Graeme Curry
Died: 24th February 2019 (aged 61 years)
Episodes Broadcast: 1988
Graeme Curry was born in Padstow, Cornwall. His skill as a countertenor
voice earned him a scholarship to Cambridge University, where he studied
English. Curry specialised in ancient choral music, but he also began to
work as a journalist, for which he won an award in 1982. In 1986, he
married singer Tessa Bonner; although their relationship would not last,
it did produce a daughter, Laura. Keen to expand his repertoire into
creative writing, Curry began to develop a radio play about racism in
sport called Over The Moon, which he entered into a scriptwriting
competition. It proved to be the winning entry, and judge Tony Dinner of
the BBC Script Unit encouraged Curry to send it to various production
offices, including Doctor Who.
Following discussions with script editor Andrew Cartmel, Curry wrote the
subversive The Happiness
Patrol. The 1988 adventure pitted Sylvester McCoy's Seventh
Doctor against the tyrannical Helen A, a thinly-veiled parody of Prime
Minister Margaret Thatcher. Curry also novelised his scripts for Target
Books. The same year, he enjoyed an on-screen cameo as a tourist in Silver Nemesis. Curry's other
television scripts included episodes of The Bill and
EastEnders. He continued to write for radio, while working as
a stage manager and for several educational organisations. Sadly, Curry
was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour which led to his death on
February 24th, 2019. Shortly beforehand, he married his partner, Susan
Robinson.
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