. . "Eric Chappell (born 1933, Grantham, Lincolnshire) is an English comedy writer who wrote and co-wrote a number of the UK's biggest sitcom hits during the 1970s, '80s, and '90s. His successes include The Squirrels, Rising Damp, Only When I Laugh, The Bounder, Duty Free, Singles, Haggard and Home to Roost.He also wrote the stage plays The Banana Box (later turned into the sitcom Rising Damp), Only When I Laugh (based on the earlier sitcom), Natural Causes, Theft and Dead Reckoning."@en . "British scriptwriter" . . . . . . "Chappell, Eric"@en . "1973Z"^^ . . . . . . . "Eric Chappell"@en . . "1992Z"^^ . "Eric Chappell"@en . "1933Z"^^ . .