Edward George "Ned" Sherrin, CBE (18 February 1931 – 1 October 2007) was an English broadcaster, author and stage director. He qualified as a barrister and then worked in independent television before joining the BBC. He appeared in a variety of radio and television satirical shows and theatre shows, some of which he also directed.
In a long career of happy accidents, perhaps the most useful was to have been born in 1931 and to complete National Service, Oxford, and bar exams precisely in time for the opening of commercial television. (from his autobiography)
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Fact
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He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1997 New Year's Honours List for his services to drama.
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He was an actor, author, humorist, impresario, playwright, presenter, producer, and raconteur.
3
He was born to a farming family in Somerset. He studied law at Oxford, and there became involved in the theatre. He trained as a barrister and was called to the bar in 1955. His legal career was abandoned when a friend offered him a job as a producer at Associated Television.
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He got his big break in commercial TV, but made his name with the BBC. He was the man behind "That Was the Week That Was", the ground-breaking TV program that satirized politicians and topical events.
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Was nominated for Broadway's 1977 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical) for "Side by Side by Sondheim".
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He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1985 (1984 season) for Outstanding Achievement in Musical for the Conception of The Ra Iolanthe.
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Song by Song
1978-1980
TV Series producer - 11 episodes
Girl Stroke Boy
1973
producer
The National Health
1973
producer
The Cobblers of Umbridge
1973
TV Movie producer
Rentadick
1972
producer
The Alf Garnett Saga
1972
producer
Up the Front
1972
producer
The Chastity Belt
1972
producer
Up Pompeii
1971
producer
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
1970
TV Movie producer
Every Home Should Have One
1970
producer
The Virgin Soldiers
1969
producer
World in Ferment
1969
TV Series producer - 6 episodes
Where Was Spring?
1969
TV Series producer
BBC Show of the Week
1968
TV Series producer - 1 episode
Up the Junction
1968
producer
Girl Smugglers
1967
producer
BBC 3
1965-1966
TV Series producer - 15 episodes
Take a Sapphire
1966
TV Movie producer
My Father Knew Lloyd George
1965
TV Movie producer
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
1964-1965
TV Series producer - 5 episodes
A Last Word on the Election
1964
TV Short producer
ABC of Britain
1964
TV Movie producer
Benbow Was His Name
1964
TV Movie producer
That Was the Week That Was
1964
TV Series producer
That Was the Week That Was
1962-1963
TV Series producer - 37 episodes
Steam, Sanctity and Song
1963
TV Movie producer
Tonight
1957-1963
TV Series documentary associate producer - 6 episodes
Laugh Line
1960
TV Series producer - 8 episodes
This Is the Henry Hall Show
1958
TV Series producer - 5 episodes
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Beecham
1990
TV Movie
A Night on the Town
1983
TV Movie
The Rather Reassuring Programme
1977
TV Series
Girl Stroke Boy
1973
Ooh La La!
TV Series adaptation - 6 episodes, 1973 translation - 3 episodes, 1973 script - 1 episode, 1973
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
1970
TV Movie
Girl Smugglers
1967
Benbow Was His Name
1964
TV Movie writer
That Was the Week That Was
1962-1963
TV Series writer - 37 episodes
The Little Beggars
1958
TV Movie
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Song by Song
1977
TV Series
The Cobblers of Umbridge
1973
TV Movie
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
1970
TV Movie
Contrasts
1968
TV Series 1 episode
Take a Sapphire
1966
TV Movie
BBC 3
1965
TV Series
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
1964-1965
TV Series 5 episodes
A Last Word on the Election
1964
TV Short
ABC of Britain
1964
TV Movie
Benbow Was His Name
1964
TV Movie
That Was the Week That Was
1962-1963
TV Series 37 episodes
Steam, Sanctity and Song
1963
TV Movie
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
2001
TV Series
Ned Sherrin
My Summer with Des
1998
TV Movie
Neighbour
Kavanagh QC
1996
TV Series
Judge Swarbrick
A Word in your Era
1992
TV Series
Churchill
Orlando
1992
Addison
Making News
1990
TV Series
Celebrity
Side by Side by Sondheim
1987
TV Movie
M'Lords... Ladies and Gentlemen...
1978
TV Series
Secondary Chairman of the Vicious Circle
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
TV Series
Noel Coward
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Rentadick
1972
lyrics: "Rentadick"
Up the Front
1972
lyrics: "Up The Front" Title Song
Every Home Should Have One
1970
lyrics: "Every Home Should Have One"
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
1999
TV Movie director: theatre production
Side by Side by Sondheim
1987
TV Movie directed for stage
Ooh La La!
1973
TV Series translation - 1 episode
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ooh La La!
1973
TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Crumpet! A Very British Sex Symbol
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Breakfast
2005
TV Series
Himself
Britain's Finest
2005
TV Series documentary
Himself
University Challenge
2004
TV Series
Himself
The Anti-Establishment Club
2002
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Rhona Cameron: Rhona Cameron
2002
Video documentary
Opening Voiceover
The Silver Screen: Rachel Roberts
2002
TV Movie
Himself
The Showbiz Set
2002
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Breakfast with Frost
2001-2002
TV Series
Herself / Himself
Reputations
2002
TV Series documentary
Himself
Can We Carry On, Girls?
2001
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Unforgettable Frankie Howerd
2000
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Producer, 'That Was The Week That Was'
Funny Turns
2000
TV Series documentary
Himself
Legends
2000
TV Series documentary
Himself
Countdown
1983-2000
TV Series
Himself
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh