Trivia

His most famous sitcom as a writer, "Are You Being Served?", was based on Lloyd's own experiences working at Simpsons of Piccadilly.

Before starting as a comedian and writer, he worked variously as a paint salesman, a metal sorter and road digger.

Subject of a persistent urban legend which claims that he was invited to a dinner party at the home of Sharon Tate on the night that she was murdered by followers of Charles Manson. There seems to be no truth in this story, as Lloyd was performing at a live show in New York during the week of Tate's death, and there is no evidence to suggest that he had ever met Tate or her husband, Roman Polanski, while she was still living.

He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2013 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to British Comedy. He is a screen writer.

Ex-stepfather of Jamie Lumley.

Started his career as a suit salesman at Simpson's, a department store in London's Piccadilly where he spent 3 1/2 years.

London, England: writer (December 2012)