Peter Chippindale (4 July 1945 – 10 August 2014) was a British newspaper journalist and author. He was born to Keith and Ruth Chippindale in Northern India, where his father was a captain in the 11th Sikh regiment. As a child he attended
Sedbergh School[Leigh, Peter]
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He worked initially for ''
The Guardian'' newspaper and was sent to Belfast at the height of
The Troubles. Chippindale reported on the
Birmingham Six trial and that of the
Guildford Four and "he thought they'd got the wrong men in both cases". His suspicions convinced
Chris Mullin to investigate and led eventually to their acquittal.
In 1981 he worked on documentaries for
London Weekend Television's ''The London Programme''. He was news editor for the left wing ''
News on Sunday'' and charted its demise with fellow ex-employee
Chris Horrie in their book ''Disaster: The Rise and Fall of News on Sunday''.
He also co-wrote ''Stick It Up Your Punter!'', a history of
Rupert Murdoch's ''
The Sun'' with Horrie.
Bibliography
* ''Juntas United'' (1978) with Ed Harriman.
Quartet Books. .
* ''The Thorpe Committal'' (1979)
Arrow Books
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* ''The British CB Book'' (1981)
* ''Disaster! The Rise And Fall of News On Sunday'' (1988) with
Chris Horrie. Penguin. .
* ''British Monarchy Plc: An Offer for Sale by Tender'' (1998) J. Bath. .
* ''Stick It Up Your Punter!'' (1990) with
Chris Horrie. .
* ''Dished!'' (1991) with Suzanne Franks and Roma Felstein.
Simon & Schuster.
* ''Life As Sutch'' (1991)
HarperCollins. .
* ''Mink!'' (1995)
Pocket Books. .
* ''Laptop of the Gods'' (1998)
Simon & Schuster. .
References
1945 births
2014 deaths
British male journalists
British writers
People educated at Sedbergh School
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