Bruce Robert Stewart (4 September 1925 – ) was a scriptwriter best known for his scripts for television. Originally from New Zealand, he lived for several years in Australia, working in the theatre, before moving to the United Kingdom in the early 1960s. There he worked on many projects for both the

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Biography

Stewart was born in Auckland. For three years he studied to be a priest at Marist seminary. He then moved into the entertainment industry. He would perform songs and tell stories as a forces entertaininer, then moved into radio in Auckland, where he worked as a radio announcer and actor. In 1947 Stewart moved to Sydney, Australia where he got work as a radio announcer. He became an actor, appearing in radio dramas, as well as acting in stage plays in the evening. His breakthrough performance as a radio actor was in a production of ''Morning Departure''.

TV scripts

*''A Time of the Serpent'' (1958) *''The Land of the Long White Cloud'' (1958) - serial *'' Shadow of a Pale Horse'' (1959) *''

The Devil Makes Sunday ''The Devil Makes Sunday'' is a television play about a convict break out on Norfolk Island by Bruce Stewart (scriptwriter), Bruce Stewart, who had just written ''Shadow of a Pale Horse''. It was based on the real life Norfolk Island convict muti ...

'' (1962) *''Jezebel'' (1963) (TV series) - story editor *''Day of the Drongo'' (1964) *''

The Harp in the South ''The Harp in the South'' is the debut novel by Australian author Ruth Park. Published in 1948, it portrays the life of a Catholic Irish Australian family living in the Sydney suburb of Surry Hills, which was at that time an inner city slum. ...

'' (1964) - BBC adaptation *''Boney and the Monster'' (1972) *''Old Man March is Dead'' (1976) - BBC play *''

Secret Valley ''Secret Valley'' is an Australian children's television adventure series first shown on the ABC in 1980. It was produced by the Grundy Organisation in association with Telecip, S.A. and Spain's public broadcaster Televisión Española. Seri ...

'' (1984) - TV series *''

Professor Poopsnagle's Steam Zeppelin ''Professor Poopsnagle's Steam Zeppelin'' (aka ''Professor Poopsnaggle and His Flying Zeppelin'') was a popular Australian children's television series which aired on the Nine Network, a spin-off from the 1980 series ''Secret Valley''. It was fi ...

'' (1986) - TV series

Radio plays

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'' (1958) - BBC radio adaptation *''Time of the Serpent'' (1958) *''Low Voice in Rama'' (1960) *''The Hot and Copper Sky'' (1962) *''Flower of Blood'' (1991) - BBC

Novels

*''A Disorderly Girl'' (1978) *''The Hot and Copper Sky'' (1981)

References

External links

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