John Fairley

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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 .

• The Monocled Mutineer, 1978, about the Étaples mutiny, written with

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[]

External links[]

• Books
• IMDb