Editing Peter Nichols (playwright) (section)

{{Short description|English playwright (1927–2019)}}
{{distinguish|text=Peter Nichols, a pseudonym of science fiction writer [[John Christopher]] or [[Peter Nicholls (disambiguation)]]}}
{{more citations needed|date=August 2019}}
{{EngvarB|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Peter Richard Nichols
| honorific_suffix   = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE|FRSL}}
| image = Peter Richard Nichols 2 (1).jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1927|7|31}}
| birth_place = [[Bristol]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2019|09|7|1927|7|31}}
| death_place= [[Oxford]], England
| occupation= Playwright, screenwriter, director, journalist 
}}

'''Peter Richard Nichols''' (31 July 1927 – 7 September 2019)<ref name="GuardianDeath">{{cite web |title=Peter Nichols, playwright best known for Joe Egg, dies aged 92 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49637439 |publisher=BBC News |date=9 September 2019 |access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref> was an English playwright, screenwriter, director and journalist.