Sherrin, Ned

Sherrin, Ned
▪ 2008
Edward George Sherrin 
      British writer, director, producer, and raconteur

born Feb. 18, 1931, Somerset, Eng.

died Oct. 1, 2007, London, Eng.
created a new genre of television comedy as the creator, director, and producer of the wildly popular, irreverent BBC “news” program That Was the Week That Was (November 1962–December 1963). The groundbreaking TW3, fronted by David Frost, skewered all and sundry without hesitation and served as the model for later satiric programs in Britain and the U.S., including an American version of TW3 (1964–65), again featuring Frost, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (from 1999). Sherrin grew up on a farm and trained as a lawyer at Exeter College, Oxford, before going into broadcasting. An incredibly versatile man, he wrote novels, plays, songs, memoirs, and other works; produced and directed for the movies and the theatre (including an Olivier Award-winning production of The Ratepayers' Iolanthe in 1984); and served as the host of the witty BBC Radio 4 show Loose Ends (1986–2006). Sherrin was made CBE in 1997.

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