Honours and Awards
- 1973: Evening Standard Award, Best Comedy, for Absurd Person Singular
- 1974: Evening Standard Award, Best Play, for The Norman Conquests
- 1977: Evening Standard Award, Best Play, for Just Between Ourselves
- 1981: Honorary Doctor of Letters degree (Litt.D.) from University of Hull
- 1985: Evening Standard Award, Best Comedy, for A Chorus of Disapproval
- 1985: Laurence Olivier Award, Best Comedy, for A Chorus of Disapproval
- 1987: Evening Standard Award, Best Play, for A Small Family Business
- 1987: Plays and Players Award
- 1987: Honorary Doctor of Letters degree (Litt.D.) from Keele University
- 1987: Honorary Doctor of Letters degree (Litt.D.) from University of Leeds
- 1987: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- 1989: Evening Standard Award, Best Comedy, for Henceforward...
- 1990: Evening Standard Award, Best Comedy, for Man of the Moment
- 1997: Knight Bachelor
- 1998: Honorary Doctor of the University degree (D.Univ.) from Open University
- 2009: Laurence Olivier Special Award
- 2009: The Critics' Circle annual award for Distinguished Service to the Arts
- 2011: Honorary Doctor of Letters degree (Litt.D.) from York St. John University
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