- In 2004 he expressed his great disappointment with the BBC for their not answering letters from people such as himself who wrote many of their most classic sitcoms of the past.
- He was the son of theatrical producer/vocalist Annie Croft and actor Reginald Sharland.
- He had a strong dislike of what he called "vomit comedy", which he believed started with The Young Ones (1982).
- He often referred to You Rang, M'Lord? (1988) as the jewel in his sitcom crown.
- He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1978 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to television.
- He first entered show-business in 1929, at the age of 7, when he appeared in a commercial shown in cinemas.
- The title of his autobiography, "You Have Been Watching...", is the on-screen caption which precedes the credits of his various TV series.
- His brother Peter Croft was an actor turned producer and director. Peter's son was fellow television writer Mike Sharland.
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