The Blog from John Finch, television, writing and life experiences that define a writer
Listen to the Made in Manchester PodCast interview with John about the early days of Coronation Street https://distinctnostalgia.buzzsprout.com/650596/4117385-corrie-at-60-we-speak-to-early-street-writer-john-finch
John was recently interviewed by ITV about his role as one of the founding writers for Coronation Street. John wrote 140 episodes of ‘The Street’ Read more about Johns time on ‘The Street here’>>
The Curriculum Memories from John’s childhood, some of which you will find reflected in his Television and Published work – SAM and Cuddon Return/Shaft of Light A reader’s letter in a Yorkshire newspaper gives a brief picture of part of my education in the mid-thirties. It was written by someone …
I served as radio officer on two Dutch ships during the Second World War. The first of these, the New Holland was a large Dutch liner, previously registered in Indonesia but during the war was partly manned by Dutchmen and served the allies as a troopship. The second was a …
At the age of 95 in the midst of the Corona-virus emergency, John reflects on ‘Working From Home’ WORK at HOME seems to be the current slogan on the television and on the media generally. In fact, for more than sixty years, I always mostly worked at home.. I work …
While developing his autobiography John Finch recalled how the worlds longest running drama nearly ended in its early years. This is a Blog in 2 parts: Part 2 See Part One It was two o’clock in the morning. The building that housed what has since been christened as the …
While developing his autobiography John Finch recalled how the worlds longest running drama nearly ended in its early years. This is a Blog in 2 parts: Part one See Part 2 here >> The building stands impressively new on a side street off Deansgate in Manchester. Specially designed for the …
There have been some very nice comments added to this article on ‘Forgotten Television Drama’ Sam (Granada, 1973-5) It’s a real pleasure to find there are other fans of this superb series out there! I’m not exaggerating when I say I have watched the series at least 10 times since …
Very grateful for this recent post on social media and a comment from a talk group: Well, it’s rather like watching a DH Lawrence novel come alive. Sons and Lovers and all that. I don’t want to be read as making light of anything because I believe Mr. Finch wrote …
From a recent post to my Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/JohnFinchWriter
