Phil Parry
Phil Parry | |
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Born | |
Occupation | Journalist, author |
Years active | 1983–present |
Employer | Freelance |
Notable credit(s) | BBC Wales Panorama Week In, Week Out Wales at One Good Evening Wales |
Phil Parry is a Welsh freelance journalist and author formerly of BBC Cymru Wales.[1] His work has appeared on BBC Wales Panorama,[2] and Newsnight,[citation needed] and he was a presenter on the Welsh current affairs programme Week In, Week Out.[3] He currently runs the online investigative website "The Eye".[4]
Career[]
Parry joined BBC Wales in 1987 where for ten years he was a reporter for Week in Week Out.[5]
He later presented BBC Radio Wales news programmes.[6][7]
The 2003 BBC Wales Panorama programme "Fair Cops", presented by Parry,[8] questioned the police investigation of David Morris.[9] South Wales Police Detective Inspector Shane Ahmed sued the BBC for defamation,[10] and won an out of court settlement.[11] The programme won a BAFTA Cymru award for best current affairs programme in 2004.[10][2][12]
In 2010, he left the BBC.[13] Since then, he has been a freelance journalist and launched his own investigative website "The Eye" in 2011.[4]
In 2019, he wrote and published the book "A Good Story" (ISBN 9781916453258), giving an account of his career in journalism, and his difficulties with hereditary spastic paraplegia.[14]
References[]
- ^ "Phil Parry". Cambria Books. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Turner, Robin (5 September 2006). "Damages payout to Clydach detective over BBC claims". Western Mail. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ Shipton, Martin (5 July 2017). "BBC Wales current affairs show Week In Week Out to be axed". walesonline. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Shipton, Martin (23 September 2013). "BBC Wales staff furious at corporation's executive payoffs, says veteran insider". Western Mail. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "Asking awkward questions: 50 years of WIWO". BBC. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ "Geller pitches in for stadium roof". 26 April 2001. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "BBC Radio Wales – Good Evening Wales, 29/10/2009". BBC. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "Fair cops?". BBC News. 21 October 2003. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ "Morris guilty of Clydach murders". BBC News. 17 August 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Panorama vows to fight police writ and IOC fury". Press Gazette. 30 November 2001. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ "Clydach detective in BBC damages win". Western Mail. 5 September 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ "2004 Cymru Current Affairs | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org.
- ^ Shipton, Martin (5 July 2017). "BBC Wales current affairs show Week in Week Out to be axed". Western Mail. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ Phil Parry (9 January 2015). "The NHS battleground". Institute of Welsh Affairs.
External links[]
- Welsh autobiographers
- Welsh television presenters
- BBC Cymru Wales newsreaders and journalists
- Welsh journalists
- Welsh television journalists
- Living people
- Welsh writer stubs