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John Fairley

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John Alexander Fairley FRTS (born 15 April 1938)[1] is a British former television producer from Liverpool, who now lives in Yorkshire.[2] With William Allison he wrote the 1978 book The Monocled Mutineer, made into a well-known 1986 BBC One controversial drama series, adapted by Alan Bleasdale.

Early life

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He was born in Liverpool.[2] He attended MerchantTaylor's school in Crosby, Merseyside and then went to The Queen's College, Oxford.

Career

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Newspapers

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He started at the Bristol Evening Post in 1963, then went to the London Evening Standard in 1964.

Radio

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From 1965 to 1968 he was a radio producer with BBC Radio.

Yorkshire Television

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He worked for Yorkshire Television (now ITV Yorkshire). He was a television producer from 1968 to 1978. He became Managing Director of Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television in 1993 until April 1995. He was replaced on 15 May 1995 by Bruce Gyngell, the former managing director from 1984 to 1992 of TV-am. During his employment at Yorkshire Television, he was the Producer of the cave diving documentary The Underground Eiger.[3]

Publications

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He has written numerous books with Simon Welfare.

Personal life

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He lives in North Yorkshire, in Eddlethorpe in Ryedale. He is married and has three daughters.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "John Alexander Fairley". Companies House. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b Berry, Chris (14 January 2023). "Highfield Princess: At the Yorkshire yard of former Channel 4 Racing boss John Fairley's 'fastest sprinter in Europe'". The Yorkshire Post. Archived from the original on 23 December 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  3. ^ "The Underground Eiger". BFI. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
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