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
Born15 April 1918
England, UK
Died9 October 1996 (aged 78)
OccupationScreenwriter

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

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. 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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