Career
Background
Yorke attendedEarly career - the 1990s and ''EastEnders''
In 1994, he moved to television, working as a script editor on ''The 2000s
In May 2002, he left the soap for a senior position under Mal Young in the BBC's in-house Drama Series team, but soon after he left to work forThe 2010s
In 2010, Yorke's job title was changed to that of Controller Continuing Drama Production Studios. He was the executive producer of the Internet spin-off '' EastEnders: E20'' and BBC daytime drama, '' Land Girls''. In March 2012, Yorke became acting editor of radio soap ''Return to ''EastEnders''
In June 2017, it was announced that ''EastEnders'' executive producer Sean O'Connor had stepped down and would be temporarily replaced by Yorke as executive consultant. Yorke announced that he would be staying with the show for a year, longer than his original three months he was contracted to. Under Yorke ''EastEnders'' won its first BAFTA for Continuing Drama in three years – and the last one to date.TV shows commissioned by Yorke
''Waterloo Road''
Waterloo Road was commissioned by Yorke on his arrival at the BBC from Channel 4. Briefed to find a new returning pre-watershed drama, Yorke approachedFather Brown
The initial idea forLife on Mars
When Yorke became head ofThe Street
Yorke worked with Brookside writerReferences
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