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John Yorke | |
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Born | John Roland Clifford Yorke 9 July 1962 |
Alma mater | Newcastle University |
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Years active | 1994–present |
Employer | BBC / Channel 4 |
Television | EastEnders |
John Roland Clifford Yorke (born 9 July 1962)[1][2] is a British television producer and script editor, who was head of Channel 4 Drama 2003–2005,[3][4] controller of BBC drama production 2006-2012[5] and MD of Company Pictures (2013-2015).[6]
Yorke wrote Into the Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them (2014), a screenwriting guide that proposes a five act structure to film and television narrative.[7]