Ned Sherrin

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Current revision as of 10:00, 4 July 2023

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Contents

Shows

Chapter and Verse

Counterpoint

Laugh Line (producer)

Quiz of the Week

Treasure Hunt (special episode)

We Interrupt This Year

Who Said That?

Who's Reading What and with Whom

Biography

Theatre luvvie and satirist whose finest hour was devising television's first successful satirical revue, That Was The Week That Was (featuring a tyro David Frost, as well as Willie Rushton and Lance Percival). He presented the Radio 4 music quiz Counterpoint for over 20 years.

He died from complications of throat cancer on 1 October 2007.

Trivia

He devised and presented We Interrupt This Week, a short-lived satirical quiz show for PBS in America.

Also produced a 1972 film called Rentadick. Let's not go there.

Mark Nyman's on-screen career is thanks to Sherrin getting his recording dates mixed up.

See also

Weaver's Week obituary from 07/10/2007

Books / Tapes

Ned Sherrin: The Autobiography - (doesn't say who the author is, though)

Web links

Wikipedia entry

IMDB entry

BBC Comedy Guide

Infax entry

bfi database entry

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