Oscar Whitbread

Oscar Whitbread (OAM)
Born	Oscar Ralph Whitbread 26 November 1929 England, United Kingdom
Died	16 May 2016 (ahed 86)
Citizenship	English Australia
Occupation(s)	Film and television producer/director
Years active	1956-1997
Known for	Head of Drama at the ABC, Head of Drama at the Seven Network
Spouse	Corrine Kerby

Oscar Ralph Whitbread OAM (26 November 1929 – 16 May 2016) was an English-Australian producer who worked extensively in television.^[1]^[2]

He moved to Australia in the late 1940s. Whitbread started his career at the ABC in 1956, where he served as the Head of Drama, before switching to the same position with the Seven Network. He was responsible for numerous successful series including Bellbird, The Flying Doctors and the miniseries Power Without Glory. Whitbread was the senior executive producer at Crawford Productions and also worked in England for the BBC, Thames Television, Granada Television, and London Weekend Television. During the 1970s, he worked as a theatre media studies lecturer, at Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, New South Wales.

Personal life

Whitbread was married to Corinne Kerby.^[3] He died on 16 May 2016 after a long illness.^[2]

Select credits

Ice Circus (1963) (ice skating TV special)^[4]
Beauty and the Beast (1964) (ice skating TV special)^[5]
On Approval (1964) (TV movie) – producer
Corruption in the Palace of Justice (1964) (TV movie) – producer
The Winds of Green Monday (1965) (TV movie) – producer, director
Otherwise Engaged (1965) (TV movie) – producer
Duet on Wednesday (1965) (television play) – producer
Photo Finish (1965) (TV movie) – producer^[6]
Plain Jane (1966) (TV movie) – producer
Slow Poison (1967) (TV movie) – producer
Love and War (1967) (TV movie) – producer
The Shifting Heart (1968) (TV movie) – producer^[7]
Delta (Australian TV series) (1969) (TV series) – director
Dynasty (1969) (TV series) – director
Bellbird (1970–77) (TV series) – producer
A Family at War (1970) (TV series) – director
The Man Who Shot the Albatross (1972) (TV movie)
Frank and Francesca (1973) (TV series)
Marion (1974) (miniseries) – producer, director
And the Big Men Fly (1974) (TV series) – producer
Rush (1975) (TV series) – producer, director
The Professional Touch (1976) (television play)
Trial of Ned Kelly (1977) (TV movie)
Power Without Glory (1976) (mini series) – producer
Catspaw (1978) (TV series)
The Truckies (1978) (TV series)
Burn the Butterflies (1979) (TV movie)
A Wild Ass of a Man (1980) (TV movie)
Lucinda Brayford (1980) (mini series)
I Can Jump Puddles (1980)
Locusts and Wild Honey (1980) (TV series)
All the Green Year (1981) (mini series)
Outbreak of Love (1981) (mini series) – producer, director
The Young Wife (1984) (mini series) – producer, director
Golden Pennies (1985) (mini series) – producer, director
The Flying Doctors (1985) (mini series) – producer
The Flying Doctors (1986) (TV series) – producer, director
Studio 86 (1986) (TV series) – producer, director
Acropolis Now (1989) (TV series) – producer
The Power, The Passion (1989) (TV series) – producer
Ratbag Hero (1991) (mini series) – producer, director
Cluedo (1990–92) (TV series) – producer, director
Bush Patrol (1996) (TV series) – producer
The Balanced Particle Freeway (1997) (TV movie) – producer

References

^ "Oscar Whitbread: a man behind Aussie drama" By Caris Bizzaca Nine New 26 January 2012 accessed 29 June 2013
^ ^a ^b Stephanie Ferrier, "Oscar Whitbread: Australian television pioneer, mentor, dies aged 86" ABC News 18 May 2016
^ "CORINNE: Melbourne-type ma'am". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 28, no. [?]. 26 October 1960. p. 69. Retrieved 27 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Circus Ballet". The Canberra Times. Vol. 37, no. 10, 513. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 18 April 1963. p. 35. Retrieved 27 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "RICH FARE FOR HOLIDAY VIEWING". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 31, no. 31. 1 January 1964. p. 13. Retrieved 27 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Photo finish of an 80-year-old". The Canberra Times. Vol. 40, no. 11, 307. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 8 November 1965. p. 17. Retrieved 27 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Vagg, Stephen (7 June 2021). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays: The Shifting Heart". Filmink. Retrieved 9 August 2024.

External links

Oscar Whitbread at IMDb
Oscar Whitbread at AustLit

v t e TV productions of Oscar Whitbread
TV plays	On Approval (1964) Corruption in the Palace of Justice (1964) The Winds of Green Monday (1965) Otherwise Engaged (1965) Duet on Wednesday (1965) Photo Finish (1965) Plain Jane (1966) A Phoenix Too Frequent (1966) The Decision (1966) Course for Collision (1967) Slow Poison (1967) Romeo and Juliet (1967) Salome (1968) The Shifting Heart (1968) The Torrents (1969) I'm Damned if I Know (1972) The Man Who Shot the Albatross (1972) The Professional Touch (1976) Trial of Ned Kelly (1977) Burn the Butterflies (1979) A Wild Ass of a Man (1980) The Balanced Particle Freeway (1997)
TV series	Australian Plays (1969) Delta (Australian TV series) (1969) Dynasty (1969) Bellbird (1970–77) A Family at War (1970) Frank and Francesca (1973) And the Big Men Fly (1974) Rush (1975) Catspaw (1978) The Truckies (1978) I Can Jump Puddles (1980) Locusts and Wild Honey (1980) The Flying Doctors (1986) Studio 86 (1986) Acropolis Now (1989) The Power, The Passion (1989) Cluedo (1990–92) Bush Patrol (1996)
Miniseries	Marion (1974) Power Without Glory (1976) Lucinda Brayford (1980) All the Green Year (1981) Outbreak of Love (1981) The Young Wife (1984) Golden Pennies (1985) The Flying Doctors (1985) Ratbag Hero (1991)

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