Ronald Chesney obituary

Leading harmonica player who became half of a comedy writing duo that produced TV hits such as The Rag Trade and On the BusesRonald Chesney, who has died aged 97, was one half of a comedy duo known as “the two Ronnies” before Barker and Corbett launched themselves as a TV double act with that name. Chesney and Ronald Wolfe worked behind the cameras, scripting two of the most popular sitcoms of all time, The Rag Trade and On the Buses, both set in the workplace and with a bawdy humour