British screenwriter and script editor
John Hugh d'Allenger Kershaw
(2 August 1931- 2 December 1993) was a British
screenwriter
and
script editor
. He edited the entire first season of the
television program
Bergerac
,
[1]
and contributed to others including
The Bill
and
Armchair Theatre
.
[2]
Biography
[
edit
]
Kershaw was the only son- there being also a daughter- of Leslie Walter Kershaw (1904-1979), a confectionery shop proprietor of
King's Lynn
,
Norfolk
, formerly of
Thanet
,
Kent
, and of
Lincolnshire
(where the Kershaw family were established as blacksmiths), and his first wife Mabel (1908-1969), daughter of Frederick d'Allenger, a soldier who died whilst posted in
Malta
. Kershaw was sometimes credited under his pen name "Hugh d'Allenger", his middle names.
[3]
[4]
He was educated at
Lincoln Cathedral School
, and as an external student at the
University of London
. Kershaw was married to Olwen (nee Earle); they lived at
Teddington
,
[5]
Middlesex
.
[6]
[7]
[8]
Career
[
edit
]
Kershaw was a lecturer in literature for adult education classes at the University of London from 1961 to 1964. He was script editor of the
American Broadcasting Company
's TV arts programme
Tempo
from 1964 to 1967, script editor of the television series
Callan
from 1968 to 1969, and producer and editor of
Thames Television
's
Armchair Theatre
series of plays from 1969 to 1971. A novelist, literary critic, poet, and essayist, his publications include
The Present Stage
(Fontana, 1966);
Fanfare the orchestra
(Chappells', 1970), and
George and the Dragonfly
(Argo, 1970); he was a contributor to Macdonald's Illustrated Library,
The Jewish Chronicle
,
New Society
,
Queen Magazine
, and
Encounter
. He co-created and was the original writer for the children's TV show
Rainbow
, between 1972 and 1981. Kershaw was a member of the
Society of Authors
and the
Writers' Guild of Great Britain
.
[9]
[10]
[11]
and Alongside Shawn Randall and Ellen Shepard, Kershaw was awarded the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay for the 1983 film
The Lonely Lady
directed by
Peter Sasdy
and starring
Pia Zadora
, based on the 1976 novel by
Harold Robbins
. The film's production was troubled; initially aimed for release in 1976 with different screenwriters (
Robert Merrill
and
Dean Riesner
) and lead actress (
Susan Blakely
), production eventually began in 1982 as a
Meshulam Riklis
-funded vehicle for his wife, Zadora.
Kershaw's later work included creating the 36-episode 1984 drama series
Miracles Take Longer
, depicting the activities of the
Citizens Advice Bureau
, and writing twelve episodes of the
Children's ITV
series (produced by Thames Television)
C.A.B.
(so named because- coincidentally- the junk shop was a former Citizens Advice Bureau) from 1988 to 1989, as well as three episodes of the police procedural series
The Bill
in 1984, 1989 and 1990, one of which was adapted in 1994 as an episode of the German version of
The Bill
,
Die Wache
.
Full IMDb biography available at:
[1]
References
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- ^
Terrace, Vincent (1985).
Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials: 1974-1984
.
ISBN
0918432618
.
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"John Kershaw"
.
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"Hugh D'allenger"
.
[
dead link
]
- ^
"Ideas IV"
.
- ^
Gov.uk Find a Will service, Wills and Probate 1858-1996, Surname "Kershaw", Year of death "1994", URL=
https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=Kershaw&yearOfDeath=1994&page=3#calendar
- ^
The Author's & Writer's Who's who, Volume 6, ed. Edward Martell, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1971, p. 455
- ^
Contemporary Authors: A Bio-bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields, ed. Ann Evory, Gale Research Company, 1978, p. 332
- ^
International Who's who in Poetry, ed. Geoffrey Handley-Taylor, International Biographical Centre, 1972, p. 226
- ^
The Author's & Writer's Who's who, Volume 6, ed. Edward Martell, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1971, p. 455
- ^
Contemporary Authors: A Bio-bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields, ed. Ann Evory, Gale Research Company, 1978, p. 332
- ^
International Who's who in Poetry, ed. Geoffrey Handley-Taylor, International Biographical Centre, 1972, p. 226
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