Peter Kerry

TELEVISION:

Spyder – script and pitch document available for this historical action adventure series following the fortunes of legendary Elizabethan spymaster Francis Walsingham, his protégé Robert Cecil and a band of extraordinary heroes as they uncover Spanish latter day terrorist conspiracies against the crown and the people of England. (2006)

Dick Turpin – co-written with Andrew Kirk. Treatment for this series about the adventures of the famous outlaw.

Man From Another Country – Six part television series treatment available. A man is thrown forward in time from the year 1953 and wakes up in the present. In doing so, he becomes the new ‘sherrif’ in town for an inner-city sink estate, befriending his now elderly fiancée, uniting the community and seeing off the local criminals along with the property developer who’s helping to finance them. Meantime, he tries to find a way back home to his own time. (2006).

Emmerdale – member of the script writing team for the YTV soap since October 2000. Series Producer Kathleen Beedles.

Friends Reunited – co written with Martin Jameson. Thriller (2 X 90 mins) inspired by the famous website. After attending a school reunion, a young woman finds her former friends getting murdered and her own life in danger. Script currently optioned by YTV. Executive Producer Keith Richardson.

Big Meg Little Meg - (Two Series) - Peter created this popular children’s comedy drama with Diane Whitely for Granada Television. A mother and her teenage daughter magically swap personalities at the most inopportune times.
Some episodes co-written with Martin Jameson. Producer Diane Whitley. Director Sylvie Boden.TX CITV Feb/March 2000 & March 2001

Children’s Ward - Storylined all thirteen eps for series 11 of the popular Granada TV children’s hospital drama, plus writing episode two. Also wrote another episode for Series 12 the following year. Producer Diane Whitley. Directors Bren Simpson & Steve Finn.

Revelations - wrote episode thirty six in the second series of Granada Television’s drama concerning the adulterous affairs of an Anglican bishop. Broadcast 1997. Producer, Anthony Wood.

RADIO

The Story Of The Treasure Seekers – 90 minute dramatisation of E. Nesbit’s classic novel of six children determined to restore their fallen family fortunes. Produced by Chris Wallis Of Watershed Productions. TX BBC Radio 4, December 2005

Home – 10 part dramatisation of Julie Myerson’s memoir covering the hundred and twenty year history of a Clapham house and its residents. Produced by Chris Wallis for Watershed productions.
TX BBC Radio 4 April/May 2004.

The Amazing Maurice And His Educated Rodents – 90 minute dramatisation of Terry Pratchett’s discworld novel about a group of rats and their cat leader who try and perform a ‘Pied Piper’ scam and get more than they bargained for. Produced by Chris Wallis for Watershed Productions.
TX BBC Radio 4, August 2003.

The Magic City – dramatisation of E. Nesbitt’s little known children’s classic. A boy fulfills an ancient prophesy in a magical world of his own creation. Featuring David Jason and Jane Horrocks. Produced by Chris Wallis for Watershed Productions.
TX BBC Radio 4, January 2003.

The Little World Of Don Camillo – (five series of four parts) dramatisation of Giovanni Guareschi’s stories of small town Italian life, starring Alun Armstrong, Ian Hogg and Joss Ackland. Produced by Chris Wallis for Watershed Productions.
TX BBC Radio 4, March 2001/June 2002/April 2003/March 2004/April 2005.

The Archers – Member of the writing team of Britain’s longest running drama serial from 1994 - 2000. Editor, Vanessa Whitburn.

Into The Dark - Dramatisation of Nicholas Wilde’s novel for children. A blind boy goes to the Welsh coast for a holiday with his mother and discovers ghostly happenings at a local derelict mansion. Featured Sue Johnstone and produced by Chris Wallis for Watershed Productions.
Winner of the Best Children’s Radio 1997 Writers Guild(GB)Award 1997.
TX BBC Radio 4, November 1996

FILM

Faerie – script available for this horror story co written with Mark Illis. When a child is apparently abducted in a remote Welsh village, a reporter discover that stories of the ‘fair folk’ are all too true and that the local people have made a Faustian pact with these malevolent supernatural creatures. (2006)

Chicken - Spec script horror/comedy about a man who unwittingly eats huge quantities of genetically engineered fast food with grotesquely satirical consequences. Co-written with Martin Jameson, based on their radio drama originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

Dinner With Stanley Kubrick – Script available. A rites of passage comedy drama about a student whose obsession with the famous film director leads him on a trail of deception and betrayal (2005).