John Fairley

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.
During his employment at Yorkshire Television, he was the Producer of the cave diving documentary "The Underground Eiger".
Publications.
He has written books with Simon Welfare.
Personal life.
He lives in North Yorkshire, in Eddlethorpe in Ryedale. He is married and has three daughters.