Lew Schwarz (Writer)
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Works
Space: 1999
The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from orbit into deep space.
Release Date1975-09-04
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count160
Carry On Laughing
An anthology of half-hour stories, mostly historical romps and satires of pop culture, some feature recurring characters; based on the blockbuster Carry On films, the series was an attempt to address the films' declining cinema attendance by transferring the franchise to television. Many original cast members were featured in the series.
Release Date1975-01-04
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count6
Vote Count10
Nearest and Dearest
Nearest and Dearest is a British television sitcom that ran from 1968 to 1973. A total of 46 episodes were made, 18 in monochrome and 28 in colour. The series, produced by Granada Television for ITV, was set in Colne, Lancashire, in the North West of England. Nellie and Eli Pledge may be siblings, but their personalities are polar opposites. If not for inheritance, they would never even think of becoming business partners for five years.
Release Date1968-08-15
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count4
HMS Paradise
A completely lost early ITV sitcom with strong similarities to the popular radio series The Navy Lark. HMS Paradise is set at a Royal Navy station on an island off the Dorset coast where very little actual work takes place.
Release Date1964-07-16
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count4
The Cuckoo Patrol
Freddie and the Dreamers play part of a Scout troupe that get caught up in a series of misadventures on their way to camp.
Release Date1967-07-16
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count8
A Little Bit of Wisdom
A series of occurrences launch Norman Wisdom on a succession of remarkable and unpredictable adventures.
Release Date1974-04-09
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Some Will, Some Won't
Four people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical joker.
Release Date1970-04-01
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count5
The Cracksman
Ernest Wright's peerless prowess as a locksmith comes to the attention of a tough big-time crook, who feels that the little man would be a valuable asset to his crime kingdom. In order to inveigle him into a series of jobs, he sets up a beautiful hostess as a trap, into which the hapless Ernest inevitably falls..!
Release Date1963-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count6
Mister Ten Per Cent
Percy Pointer's passion in life is the theatre, and all his spare time is devoted to the play he is writing. When it's finished it arrives on the desk of a London impresario, when he wants to stage a flop.
Release Date1967-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count4
Petticoat Pirates
Undistinguished British farce (in Technicolor and CinemaScope). Stoker Charlie (the diminutive Drake) helps 150 Wrens under Superintendent Maxine Audley, who've hijacked a frigate, HMS 'Huntress', to prove they're the equal of their male counterparts. Hardly a feminist masterpiece, but fans will relish the nightmare court-martial in which Drake plays all the parts
Release Date1961-11-01
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count4