Sydney Lotterby OBE is a British television producer and director. He started as a cameraman at the BBC and progressed to becoming technical manager. He joined the BBC's Entertainment Department in 1958 and in 1963 became a producer/director.
Television comedy series which he produced or directed included: As Time Goes By, May to December, Last of the Summer Wine, Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, Ever Decreasing Circles, Brush Strokes, Open All Hours, Butterflies, Ripping Yarns, Porridge, Going Straight, Broaden Your Mind, the final series of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, The Liver Birds, Up Pompeii! and Sykes and a....
There was also a sketch in At Last The 1948 Show in which there were four exactly alike men all called Sydney Lotterby. (The title of this sketch was "The Four Sydney Lotterbies.") Apparently John Cleese, the sketch's writer, liked the name.[1]
He has won four BAFTAs for comedy, including for Porridge (and also for a special in 1974), Going Straight (1978) and Yes Minister (1980). He has also been nominated for eleven more. In 1994 Lotterby was appointed OBE.
References
- ^ Michael Palin Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006
- Sydney Lotterby — at the Google search engine
External links
- Sydney Lotterby at the Internet Movie Database
- Sydney Lotterby — (BBC website)
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