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Oscar Ralph Whitbread (26 November 1929 – 16 May 2016) was an English-Australian producer who worked extensively in television.Stephanie Ferrier, "Oscar Whitbread: Australian television pioneer, mentor, dies aged 86" ''ABC News'' 18 May 2016
/ref> He moved to Australia in the late 1940s. Whitbread started his career at the
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in 1956, where he served as the Head of Drama, before switching to the same position with the
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. He was responsible for numerous successful series including '' Bellbird'', ''
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'' and the miniseries ''
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''. Whitbread was the senior executive producer at
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and also worked in England for the
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, Granada Television and
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. During the 1970s, he worked as a lecturer in theatre media studies, at
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Personal life

Whitbread was married to Corinne Kerby. He died on 16 May 2016 after a long illness.


Select credits

*''Ice Circus'' (1963) (ice skating TV special) *''Beauty and the Beast'' (1964) (ice skating TV special) *'' On Approval'' (1964) (TV movie) – producer *'' Corruption in the Palace of Justice'' (1964) (TV movie) – producer *'' The Winds of Green Monday'' (1965) (TV movie) – producer, director *''
Otherwise Engaged ''Otherwise Engaged'' is a bleakly comic play by English playwright Simon Gray. The play previewed at the Oxford Playhouse and the Richmond Theatre, and then opened at the Queen's Theatre in London on 10 July 1975, with Alan Bates as the sta ...
'' (1965) (TV movie) – producer *'' Duet on Wednesday'' (1965) (television play) – producer *''
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'' (1965) (TV movie) – producer *''
Plain Jane Plain Jane may refer to: *''Plain Jane'', a 1922 play by McElbert Moore * ''Plain Jane'' (Wednesday Theatre), an Australian TV movie * ''Plain Jane'' (TV series), a U.S. TV series airing on The CW *Plain Jane (band), an American band from the lat ...
'' (1966) (TV movie) – producer *''
Slow Poison "Slow Poison" is a 2009 song by the American indie rock band The Bravery. It was the first single from their album ''Stir the Blood''. It peaked at #23 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart and at #40 on the Rock Songs chart.
'' (1967) (TV movie) – producer *'' Love and War'' (1967) (TV movie) – producer *''
The Shifting Heart ''The Shifting Heart'' is a play written in 1957 in Australia by Richard Beynon, it is an insight to the psychology of racism and its victims. In the background of 1950s Collingwood, Melbourne. Characters * Momma Bianchi * Poppa Bianchi * ...
'' (1968) (TV movie) – producer *''
Delta (Australian TV series) ''Delta'' is a 1969 Australian TV series, produced and broadcast by ABC-TV in 1969-70. The title is the name of the fictional independent research organisation featured in the series, a freelance scientific consultancy which is called in to pr ...
'' (1969) (TV series) – director *''
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'' (1969) (TV series) – director *'' Bellbird'' (1970–77) (TV series) – producer *''
A Family at War ''A Family At War'' is a British drama Television program, series that aired on ITV (TV network), ITV from 1970 to 1972. It was created by John Finch and made by ITV Granada, Granada Television for ITV. The original producer was Richard Doubled ...
'' (1970) (TV series) – director *''
The Man Who Shot the Albatross ''The Man Who Shot the Albatross'' is a play by Ray Lawler about the Rum Rebellion, first performed in 1971. A 1972 television film featured the stage cast. Cast *Leo McKern as Captain Bligh *Michael Aitkens * Frederick Parslow as MacArthur *De ...
'' (1972) (TV movie) *''
Frank and Francesca ''Frank and Francesca'' is an Australian children's television series which first screened on the ABC in 1973. The series of six 30 minute black & white episodes were based on the book of the same name by David Martin (1915-1997) It was produ ...
'' (1973) (TV series) *''
Marion Marion may refer to: People *Marion (given name) *Marion (surname) *Marion Silva Fernandes, Brazilian footballer known simply as "Marion" *Marion (singer), Filipino singer-songwriter and pianist Marion Aunor (born 1992) Places Antarctica * Mario ...
'' (1974) (miniseries) – producer, director *''
And the Big Men Fly ''And the Big Men Fly'' is an Australia-based play by Alan Hopgood, written in 1963, and has been adapted to numerous media including a TV series and film. Its primary subject is the fictional Australian rules football team, the Crows. Plot s ...
'' (1974) (TV series) – producer *''Rush'' (1975) (TV series) – producer, director *''
The Professional Touch ''The Professional Touch'' is a 1976 Australian TV movie directed by Oscar Whitbread Oscar Ralph Whitbread (26 November 1929 – 16 May 2016) was an English-Australian producer who worked extensively in television. He moved to Australia in th ...
'' (1976) (television play) *''
