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	==Death==		==Death==
	He died on 14 September 2006 after suffering from [[Alzheimer's disease]] for some years.<ref name="eagletimes" />		He died on 14 September 2006 after suffering from [[w:Alzheimer's disease\|Alzheimer's disease]] for some years.<ref name="eagletimes" />

	==References==		==References==

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	'''Peter George Derek Ling''' (27 May 1926 – 14 September 2006)<ref name="auto">{{cite web \|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2006/peter-ling/ \|title=Archived copy \|website=www.thestage.co.uk \|access-date=15 January 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719220705/https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2006/peter-ling/ \|archive-date=19 July 2019 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> was a British writer of television, radio and comic strips, best known for his television work. With his professional partner, [[Hazel Adair (screenwriter)\|Hazel Adair]], he co-created the soap opera ''[[Crossroads (British TV series)\|Crossroads]]''.		'''Peter George Derek Ling''' (27 May 1926 – 14 September 2006)<ref name="auto">{{cite web \|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2006/peter-ling/ \|title=Archived copy \|website=www.thestage.co.uk \|access-date=15 January 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719220705/https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2006/peter-ling/ \|archive-date=19 July 2019 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> was a British writer of television, radio and comic strips, best known for his television work. With his professional partner, [[w:Hazel Adair (screenwriter)\|Hazel Adair]], he co-created the soap opera ''[[w:Crossroads (British TV series)\|Crossroads]]''.

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Ling was born in [[Thornton Heath]], the son of a stage magician and a teacher, and was educated at [[Whitgift School]].<ref name="telegraph">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1530377/Peter-Ling.html Obituary: Peter Ling], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', 3 October 2006</ref> As a child he appeared in the [[Radio Luxembourg (English)\|Radio Luxembourg]] children's show ''The Ovaltinies'', and wrote an article for ''[[Good Housekeeping]]'' magazine at the age of 14.<ref name="bearalley">Steve Holland, [http://bearalley.blogspot.com/2006/09/peter-ling-1926-2006.html Peter Ling (1926–2006)], Bear Alley, 21 September 2006</ref>		Ling was born in [[w:Thornton Heath\|Thornton Heath]], the son of a stage magician and a teacher, and was educated at [[w:Whitgift School\|Whitgift School]].<ref name="telegraph">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1530377/Peter-Ling.html Obituary: Peter Ling], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', 3 October 2006</ref> As a child he appeared in the [[w:Radio Luxembourg (English)\|Radio Luxembourg]] children's show ''The Ovaltinies'', and wrote an article for ''[[w:Good Housekeeping\|Good Housekeeping]]'' magazine at the age of 14.<ref name="bearalley">Steve Holland, [http://bearalley.blogspot.com/2006/09/peter-ling-1926-2006.html Peter Ling (1926–2006)], Bear Alley, 21 September 2006</ref>

	He was conscripted to work in the coal mines as a "[[Bevin Boys\|Bevin Boy]]" during the [[Second World War]], but was transferred to the Army Pay Corps due to ill-health.<ref name="auto"/> After the war, recovering from [[tuberculosis]] in a British Legion Sanatorium, he published his first novel, ''Voices Offstage'' (1947), and began submitting comedy scripts to [[BBC radio]], selling some to [[Jon Pertwee]]'s radio show ''Waterlogged Spa''.<ref name="eagletimes">[http://eagle-times.blogspot.com/2008/09/eagle-writers-peter-ling-1926-2006.html Peter Ling (1926–2006)], eagle-times.blogspot.com, 24 September 2008.</ref> This led to work on television, including the BBC's children's show ''Whirligig'' (1950),<ref name="telegraph"/> where he met actress Sheilah Ward, whom he married in 1954.<ref name="bearalley"/>		He was conscripted to work in the coal mines as a "[[w:Bevin Boys\|Bevin Boy]]" during the [[w:Second World War\|Second World War]], but was transferred to the Army Pay Corps due to ill-health.<ref name="auto"/> After the war, recovering from [[w:tuberculosis\|tuberculosis]] in a British Legion Sanatorium, he published his first novel, ''Voices Offstage'' (1947), and began submitting comedy scripts to [[w:BBC radio\|BBC radio]], selling some to [[w:Jon Pertwee\|Jon Pertwee]]'s radio show ''Waterlogged Spa''.<ref name="eagletimes">[http://eagle-times.blogspot.com/2008/09/eagle-writers-peter-ling-1926-2006.html Peter Ling (1926–2006)], eagle-times.blogspot.com, 24 September 2008.</ref> This led to work on television, including the BBC's children's show ''Whirligig'' (1950),<ref name="telegraph"/> where he met actress Sheilah Ward, whom he married in 1954.<ref name="bearalley"/>

	==Writing==		==Writing==

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	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927204818/http://www.crossroadsnetwork.co.uk/society/peterling.htm Interview with Peter for CAS]		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927204818/http://www.crossroadsnetwork.co.uk/society/peterling.htm Interview with Peter for CAS]

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|death_place = [[Hastings]], [[East Sussex]], England
|occupation = {{hlist|Screenwriter|radio writer|comic strip writer|soap opera creator|novelist|songwriter}}
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'''Peter George Derek Ling''' (27 May 1926 – 14 September 2006)<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2006/peter-ling/ |title=Archived copy |website=www.thestage.co.uk |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719220705/https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2006/peter-ling/ |archive-date=19 July 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> was a British writer of television, radio and comic strips, best known for his television work. With his professional partner, [[Hazel Adair (screenwriter)|Hazel Adair]], he co-created the soap opera ''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]''.

