Terry Ravenscroft  was  born  in 1938, in the small town of  New Mills,  Derbyshire.
Whilst working in a succession of mundane jobs he started writing comedy scripts, and after selling one or two he started writing full-time in 1978. Since then he has written for Les Dawson, The Two Ronnies, Morecambe and Wise, Terry and June, Smith and Jones, Not The Nine-o-Clock News, Dave Allen, Ken Dodd, Roy Hudd and quite a few others. He also wrote the award-winning BBC Radio series Star Terk Two. He now writes novels and has published thus far 'Air Mail', 'Dear Customer Services', 'Football Crazy' and 'Captain's Day'. He is currently working on a James Bond spoof 'James Blond - Stockport is too Much' and his autobiography 'Stairlift to Heaven'.