new bbc comedy series, take it from here, written by frank muirand take it from here, written by frank muir written by frank muir and denis norden, a young writer from london who muir and denis norden, a young writerfrom london who had muir and denis norden, a young writer from london who had started out entertaining troops in the second world war. it was the beginning of a 50 year comic partnership. there were 320 —— three and 28 episodes which brought us catchphrases such as trouble at mill and disgusted of tunbridge wells. balham, gateway to the south. he worked with peter sellers, jimmy edwards, david frost and then in 1977 he had an idea. the funniest material was often the stuff we did not see, the mistakes. some people claim there are no mistakes... and so began nearly 30 years of it'll be all right on the night and laughter file. he finally retired in 2006. he and frank muir had seen the horrors of life in their wartime experiences, among them a concentration camp. four years after, their career only ever had one objective. seeing the funny side of life. denis norden, who's died at

written by frank muir and dennis norden. we didn't have this problem on take it from here, did we? years entertaining the troops. norden and muir would become one of comedy‘s great partnerships. balham, gateway to the south. he also wrote for peter sellers... butterworth wouldn't be your mother? no, he isn't. richard briers... he's my uncle. and david frost. and then in 1977, he had an idea. the funniest material was often the stuff we didn't get to see, the mistakes. laughter. some people now claim there are no mistakes... and so began nearly 30 years of it'll be all right on the night. dennis norden. in his war years, he had seen the horrors of life, the belsen concentration camp. let's have another drink. righto, yes. but the years after, there was only ever one objective. # this is my lovely day...#. to help us see the funny side of life. denis norden, who's died at the age of 96. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. have we seen the back of the storm now? looks like it has swept away but left us with a trail of damage and destruction in northern ireland and also

he and frank muir had seen the horrors of life in their wartime experiences, among them a concentrationfrom the met office. it is valid from six o'clock. this is where we are expecting the main winds to be. the centre of storm ali will track away from northern ireland, take the strongest of the wind away and push them across scotland. gradually through the afternoon we will start to see the wind easing just a little. mind you, it will be pretty windy across the border. windy across the ——board. there will be frequent heavy showers following into western and northern scotland and showers for that area. patchy rain will also move down across england and wales. still some warmth in particular in the south—east. a different story for the north. the wind tends to ease overnight and then we focus on this rain that is developing further south. having ground to a halt, the rain starts to pep up again and drive northwards. back into wales, the midlands and lincolnshire. south of that will be a very warm night was north of that it will be quite a bit cooler and windy. the wind will gradually ease