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

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. 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."

''Doctor Who''

In April 1966, Kerr was asked from the production office at

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to work on some stories for ''Doctor Who'' on Season 4 of the program.''A brief history of Doctor Who stories- The Lost Stories- Sullivan, Shannon'' These stories Kerr submitted have no explanation details, and were both rejected by story editor Gerry Davis on 15 June 1966. These stories were entitled as: ''The Hearsay Machine'' ''The Heavy Scent of Violence'' ''The Man from the Met'' These story titles are all that remain. (see

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*''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 ''Killer in Close-Up'' was a blanket title covering four live television drama plays produced by the Australian Broadcasting Commission in 1957 and 1958. It could be seen as the first anthology series produced for Australian television. Producti ...

'' (1957) *'' Symphonie Pastorale'' (1958) *'' Man (Mark II)'' (1958) – - Australian radio play *'' LBW Smith'' (1957) - radio play *''

An Enemy of the People ''An Enemy of the People'' (original Norwegian title: ''En folkefiende''), an 1882 play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, followed his previous play, ''Ghosts'', which criticized the hypocrisy of his society's moral code. That response inclu ...

'' (1958) *''

The Multi-Coloured Umbrella ''The Multi-Coloured Umbrella'' is an Australian play written by Barbara Vernon. Plot The play is set at a house in Bondi Beach belonging to the Donnellys, an upwardly mobile family who are bookmakers at Randwick Racecourse. The younger son, Jo ...

'' (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 ''The Last Minute'' is a 2001 British-American urban gothic film, written and directed by Stephen Norrington. It shows a struggling man hitting bottom and finding light in unexpected places, and trying a huge alternative as the solution to hi ...

'' (1960) *'' Farewell, Farewell, Eugene'' (1960) – TV play *''Hunger of a Girl'' (1960) – play *''Ghost of a Day'' (1960) – radio play *''

The Dock Brief ''The Dock Brief'' (US title ''Trial and Error'') is a 1962 black-and-white British legal satire directed by James Hill, starring Peter Sellers and Richard Attenborough, and based on the play of the same name written by John Mortimer (creator o ...

'' (1960) – TV play *''Moment of Indecision'' (1961) – radio play *''

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'' (1960)'' – TV play *''

A Little South of Heaven ''A Little South of Heaven'' is Australian live television play which aired in 1961 on ABC. It was based on a radio play by D'Arcy Niland and Ruth Park. Plot Set in Sydney. An Italian widow who has moved to Australia plans a marriage for her son ...

'' (1961) – TV play *'' The Concert'' (1961) – TV play *''

Traveller Without Luggage ''Traveller Without Luggage'' is a 1961 Australian television film directed by Henri Safran and starring Ric Hutton. It was Safran's first English language work. Plot A man (Ric Hutton) has been in an asylum for 16 years suffering from loss of me ...

'' (1961) – TV play *''Once Upon a Time'' (1961) – radio play *''

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'' (1962) (TV play) *''

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'' (1962) – TV movie *''Ghost of a Day'' (1964) – radio play *''

Quick Before They Catch Us ''Quick Before They Catch Us'' was a 1966 British action/adventure children's television series. It starred then child actors Pamela Franklin, Teddy Green and David Griffin as three teenagers who become amateur detectives in Swinging London ...

'' (1966) – TV series *''

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'' (1969) – TV series

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