Roger Price (television producer)

Roger Damon Price (born 1941) is a retired British television producer, who was also active in North America. He created the children's science fiction series The Tomorrow People, Junior Points of View, the American sketch comedy Don't Look Now, the pilot episode UFO Kidnapped, the teen sketch comedy Turkey Television and the Canadian sketch comedy You Can't Do That on Television, which became hugely successful on Nickelodeon in the United States. He also produced the British children's television programmes, You Must Be Joking and Pauline's Quirkes, both of which also featured the band Flintlock.

Now retired, he lives in France.

Writing credits

Production	Notes	Broadcaster
Jackanory	"The Wish Horse" (1966)	BBC1
The Governor & J.J.	"A Day in the Life" (1970)	CBS
Koska and His Family	Television film (1973)	NBC
The Tomorrow People	64 episodes (1973–1975, 1977–1979)	ITV
You Must Be Joking!	"Episode #2.1" (1976)	ITV
The Kallikaks	"You Auto Buy Now" (1977) "Swami, How I Love Ya" (1977)	NBC
You Can't Do That on Television	143 episodes (1979–1990)	Nickelodeon
Don't Look Now	5 episodes (co-written with Geoffrey Darby, 1983)	PBS
Whatever Turns You On	15 episodes (co-written with Geoffrey Darby, 1979)	Nickelodeon
UFO Kidnapped	Feature film (co-written with Geoffrey Darby, 1983)	Nickelodeon
Turkey Television	6 episodes (co-written with Geraldine Laybourne, 1985)	Nickelodeon
The Tomorrow People	26 episodes (1992, 1994–1995)	ITV

Year	Award	Work	Category	Result	Reference
1987	CableACE Awards	Turkey Television	Children's Programing Special or Series - 9 and Older (with Geoffrey Darby and Adam Bernstein)	Nominated

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