![]() ![]() It’s also deeply moving, and Anderson’s journey from a poor and miserable childhood to a period in which he commanded huge TV budgets and created adored series is an astonishing one.ĭavid Graham, who voiced Parker from Thunderbirds and was a long-time collaborator of Gerry's, sums up his contribution like this: "People like that don't come along very often who established a whole new genre in entertainment which is loved universally." Jamie AndersonĪ Life Uncharted is a balanced, warts-and-all profile with input from Gerry's two daughters Linda and Joy, his ex-wife Sylvia who died in 2016, his widow Mary, and colleagues who describe him variously as "one of the most honest chaps I’ve ever met" and "a very evil man". But sitting here now makes me very sad because I think in possibly an afternoon’s conversation, knowing what I know now, we could unpick so many things – which we have unpicked through this documentary."Ī Christmas to remember: Jamie at the age of three with his dad in 1988. "All these things have become really clear now and it’s been a wonderful experience. He wanted to be there but was very busy and so he expressed his desire to parent in a very peculiar way. "By the time I was born there were so many influences in his life about how he wanted to parent, he was overprotective but disconnected. But I’ve learnt about the way that his childhood and parents impacted on him and that was echoed through his life… and two failed marriages and losing touch with those children. "I always used to say he was a workaholic and I think the era in which he was born and raised had a lot to do with it – it’s very much that generation of children being seen and not heard. ![]() ![]() The project has been a voyage of discovery for Jamie, who says he "didn’t really know" his father. By entering your details, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions and privacy policy. ![]()
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