# John Yorke

> John Roland Clifford Yorke is a British television producer, screenwriter, editor, and author who, as head of Channel 4 Drama (2003-2005), controller of BBC drama production (2006-2012) and managing director of Company Pictures (2013-2015), has commissioned or produced many award-winning television and radio programmes, including EastEnders, Wolf Hall, Shameless, Life on Mars, Father Brown, Spooks and The Archers. Yorke also founded the BBC Writers Academy.

*TV Producer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/john-yorke

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Movie Director ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Directors
- **Born:** 1962-07-09
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

John Roland Clifford Yorke is a British television producer, screenwriter, editor, and author who, as head of Channel 4 Drama (2003-2005), controller of BBC drama production (2006-2012) and managing director of Company Pictures (2013-2015), has commissioned or produced many award-winning television and radio programmes, including EastEnders, Wolf Hall, Shameless, Life on Mars, Father Brown, Spooks and The Archers. Yorke also founded the BBC Writers Academy.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 42.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 3.8 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 30.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 65.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0948801/ (@nm0948801)

## Sources
- [John Yorke (producer)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Yorke_(producer))
- [جان یورک](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%A9)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c9b33f30-605b-43a5-930f-599d75d339a6)
- [The Movie DB](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227839)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6265174)

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