The Blog from John Finch, television, writing and life experiences that define a writer
While developing his autobiography John Finch recalled how the worlds longest running drama nearly ended in its early years. [addthis tool=addthis_horizontal_follow_toolbox] 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 …
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
From: https://forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com you’re reading… 1970s, Granada Television, ITV, John Finch, Lez Cooke, Sam Sam (Granada, 1973-5) Posted by lezcooke ⋅ October 22, 2014 ⋅ 10 Comments In my book A Sense of Place: Regional British television drama, 1956-82, I argued that the 1980s saw a shift away from the production of …
From https://forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com ‘Forgotten Dramas 2’ at BFI Southbank: ‘It’s Dearer After Midnight’ + ‘The House That Jigger Built’ Posted by lezcooke ⋅ February 9, 2017 ⋅ Leave a comment Our Forgotten Dramas season continues on Friday 10 February at 8.40 pm in NFT2 with a double bill of two Granada dramas from …
Shaft of Light by John Finch A new edition is now available complete with a new cover In his 90’s John has just published his first Ebook – ‘A Shaft of Light’ A Shaft of light is a new e-publication of Johns novel ‘Cuddon Return’ re-pubished as ‘Shaft of Light’ …
John’s poetry book ‘Before, During and After the War’ is now available to buy on Amazon Find on LuLu It remains available directly on LuLu and can be obtained by book shops via Bertram’s Book Wholesalers ISBN: 978-0-244-35061-1 Bertrams Listing
A big thank you to the Coronation Street Blog for mentioning John’s new poetry book. LINK: https://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/original-coronation-street-writer.html
