Wally K. Daly | |
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| Born | (1940-11-13)13 November 1940 Grangetown,Middlesbrough, England |
| Died | 30 April 2020(2020-04-30) (aged 79) |
Wally K. Daly (13 November 1940 – 30 April 2020)[1][2] was an English writer for television and radio and one-time chairman of theWriters' Guild of Great Britain. He was born inGrangetown,Middlesbrough.[citation needed]
As well as some minor acting roles includingZ-Cars, his writing credits includeJuliet Bravo,Casualty andByker Grove. He also wrote the 1984 radio seriesAnything Legal featuringDonald Hewlett andMichael Knowles.[citation needed]
Daly also wrote a story forDoctor Who calledThe Ultimate Evil but due to its hiatus, the story was cancelled but was published in the popular range ofDoctor Who books, then later adapted into aBig Finish audio story as a part of theirLost Stories audio range.[citation needed]
In the early 1980s, three of his stage plays were performed at theQueen's Theatre, Hornchurch -The Miracle Shirker,Vaughan Street (both 1980) and a stage adaptation of his radio and television playButterflies Don't Count (1982).[3]
Before the Screaming Begins (1978), the first part of a science fiction trilogy in three thirty-minute episodes for BBC Radio, featuredJames Laurenson,Donald Hewlett andPatrick Troughton. Part two was entitledThe Silent Scream. It too featured James Laurenson and Donald Hewlett and alsoHannah Gordon. Originally broadcast as a 90-minute play in 1979, it was re-broadcast in March and December 2008 as three thirty-minute episodes made from an off-air recording by Wally K. Daly as the original mastertape had been lost.[6] The third part was entitledWith a Whimper to the Grave.John Shrapnel replaced James Laurenson andMaureen O'Brien replaced Hannah Gordon. It also featuredDonald Hewlett,Angela Thorne,Patrick Troughton andTimothy West. As with the first two parts it was re-broadcast on BBC Radio 7 in March and December 2008 in three thirty-minute episodes made from an off-aircassette recording by Wally K. Daly.[citation needed]
He was also a presenter forBBC Radio 2 on a brief early Saturday morning stint in the summer of 1994.[7]
