Peter Alan Yeldham OAM (25 April 1927 – 20 September 2022)[1][2] was an Australian screenwriter for motion pictures and television, playwright and novelist whose career spanned five decades.
He wrote several scripts and a weekly column for the magazine The Listener In before being called up for the army at 18, going to Japan with the Occupation Force, where he served with the radio unit.
After returning to civilian life he married and worked freelance, writing for Famous Trials, Medical File, Night Beat, The Golden Cobweb, For The Defence, and many other programs that he largely originated for Grace Gibson Productions.
[5] He also adapted Norman Lindsay's semi-autobiographical novel Age of Consent into a 1969 movie of the same name that launched Helen Mirren's theatrical film career.
Yeldham returned to Australia in 1976 where he wrote extensively for the ABC and independent producers, being the author of over fifteen mini-series including 1984's All The Rivers Run, and in 1987 Captain James Cook.