Ned Sherrin
| Ned Sherrin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Edward George Sherrin 18 February 1931 Low Ham, Somerset, England |
| Died | 1 October 2007 (aged 76) Chelsea, London, England |
| Cause of death | Throat cancer |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Broadcaster, author and stage director |
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.
The son of Thomas Adam Sherrin, a farmer, and his wife, Dorothy Finch Drewett, Sherrin was born at Low Ham on the Somerset Levels.
He was educated at Sexey's School, in Bruton, Somerset, and rendered his national service in the Royal Signals, being commissioned as an officer in 1950.
Although he read law at Exeter College, Oxford, and subsequently qualified as a barrister, he became involved in theatre at Oxford and joined British television at the founding of independent television in 1956, producing shows for ATV in Birmingham.
Sherrin joined the BBC in 1957 as a temporary production assistant, then began working for them as a producer in "Television Talks" in 1963. Specialising in satirical shows, he worked extensively in film production and television.
In 1962 he was responsible for the first satirical television series That Was The Week That Was starring David Frost and Millicent Martin and its successors Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life and BBC-3. His other shows and films included Up Pompeii!, Up the Front, The Cobblers of Umbridge and The Virgin Soldiers. In 1978, he also hosted We Interrupt This Week, a lively and humorous news events quiz featuring two teams of well-known journalists and columnists sparring against one another. The show was a production of WNET/Channel 13 New York.
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