Geoffrey Lancashire

Geoffrey Lancashire (12 March 1933 – 3 October 2004) was an English television scriptwriter and journalist.

He is best remembered for writing television comedy series such as The Lovers and The Cuckoo Waltz. He also wrote 171 episodes of ITV soap opera Coronation Street during the 1960s.

Early life Geoffrey Lancashire was born in Oldham, Lancashire on 12 March 1933 and was educated at the local high school until the age of 15.

Career Lancashire began his career as a journalist with the Oldham Evening Chronicle newspaper and prior to working in London for national Sunday newspapers, he and fellow journalist Roy Bottomley founded the Oldham Mirror newspaper. He suffered a series of strokes late in his life. He never fully recovered and lived at Denville Hall, a nursing home for people from the television and theatrical professions. He died at Watford General Hospital on 3 October 2004 and was survived by Hilda, (Some source say that Geoffrey Lancashire and Hilda had divorced, but others say there had been difficulties in the marriage which were resolved.)