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Ted Roberts (17 April 1931 - 23 February 2015) was an Australian television screenwriter and supervising producer. After completing his education at Marist Brothers College in Randwick, Roberts worked in advertising and sales promotion before commencing his career as a freelance writer for television and film Ted Roberts began his career in television in the 1960s, writing early episodes of Skippy the Bush Kangaroo. The series was screened in over eighty countries and its theme tune, composed by Eric Jupp, is one of the best known and most recognisable Australian tunes. The long version (the B side on the 45rpm record) has lyrics by Ted Roberts. Ted Roberts' other television credits include major Australian television series' ''Homicide'' (Seven Network - 1964-1976), ''Certain Women ''(ABC - 1973-1976), ''Rush'' (ABC - 1974-1976), ''''Patrol Boat'''' (ABC 1979-80), ''Water Rats'' (Nine Network - 1996-2001), ''A Country Practice'', ''Blue Heelers'', ''Mission Impossible'' and ''Star Trek''. His film credits include "Bush Christmas", which starred Nicole Kidman in her first film, playing "one of three children searching for a stolen racehorse... The 1983 film, directed by Henri Safran, gives us a skinny, pink-cheeked, abundantly plainted Nicole, many moments of good humour, some fine location shots filmed in Queensland's Lamington Plateau, and music from band the Bushwackers." (Weekend Australian, 26-27 Dec 09) His death on 23 February 2015 was announced two day later in a press release by the Australian Writers Guild.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Obituary: Ted Roberts – TV and movie writer )〕 ==Awards== He won four Australian Awgies and a Henry Lawson Festival Award for his writing, and received AFI and Logie nominations. He won the 1974 Australian Writers' Guild in the Original Television Drama Category for Three Men of the City. He was also winner of the Henry Lawson prize (for the TV miniseries Lindsay's Boy (ABC - 1974) ). In 2003 he was awarded the prestigious Richard Lane Award by the Australian Writers' Guild for Services to the Australian Writers' Guild. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ted Roberts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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