Sir peter rogers biography

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Peter Rogers was born in Rochester, Kent on the 20th February 1914 in a bed next to his mother (a joke Peter likes to tell!). He started his career in journalism writing on the local paper and then in Fleet Street and he tried his hand writing radio plays for the BBC. He entered the film business as a writer of 5-minute religious shorts called Thought Of The Week for J Arthur Rank. After the war, when he was working as a scriptwriter for Gainsborough Pictures he teamed up with his future wife Betty Box, one of Britain's top film producers and they collaborated successfully on a number of productions at the old Islington Studios and later in Gainsborough Studios in Shepherds Bush. Rogers made several children's films including The Dog And The Diamonds which won a Venice Film Festival Award in 1963.

Even when the Carry On films became the focal point of Rogers' career, he remained a prolific producer making well over a hundred films, most of them with Gerald Thomas as director.

His wife, Betty Box, made numerous films including the popular Doctor series, all of which have been directed by Ralph Thomas, Gerald's older brother. Peter, a young producer at the time, formed a close working relationship with Gerald Thomas and together they make a formi

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Barry Day OBE, MA

Doctor of Letters

Barry Day was born in England and received his MA from Balliol College, Oxford. Day has written about Dorothy Parker, Oscar Wilde, Johnny Mercer, PG Wodehouse, and Rodgers and Hart. He has written and produced plays and musical revues showcasing the work of Noël Coward, the Lunts, Oscar Wilde, and others. Day is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Trustee of the Noël Coward Foundation and was awarded the OBE for services to British culture in the US. He lives in New York, London, and Palm Beach.

Bill Bryson OBE, FRS

Doctor of Science

Bill Bryson is a best-selling American author of humorous books on travel, as well as books on the English language and science. Born in the United States, he was a resident of Britain for most of his adult life before returning to the US in 1995. In 2003 Bryson moved back to Britain, living in Norfolk, and served as chancellor of Durham University from 2005 through 2011.

Bryson shot to prominence in the United Kingdom with the publication of Notes from a Small Island (1995), an exploration of Britain, and its accompanying television series. He received widespread recognition again with the publication of A Short History of Nearly Everything (2003), a book widely

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