George F. Kerr
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]
George F. Kerr | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 April 1918 England, UK |
| Died | 9 October 1996 (aged 78) |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
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.[3]
He was a POW during World War II.[4]
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."[5]
Doctor Who edit
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.[6] These stories Kerr submitted have no explanation details, and were both rejected by story editor Gerry Davis on 15 June 1966.[6] These stories were entitled as:
The Hearsay Machine[6]
The Heavy Scent of Violence[6]
The Man from the Met[6]
These story titles are all that remain.[7]
Select credits edit
- Business in Great Waters (1952) – novel
- A Month of Sundays (TV play) (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
- LBW Smith (1957) - 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
- The Last Minute (1960)
- Farewell, Farewell, Eugene (1960) – TV play
- Hunger of a Girl (1960) – play[8]
- Ghost of a Day (1960) – radio play[9]
- The Dock Brief (1960) – TV play
- Moment of Indecision (1961) – radio play[10]
- 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 edit
- ^ Kerr, George F. (16 September 1957). "Notes on Playwriting for TV". Radio-active: The ABC staff journal.
- ^ "Young Star's Work". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 March 1962. p. 13.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (27 February 2022). "Forgotten Australian Television Plays: Four from George F. Kerr". Filmink.
- ^ "STUDIO PORTRAIT George F. KERR". ABC Weekly. 19 February 1958. p. 9.
- ^ "Nature on a Slide" Author: George F. Kerr Date: Wednesday, Dec. 7, 1955 Publication: The Daily Telegraph (London, England) Issue: 31307 p 6
- ^ a b c d e A brief history of Doctor Who stories- The Lost Stories- Sullivan, Shannon
- ^ A comprehensive history of Doctor Who’s untold stories- The First Doctor (Part Two)- Wholmes, Harbo- retrieved February 2020
- ^ "At Sydney Theatres". Le Courrier Australien. No. 39. New South Wales, Australia. 23 September 1960. p. 5. Retrieved 5 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Advertising". The Canberra Times. Vol. 34, no. 9, 649. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 9 July 1960. p. 17. Retrieved 5 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Advertising". The Canberra Times. Vol. 35, no. 10, 002. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 26 August 1961. p. 17. Retrieved 5 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.