==Early life==
Ling was born in [[Thornton Heath]], the son of a stage magician and a teacher, and was educated at [[Whitgift School]].<ref name="telegraph">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1530377/Peter-Ling.html Obituary: Peter Ling], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', 3 October 2006</ref> As a child he appeared in the [[Radio Luxembourg (English)|Radio Luxembourg]] children's show ''The Ovaltinies'', and wrote an article for ''[[Good Housekeeping]]'' magazine at the age of 14.<ref name="bearalley">Steve Holland, [http://bearalley.blogspot.com/2006/09/peter-ling-1926-2006.html Peter Ling (1926–2006)], Bear Alley, 21 September 2006</ref>

He was conscripted to work in the coal mines as a "[[Bevin Boys|Bevin Boy]]" during the [[Second World War]], but was transferred to the Army Pay Corps due to ill-health.<ref name="auto"/> After the war, recovering from [[tuberculosis]] in a British Legion Sanatorium, he published his first novel, ''Voices Offstage'' (1947), and began submitting comedy scripts to [[BBC radio]], selling some to [[Jon Pertwee]]'s radio show ''Waterlogged Spa''.<ref name="eagletimes">[http://eagle-times.blogspot.com/2008/09/eagle-writers-peter-ling-1926-2006.html Peter Ling (1926–2006)], eagle-times.blogspot.com, 24 September 2008.</ref> This led to work on television, including the BBC's children's show ''Whirligig'' (1950),<ref name="telegraph"/> where he met actress Sheilah Ward, whom he married in 1954.<ref name="bearalley"/>

==Writing==
In 1952 he was invited to write comic strips for the ''[[Eagle (comic)|Eagle]]'', including the schoolboy series "The Three J's", illustrated by artist Peter Kay (1953–59), which was adapted for television in 1958. With Ward, he also co-wrote strips for ''Eagle''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s sister title ''[[Girl (UK comics)|Girl]]'', including ''Two Pairs of Skates'' (1956–57) and ''Penny Starr'' (1957). The couple also wrote a ''Girl'' spin-off novel, ''Angela has Wings'', based on the comic strip ''Angela Air Hostess'', created by [[Betty Roland]].<ref name="bearalley"/><ref name="eagletimes"/>

In 1955 he joined [[Associated-Rediffusion]] as script editor, working on shows including ''Murder Bag'', ''Crime Sheet'' and ''Jango'', and was later appointed Head of Children's Series.<ref name="telegraph"/> He and [[Hazel Adair (actress and screenwriter)|Hazel Adair]] co-wrote ''[[Compact (TV series)|Compact]]'', a soap set in magazine publishing, for the BBC from 1962 to 1965. The two writers followed this up with ''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]'', a soap set in a motel, which began on ITV in 1964; the format's principal run lasted until 1988. The writing partners followed it with ''[[Champion House]]'', a Yorkshire [[family saga]] set in the textiles industry, shown on the BBC from 1967 to 1968. Ling wrote for ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'', ''[[Sexton Blake]]'', ''[[No Hiding Place]]'', ''[[Doctor Who]]'' ("[[The Mind Robber]]", 1968), and, with Sheilah Ward, ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' ("Ashes of Roses", "Dance with Death", and "Box of Tricks").<ref name="telegraph"/><ref name="bearalley"/>

He continued to write for radio, including adaptations of [[Sherlock Holmes]] and [[Gideon Fell]] stories and the [[Arnold Bennett]] novel ''[[Imperial Palace (novel)|Imperial Palace]]'', and wrote scripts for the Radio 2 soap [[Waggoner's Walk]] in 1969.<ref name="eagletimes"/><ref name="times">[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article645709.ece Obituary: Peter Link], ''[[The Times]]'', 14 September 2006.</ref>

===Novels and songs===
He published several novels, including the novelisation of his ''Doctor Who'' serial "The Mind Robber" for [[Target Books]];<ref name="eagletimes"/> three novels in the "Crown House" series, ''Crown House'' (1988), ''Crown Papers'' (1989) and ''Crown Wars'' (1996); three in the "Docklands Saga" or "Watermen" series, ''High Water'' (1991), ''Flood Water'' (1992) and ''Storm Water'' (1993); two stand-alone novels, ''Halfway to Heaven'' (1994) and ''Happy Tomorrow'' (1995);<ref name="bearalley"/> and bodice-rippers under the name Petra Lee. He also wrote songs, including "Why Not Now?", which was a hit for [[Matt Monro]] in 1961.<ref name="auto"/>

==Death==
He died on 14 September 2006 after suffering from [[Alzheimer's disease]] for some years.<ref name="eagletimes" />

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0512728}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927204818/http://www.crossroadsnetwork.co.uk/society/peterling.htm Interview with Peter for CAS]

{{Crossroads (soap opera)}}
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