Groundbreaking sitcom writer Ray Galton dies

Ray Galton, one half of the writing duo who created Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe & Son, has died aged 88.Along with Alan Simpson, Galton helped shape British comedy, pioneering a formula of sitcom that is emulated to this day."With his lifelong co-writer, the late Alan Simpson, they were regarded as the fathers and creators of British sitcom.