George F. Kerr

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George F. Kerr
Born15 April 1918
England, UK
Died9 October 1996 (aged 78)
OccupationScreenwriter

George F. Kerr (15 April 1918 - 29 October 1996) was an English writer best known for his work in TV. He worked for eight years in British TV as a writer and script editor.[1]

He moved to Australia in 1957 and wrote several early TV dramas as well as stage and radio plays.[2] He returned to England in the mid 1960s.

He was a POW during World War II.[3]

In 1955 when Kerr was a script editor for Associated Television he wrote that "a successful television play should have a strong contemporary story plus a subplot, preferrably of emotional entanglement. The story should be classifiable as a study of the peoples next door or, if the troubles are slightly unsavoury, of the people next door but one."[4]

Doctor Who[]

In April 1966, Kerr was asked from the production office at BBC to work on some stories for Doctor Who on Season 4 of the program.[5] These stories Kerr submitted have no explanation details, and were both rejected by story editor Gerry Davis on 15 June 1966.[5] These stories were entitled as:

The Hearsay Machine [5]

The Heavy Scent of Violence [5]

The Man from the Met[5]

These story titles are all that remain.[6]

(see List of unmade Doctor Who serials and films)

Select credits[]

  • Business in Great Waters (1952) - novel
  • A Month of Sundays (1952) - British TV play
  • Jan and the Blue Fox (1952) - British TV play
  • Almost Glory (1953) - radio play
  • The Voice (1955) - British radio play
  • Killer in Close-Up (1957)
  • Symphonie Pastorale (1958)
  • Man (Mark II) (1958) - - Australian radio play
  • An Enemy of the People (1958)
  • The Multi-Coloured Umbrella (1958) - TV movie
  • Blue Murder (1959) - TV movie
  • His Name Isn't Rogers (1959) - radio play
  • Man in the Grovesnor Hotel (1959) - radio play
  • (1960)
  • Farewell, Farewell, Eugene (1960) - TV play
  • Hunger of a Girl (1960) - play[7]
  • Ghost of a Day (1960) - radio play[8]
  • The Dock Brief (1960) - TV play
  • Moment of Indecision (1961) - radio play[9]
  • Heart Attack (1960) - TV play
  • A Little South of Heaven (1961) - TV play
  • The Concert (1961) - TV play
  • Traveller Without Luggage (1961) - TV play
  • Once Upon a Time (1961) - radio play
  • Jenny (1962) (TV play)
  • She'll Be Right (1962) - TV movie
  • Ghost of a Day (1964) - radio play
  • Quick Before They Catch Us (1966) - TV series
  • Z-Cars (1969) - TV series

References[]

  1. ^ Kerr, George F. (16 September 1957). "Notes on Playwriting for TV". Radio-active: The ABC staff journal.
  2. ^ "Young Star's Work". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 March 1962. p. 13.
  3. ^ "STUDIO PORTRAIT George F. KERR". ABC Weekly. 19 February 1958. p. 9.
  4. ^ "Nature on a Slide" Author: George F. Kerr Date: Wednesday, Dec. 7, 1955 Publication: The Daily Telegraph (London, England) Issue: 31307 p 6
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e A brief history of Doctor Who stories- The Lost Stories- Sullivan, Shannon
  6. ^ A comprehensive history of Doctor Who’s untold stories- The First Doctor (Part Two)- Wholmes, Harbo- retrieved February 2020
  7. ^ "At Sydney Theatres". Le Courrier Australien (39). New South Wales, Australia. 23 September 1960. p. 5. Retrieved 5 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Advertising". The Canberra Times. 34 (9, 649). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 9 July 1960. p. 17. Retrieved 5 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "Advertising". The Canberra Times. 35 (10, 002). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 26 August 1961. p. 17. Retrieved 5 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

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