John Fairley
Introduction
John Alexander Fairley FRTS (born 15 April 1938) 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.
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.