Peter Stanford
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Peter James Stanford 23 November 1961 Macclesfield, Cheshire, England |
| Occupation | Journalist, author, broadcaster |
| Notable credit(s) | Catholic Herald, The Daily Telegraph, The Tablet, Lord Longford biographer |
Peter James Stanford (born 23 November 1961) is a British writer, editor, journalist and presenter, known for his biographies and writings on religion and ethics. His biography of Lord Longford was the basis for the 2006 BAFTA-winning film Longford starring Jim Broadbent in the title role. A former editor of the Catholic Herald newspaper, Stanford is also director of the Longford Trust for prison reform.
Peter Stanford was educated by Christian Brothers at St Anselm's College, Birkenhead. He read history at Merton College, Oxford.
Stanford began his journalistic career in 1983 at the Catholic weekly newspaper The Tablet. He was the editor of The Catholic Herald from 1988 to 1992. His resignation, to concentrate on writing books, coincided with the publication of Catholics and Sex, which he co-authored with fellow journalist Kate Saunders. They later presented a four-part TV series with the same title on Channel 4. It won a bronze medal at the New York International Television and Film Festival in 1993. Subsequent TV and radio work includes presenting The Devil: An Unauthorised Biography (BBC1, 1996) and Pope Joan (BBC1, 1998), both based on his own books. He also presented the Channel 5 series The Mission (1997) and BBC Radio 2's Good Morning Sunday (2003 and 2004) as well as being a regular panelist on BBC Radio 4's The Moral Maze (1996) and Vice or Virtue (1997).
Stanford has written for The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Observer and The Independent on Sunday and has written a monthly column in The Tablet since 2003. He is a feature writer on the Daily Telegraph.
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