John Yorke is Managing Director of both Angel Station and John Yorke Story, where he works as a drama producer, consultant, and lecturer on all forms of storytelling. A former MD of Company Pictures where he executive produced Wolf Hall, he’s worked as both Head of Channel Four Drama and Controller of BBC Drama Production. As a commissioning editor slash executive producer, he championed huge British hits such as Life On Mars, The Street, Shameless, and Bodies. In 2005 he created the BBC Writers Academy, a year-long in-depth training scheme that has produced a generation of successful television writers, many who have gone on to have their own shows.
The author of INTO THE WOODS, the biggest-selling screenwriting book in the UK for the last six years, John is a double BAFTA winner (as programme maker) and multi BAFTA winner (as commissioner). He consults on narrative across all broadcasting platforms and is also Visiting Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He lives in London but works as a story consultant worldwide.
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