Trial of Ned Kelly ''Trial of Ned Kelly'' is a 1977 Australian TV film about a hypothetical trial of Ned Kelly.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p155 References External links *''Trial of Ned Kelly''at Screen A ...
'' (1977) (TV movie) *''
Power Without Glory ''Power Without Glory'' is a 1950 historical novel written by Australian author Frank Hardy, following the life and ambitions of John West, a politician born into a working-class family who rises to prominence in Australian federal politics. ...
'' (1976) (mini series) – producer *'' Catspaw'' (1978) (TV series) *''
The Truckies ''The Truckies'' is an Australian television drama which first screened on the ABC in 1978. ''The Truckies'' was about the pressures of life on the road for transport driver Chris and his wife Carol. Cast * Michael Aitkens as Chris * John Wood ...
'' (1978) (TV series) *''
Burn the Butterflies ''Burn the Butterflies'' is an Australian 1979 TV movie about a government dealing with the controversy around uranium mining.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p21 It stars Ray Barrett as the ...
'' (1979) (TV movie) *'' A Wild Ass of a Man'' (1980) (TV movie) *''
Lucinda Brayford Lucinda may refer to: * Lucinda (given name), people with the given name ''Lucinda'' * Lucinda, Queensland, a town in Australia * '' Lucinda (steam yacht)'', a steam yacht of the Queensland Government * ''Lucinda'' (novel), a novel by P. D. Manvi ...
'' (1980) (mini series) *''
I Can Jump Puddles ''I Can Jump Puddles'' is a 1981 Australian television mini-series based on the 1955 autobiographical series of the same name by author Alan Marshall. Adapted for television by screenwriters Cliff Green and Roger Simpson, the series starred Le ...
'' (1980) *''
Locusts and Wild Honey ''Locusts and Wild Honey'' is a 1980 Australian mini series about a small town where they spot UFOs.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p211 Cast The series starred Julia Blake and her two real- ...
'' (1980) (TV series) *''
All the Green Year ''All the Green Year'' is a 1980 Australian television series based on a novel about three boys growing up near Melbourne on the eve of the Great Depression.Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p 52 It is based on ...
'' (1981) (mini series) *''
Outbreak of Love ''Outbreak of Love'' is a 1981 Australian miniseries about Melbourne society just before World War I. *Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p. 220 * * References External links''Outbreak of Love ...
'' (1981) (mini series) – producer, director *''
The Young Wife ''The Young Wife'' is a 1984 Australian mini series about young Greeks in Melbourne.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford University Press, 1996 p. 251 Cast * Nico Lathouris - Yaumis * Peter Katsaitis - Criton * C ...
'' (1984) (mini series) – producer, director *''
Golden Pennies ''Golden Pennies'' is an Australian-British television series which screened in 1985 on ABC and ITV. The series starring Carol Drinkwater and Bryan Marshall, The eight part series followed the adventures an English family who travel to Australia ...
'' (1985) (mini series) – producer, director *''
The Flying Doctors ''The Flying Doctors'' is an Australian drama TV series produced by Crawford Productions that revolves around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, starring Andrew McFarlane as the newly arrived Dr. T ...
'' (1985) (mini series) – producer *''
The Flying Doctors ''The Flying Doctors'' is an Australian drama TV series produced by Crawford Productions that revolves around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, starring Andrew McFarlane as the newly arrived Dr. T ...
'' (1986) (TV series) – producer, director *'' Studio 86'' (1986) (TV series) – producer, director *''
Acropolis Now ''Acropolis Now'' was an Australian television sitcom set in a fictional Greek cafe, called the "Acropolis Cafe" in Melbourne that ran for 63 episodes broadcast from 9 August 1989 to 4 November 1992 on the Seven Network. It was created by Nick ...
'' (1989) (TV series) – producer *''
The Power, The Passion ''The Power, The Passion'' is an Australian television daytime soap opera produced by the Seven Network in 1989. The series was devised to lure audiences away from American imports such as ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' and ''The Young and the ...
'' (1989) (TV series) – producer *''
Ratbag Hero ''Ratbag Hero'' is a 1991 Australian mini series based on the book ''A Riverman's Story'' by Mik Kelsall.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford University Press, 1996 p225 References External links''Ratbag Hero''a ...
'' (1991) (mini series) – producer, director *''
Cluedo ''Cluedo'' (), known as ''Clue'' in North America, is a murder mystery game for three to six players (depending on editions) that was devised in 1943 by British board game designer Anthony E. Pratt. The game was first manufactured by Wadding ...
'' (1990–92) (TV series) – producer, director *''Bush Patrol'' (1996) (TV series) – producer *''
The Balanced Particle Freeway ''The Balanced Particle Freeway'' is a 1997 Australian TV movie starring Damien Bodie Damien Bodie (born 2 January 1985) is an Australian television actor from Melbourne. Bodie began his career securing roles in children's television roles such ...
'' (1997) (TV movie) – producer


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