John Fairley
John Alexander Fairley FRTS (born 15 April 1938)[1] is a British former television producer from Yorkshire. 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
He was born in Liverpool. He attended a direct-grant grammar school in North West England, then went to The Queen's College, Oxford.
Career
Newspapers
He started at the Bristol Evening Post in 1963, then went to the London Evening Standard in 1964.
Radio
From 1965-68 he was a radio producer with BBC Radio.
Yorkshire Television
He worked for Yorkshire Television (now ITV Yorkshire). He was a television producer from 1968-78. 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 1984-92 of TV-am. During his employment at Yorkshire Television, he was the Producer of the cave diving documentary The Underground Eiger.[2]
Publications
He has written books with Simon Welfare.
- The Monocled Mutineer, 1978, about the Étaples mutiny, written with William Allison
Personal life
He lives in North Yorkshire, in Eddlethorpe in Ryedale. He is married and has three daughters.
See also
- Ward Thomas (television executive), former chairman from 1993-97 of Yorkshire Television
References
- Companies House
- "The Underground Eiger". BFI. British Film Institute. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
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Chairman of Channel 4 Racing 1997 - 2012 |
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Chief Executive of UKTV 1995 - 1996 |
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Managing Director of Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television 1993 - April 1995 |
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Director of Programmes at Yorkshire Television 1984 - 1992 |
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