John Fairley

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[edit]

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

Career[edit]

Newspapers[edit]

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

Radio[edit]

From 1965-68 he was a radio producer with BBC Radio.

Yorkshire Television[edit]

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.^[3]

Publications[edit]

He has written numerous books with Simon Welfare.

The Monocled Mutineer, 1978, about the Étaples mutiny, written with William Allison

Arthur C Clarke’s Mysterious World, published by Fontana 1980, written with Simon Welfare and Arthur C Clarke

Arthur C Clarke’s World of Strange Powers, published by Collins 1984, written with Simon Welfare and Arthur C Clarke

Arthur C Clarke’s Chronicles of the Strange and Mysterious, published by HarperCollins 1987, written with Simon Welfare and Arthur C Clarke

Arthur C Clarke’s Mysteries, published by Michael O’Mara Books Ltd. 1998, written with Simon Welfare

Personal life[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ "John Alexander Fairley". Companies House. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
^ ^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.
^ "The Underground Eiger". BFI. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2018.

External links[edit]

[1] "John Alexander Fairley". Companies House. Retrieved 23 December 2023.

[Highfield_Princess-2] 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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