Awards & Winners

Sydney Lotterby

Date of Birth 09-January-1926
Place of Birth United Kingdom
(Eurasia, United Kingdom, with Dependencies and Territories, Western Europe, Europe, Littlehampton Lifeboat Station)
Nationality United Kingdom
Also know as Sydney Lotterby OBE
Profession Television Producer, Television Director
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.... A sketch in At Last The 1948 Show in which four exactly alike men all called Sydney Lotterby was written by John Cleese, because he liked the name. The men were played by Cleese, Marty Feldman, Tim Brooke-Taylor, and Graham Chapman. Cleese also gave the name to the character played by Robert Lindsay in Fierce Creatures in 1997. He has won four BAFTAs for comedy, including for Porridge, Going Straight and Yes Minister. He has also been nominated for eleven more. In 1994 Lotterby was appointed OBE.

Awards by Sydney Lotterby

Check all the awards nominated and won by Sydney Lotterby.

1991


Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Programme May to December

1988


Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Programme Yes, Prime Minister

1987


Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Programme Yes Minister

1986


Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Programme Open All Hours

1984


Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Programme Last of the Summer Wine

1981


British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Programme
Honored for : Yes Minister

Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Programme Yes Minister
British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Programme Butterflies

1980


Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Situation Comedy Last of the Summer Wine

1979


British Academy Television Award for Best Situation Comedy
Honored for : Going Straight

Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Situation Comedy Going Straight

1978


Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Situation Comedy Porridge

1977


British Academy Television Award for Best Situation Comedy
Honored for : Porridge
(Special)

Nominations 1977 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Situation Comedy Porridge
Special

1976


British Academy Television Award for Best Situation Comedy
Honored for : Porridge

Nominations 1976 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Situation Comedy Porridge

1975


British Academy Television Award for Best Situation Comedy
Honored for : Porridge

Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Situation Comedy Porridge