Brian Finch
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| Born |
James Brian Finch 25 July 1936 Standish, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 27 June 2007 (aged 70) Wigan, England |
| Education | Thornleigh Salesian College |
| Occupation | Television writer |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Moran |
| Children | Paul Finch and three daughters |
Brian Finch (25 July 1936 – 27 June 2007) was a British television scriptwriter and dramatist. His longest relationship was with the ITV1 soap opera, Coronation Street, for which he wrote 150 scripts between 1970 and 1989. He also helped the development of All Creatures Great and Small, The Tomorrow People, and Heartbeat. He contributed several episodes to the British detective programmes The Gentle Touch, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Bergerac and The Bill. It was for his work as a writer on Goodnight Mr Tom, a bittersweet drama starring John Thaw, for which he received a BAFTA.
Brian Finch was born in Standish, Lancashire, a descendant of Charles Dickenshis father was a miner. He was educated at St. Joseph's School and then Thornleigh Salesian College. At 15 years old he was a cub reporter for the local evening newspaper Westhoughton Journal.
His National Service was with the RAF at NATO's Fontainebleau headquarters in France, after which he worked on the Manchester Evening News. In 1961 he was working at the TV Times ghost-writing articles for the Beatles. He joined the BBC as a press officer for Top of the Pops and submitted his first drama script in January 1966 for the Wednesday Play outlet titled Rodney Our Intrepid Hero, a comedy about a newspaper reporter investigating a vice ring, starring Jim Norton in his first television role. In 1968 his first episode of Z-Cars was recorded.
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