11 Facts About Eddie Braben

Edwin Charles Braben was an English comedy writer and performer best known for providing material for Morecambe and Wise.

Eddie Braben worked for David Frost, Ronnie Corbett and Ken Dodd.

Eddie Braben's father was a butcher at St John's Market, Liverpool, and he was born in Monkswell Street, Dingle.

Eddie Braben was evacuated to Anglesey as a child during World War II, and was a fan of radio comedy, particularly Arthur Askey.

Eddie Braben left school in 1945 and worked in the British American Tobacco factory before national service in the Royal Air Force, during which he was posted to the kitchen at RAF Kenley.

Eddie Braben then worked as a market trader with his own greengrocery stall, writing jokes in his spare time.

Eddie Braben's first was sold to Charlie Chester for 2s 6d, but his first major success was with Ken Dodd, with whom he worked for 12 years.

Eddie Braben won the Best British Light Entertainment Script award from the Writer's Guild of Great Britain in 1969,1970,1971 and 1973.

Eddie Braben wrote and appeared in various radio comedy shows for the BBC, including The Worst Show on the Wireless and The Show with Ten Legs.

In 2001, Eddie Braben collaborated with Hamish McColl and Sean Foley to write The Play What I Wrote, a stage play and tribute to Morecambe and Wise, which opened at the Liverpool Playhouse Theatre before transferring to London's West End.

In December 2017, Eric, Ernie and Me, a docudrama about Braben's work with Morecambe and Wise written by Neil Forsyth starring Stephen Tompkinson as Eddie Braben, was shown on BBC Four.