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Comment: Other sources: * Obituary: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph-obituaries-robert/174613031/* Airey Neave film https://www.newspapers.com/image/807109521/?match=1&clipping_id=174613078* Obituary covers BBC post war relaunch : https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian-drama-on-two-fronts/174613144/ * http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/901205/index.htmlKylieTastic (talk) 11:31, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
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Robert Barr | |
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| Born | 22 December 1909 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 30 January 1999 (aged 89) |
| Occupation | Journalist, writer, novelist |
| Nationality | Scottish |
Robert Barr (22 December 1909 – 30 January 1999) was a Scottish short story writer, BBC war correspondent and tv writer.[1][2][3][4]
Biography
[edit]Barr was born 22 December 1909 in Glasgow.[4] He married Janet Connell in 1936 with whom they had one daughter together.[4]
Career
[edit]He went to the Ardennes during World War II in December 1944 to do a story on troops preparing for Christmas.[5] He had expected a quite environment but sound himself in the middle of the Battle of the Bulge during his thirty days on the story.[5]
He moved to Reading, Berkshire with his wife in 1949, to be closer to London as he was writing TV and radio documentaries at the time.[6]
Barr returned to the Ardennes in 1959 to contrast his war time visit in winter with a summer in the woods, and the piece on the contrast was released on the BBC as "After the Battle".[5]
After living in the Reading area for thirty years he moved back to his family home on the Isle of Bute on the west coast of Scotland.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Robert Barr". The Herald. 6 February 1999. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
- ^ Purser, Philip (6 February 1999). "Robert Barr obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Barr, Robert (1909-1999) Biography". www.screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ a b c "Obituary: Robert Barr". The Independent. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ a b c "Contrasts Between War and Peace". Nottingham Evening News. 23 December 1959. p. 5. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Why writer bade Reading farewell". Reading Evening Post. 12 September 1979. p. 2. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
External links
[edit]- Robert Barr at IMDb