John Yorke (television producer)
| John Yorke | |
|---|---|
| Born |
John Roland Clifford Yorke 9 July 1962 Stepney, London, England |
| Alma mater | Newcastle University |
| Occupation | Television Producer, script editor |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Employer | BBC / Channel 4 |
| Television | EastEnders (2000–2002, 2005, 2017–) |
John Roland Clifford Yorke (born 9 July 1962) is a British television producer who has been the Executive Consultant and de facto Executive Producer of EastEnders since November 2017. He was previously Executive Producer of EastEnders from 2000 to 2002 and 2005.
Yorke attended Newcastle University. He joined the BBC in 1986, working initially in radio as a studio manager and then as a producer on BBC Radio 5.
In 1994, he moved to television, working as a script editor on EastEnders before becoming storyline consultant on Casualty. In 1999, after a brief period as producer on Sunburn starring Michelle Collins, he took on the executive producer role on EastEnders. During his time there, he was given the task of introducing the soap's fourth weekly episode and managed a win over long-running rival Coronation Street in a rare head-to-head showdown.
He axed the majority of the Di Marco family and helped introduce popular characters such as the Slater family. As what Mal Young described as "two of EastEnders most successful years", Yorke was responsible for big ratings winners such as "Who Shot Phil?", Ethel Skinner's death, Jim Branning and Dot Cotton's marriage, abusive Trevor Morgan, and Kat Slater's revelation to her daughter Zoe that she was her mother. Yorke was also responsible for Kim Medcalf being cast in the role of Sam Mitchell in January 2002, after Danniella Westbrook's drug addiction left her unsuitable for the role.
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