Gail Renard

Gail Renard is a writer, producer and performer. She is the current treasurer and former chair of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) and is a vocal supporter of writers, lobbying through the WGGB, in Westminster and Brussels.^[1]

Gail Renard
Born	New York
Occupation	Writer, producer, performer
Website
www.gailrenard.com

Early life

At the age of 16, she joined John Lennon and Yoko Ono for their "Bed-In for Peace" protest in order to interview them for a school paper.^[2]

She describes how Lennon sat with her on the floor and wrote out the lyrics to "Give Peace a Chance" on a piece of card in large letters so that people could read it as they sang along for a recording of the song.^[3]

Lennon gave her the lyrics and they were auctioned in 2008^[4][5]

Her TV writing career was encouraged by John Cleese who introduced her to radio and television producers.^[6]

Awards

Renard's Custer's Last Stand Up won the BAFTA for best British Children's Series in 2001.^[7]

Filmography

Television work by Gail Renard

Year	Title	Writer	Producer	Performer	Notes
1972-1973	Doctor in Charge	Yes	No	No
1974	Doctor at Sea	Yes	No	No	Wrote 2 episodes
1975-1977	Doctor on the Go	Yes	No	No	Wrote 2 episodes, one of which 'A Turn for the Nurse' attracted commentary for being written by two women. [8]
1975-1977	Kim & Co	Yes	No	No	Wrote 1 episode 1975
1978–1979	The Famous Five	Yes	No	No
	Pipkins	Yes	No	No
	All About Babies	Yes	No	No
1977-1981	Robin's Nest	Yes	No	No	Wrote episode 33 Albert's Ball
1987-2009	ChuckleVision	Yes	No	No	Wrote Series 10 E11, Series 11 E1, E5 & E15 Series 12 E4, E8 & E12
2001	Custer's Last Stand Up	Yes	Yes	No	Creator and also wrote most of the episodes.
2020	Monty & Co	Yes	Yes	No

Bibliography

Non-fiction

Name	Year	Author (Other)	ISBN	Notes
Give Me a Chance: My Eight Days with John and Yoko	2010		ISBN 978-1406323078