Background
Pedrick was born on 15 June 1906, in London, England, and was educated at Sir Roger Manwood"s School at Sandwich.
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Education
Sir Roger Manwood"s School.
Career
He began work as a newspaper journalist, first for the Western Mail in Plymouth, in 1920, then for the Daily Dispatch in Manchester, before moving to London to be a theatre critic and feature writer for The Star. He began broadcasting for the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1926, but during World World War II served in the Devonshire Regiment and worked for the British Forces Broadcasting Service, which he was managing by 1944, from a studio in Algiers. Between 1946 and 1949 he was a script editor for the British Broadcasting Corporation. He also created and produced Pick of the Week, a compilation of the week"s broadcast highlights, which he selected.
He co-wrote George Formby"s last film, George in Civvy Street.
He appeared as a "castaway" on the British Broadcasting Corporation Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 15 February 1965. Pedrick collapsed and died at Tottenham Court Road station on 23 February 1970, aged 64.
An obituary was published in The Times the next day.
