Terry Venables, the footballer and ex England and Spurs manager, was one of the writers for the first season of this show.
Terry Venables did not write scripts for the series. The character of Jim Hazell was created by Venables and Gordon Williams (author of 'The Siege Of Trencher's Farm', which the film 'Straw Dogs' was based on), writing under the joint pseudonym of P.B. Yuill. Several episodes are adapted from the stories the pair wrote in collaboration - for example, 'Hazell Plays Solomon', which was the character's debut in print as well as on television.