves to another series alongside Hancock and resisted it for six months.
	www.mgnet.karoo.net /steptoeandson.htm (608 words)

	DVD.net : The Best of Steptoe and Son Volume 2 - DVD Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		When the radio and television scriptwriting star-duo of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson finished chronicling the ambitions and disappointments of Britain's finest comedian, Anthony Aloysius St. John Hancock, they shifted mood from pathos to bathos, and invaded the private life of father-and-son rag and bone men, Steptoe and Son.
		This DVD, The Best of Steptoe and Son Volume 2, brings us four episodes from 1973 and one from 1963, and such was the genius of Galton and Simpson that the 1973 scripts seem as fresh as that of 11 years earlier.
		Galton and Simpson found the perfect cast in Harry H. Corbett as Harold, the young Steptoe, who is always so agonisingly thwarted in his attempts to move out from the junkyard of his life, to bring some class into the slum he lives in.
	www.dvd.net.au /review.cgi?review_id=2017 (719 words)

	Frankie - the fifties
		The scripts were written by two unknown writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, later to produce TV's Steptoe and Son comedy series.
		Frankie was unaware of the trail of producers he had gone through, as was seen as "difficult" by the powers high up in the BBC.
		Johnny Speight joined the newly formed Associated London Scripts team with Galton and Simpson in the same year.
	www.frankiehowerd.com /1950s.htm (824 words)

	Galton Books (Used, New, Out-of-Print) - Alibris
		Galton, an explorer and anthropologist, is known for his pioneering studies of human intelligence.
		Influenced by the work of his cousin Charles Darwin, he coined the term eugenics (from the Greek eugenes or wellborn) and devoted the latter part of life to applying Darwinian science to develop theories about heredity and good or noble birth....
		Galton introduced the notion that mental ability was normally distributed in much the same ways as are physical traits.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Galton (822 words)

	Tony Hancock
		In 1951 he was selected to take over from Robert Moreton as Archie Andrews in the popular radio show Educating Archie, he became well known for his phrase 'flippin kids' and brought him national prominence.
		Tony's success in Educating Archie eventually persuaded the BBC to give him a prominent part in a show called 'Forces All Star Bill', eventually using the Ray Galton and Alan Simpson as his script writers.
		Galton and Simpson were not paid by Hancock for all their efforts and eventually wrote comedy scripts for the BBC, one was "Steptoe and Son" which took them off in a different direction ending their partnership with Hancock.
	www.birminghamuk.com /tonyhancock.htm (701 words)

	laughterlog.com
		As a result, there was a parting of the ways, with Hancock suffering a frustrating and ultimately tragic career decline, and Galton and Simpson achieving continued success with a television series where the writers were as famous as the lead actors.
		Coming from a radio background, Galton and Simpson relied heavily on dialogue in their television ventures, and Steptoe And Son is notable for the colourful repartee sprinkled throughout.
		Ray Galton and Alan Simpson have yet to be bettered in a half-hour format, and the subtle mixture of comedy and pathos they created in Steptoe And Son easily survives the test of time.
	www.laughterlog.com /tv/tv-steptoe.html (3203 words)

	directopedia : Directory : Arts : People : H : Hancock, Tony
		The film was not well received in the United States; owing to a conflict with a contemporary series, the film had to be renamed and this inflamed American critics.
		Hancock was later to dismiss the film as crude, and its failure was a contributory factor in his disastrous break with his writers, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, after the last television series for the BBC.
		As compensation, the BBC gave them a series of one-off comedy shows called "Comedy Playhouse", of which one was called "The Offer", becoming forerunner to the classic comedy Steptoe And Son, played (as Hancock would have approved) by two straight actors, Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett.
	www.directopedia.org /directory/Arts-People/H-Hancock_Tony.shtml (2931 words)

	galton
		In 1996 and 1997 Paul starred in two series made up of updated Galton and Simpson scripts.
		Originally broadcast as part of "The Galton and Simpson Playhouse" in 1977.
		Originally broadcast as a "Galton and Simpson Comedy" in 1959.
	www.kevin.ha.btinternet.co.uk /galton.htm (338 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| H-H-H-Happy Birthday Hancock
		The phenomenal success of the radio show led to a TV version, again with Galton and Simpson, which proved so popular that the BBC received complaints from shopkeepers and publicans protesting that their shops and pubs were empty when Hancock was on.
		Although Hancock's enduring popularity is partly thanks to the exemplary comedy writing of Galton and Simpson, Hancock's interpretation of these classic scripts should not be underestimated.
		"Hancock with Galton and Simpson is a giant, one of the great comic characters in English literature," said Norden.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/340763.stm (751 words)

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