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===Early collaborations=== Chesney's harmonica playing was featured as a musical interlude on ''Educating Archie''; this led to his first meeting with Wolfe in 1955.<ref name="Hayward2018"/> They wrote the show's last four seasons, initially with another of the show's writers, [[Marty Feldman]]. A one-off special for [[BBC Television]] in 1956, entitled ''Here's Archie'', was written by Wolfe, but still featured Chesney with his harmonica act.<ref name="Oliver">{{cite web |last=Olver |first=John |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/572407/index.html |title=Chesney, Ronald (1920-2018) and Wolfe, Ronald (1924-2011) |work=BFI Screenoline |date=2003β2014 |accessdate=23 April 2018}}</ref> It also starred [[Irene Handl]].<ref name="Scotsman2011">{{cite news |last=Steven |first=Alasdair |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-ronald-wolfe-writer-of-tv-sitcoms-such-as-the-rag-trade-and-on-the-buses-1-2017582 |title=Obituary: Ronald Wolfe - Writer of TV sitcoms such as ''The Rag Trade'' and ''On the Buses'' |work=[[The Scotsman]] |date=21 December 2011 |accessdate=25 April 2018}}</ref> The first regular television work for Chesney and Wolfe, writing in partnership with Feldman, was in 1958 when [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] franchise holder [[Associated-Rediffusion]] made a television version of ''Educating Archie''.<ref name="TimesWolfe"/> Persuaded by Wolfe, Chesney soon gave up performing professionally, so that they could form a writing partnership.<ref name="Renard">{{cite web |last=Renard |first=Gail |url=https://writersguild.org.uk/obituary-ronald-chesney-1920-2018/ |title=Obituary: Ronald Chesney (1920-2018) |work=WGGB Writers' Union |date=19 April 2018 |accessdate=25 April 2018}}</ref> He did, however, tutor [[Sylvia Syms]] for her harmonica-playing role in the film ''[[No Trees in the Street]]'' (1959).<ref name="Smith"/> By this time, they had also written material for [[Tommy Steele]] and [[Ken Dodd]], including pantomimes for both.<ref name="Scotsman2011"/> The sitcom ''It's A Deal'' (1961) turned out to be their last work for radio. It starred [[Sid James]] as a dishonest property developer, with [[Dennis Price]] as his partner, but lasted for only a single series of 13 episodes.{{sfn|Goodwin|2001|pp=138β39}}
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