Graham Scott, Peter 1923–2007

(Graham Scott, Peter Graham Scott)

OBITUARY NOTICE—

See index for CA sketch: Born October 27, 1923, in London, England; died August 5, 2007. Television producer, film and television director, film editor, and author. Graham Scott believed that his best work was represented by the many live dramas he produced for British television in the 1950s and 1960s—dramas that were rarely preserved on film or tape. He is remembered instead for producing British television series such as The Troubleshooters (1965-72), The Onedin Line (1971-74), and Kidnapped (1978), which was also broadcast in the United States. He also produced and directed the children's series Into the Labyrinth, which later served as the basis for his children's books, Into the Labyrinth (1981) and Return to the Labyrinth (1982). Graham Scott learned his craft as a film editor at the War Office after World War II. He later joined the British Broadcasting Corporation as a television producer in the 1950s, eventually becoming a drama producer and television director for various British studios. Over the years he was credited with developing creative techniques that took full advantage of this emerging new medium, adding multiple cameras, pre-filmed inserts, and other embellishments that transformed television from the simple taping of a staged play into a dynamic genre in its own right. Graham Scott ended his television career at Harlech West, where he had moved in 1976. After the success of his children's books, he penned two more novels, Dragonfire (1982) and Feast of Vultures (1983). In 2000 he published a memoir, British Television: An Insider's History.

OBITUARIES AND OTHER SOURCES:

BOOKS

Graham Scott, Peter, British Television: An Insider's History, McFarland (Jefferson, NC), 2000.

PERIODICALS

Times (London, England), August 25, 2007, p. 69.