Peter Goodchild CChem FRSC (born 18 August 1939)
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is a former BBC television editor, who notably edited ''Horizon'' and who initiated the popular 1980s BBC science series ''
Q.E.D.''.
Early life
He studied at
St John's College, Oxford. Before Oxford, he was a student at Aldenham, located near Elstree, Herts.
Career
BBC
He joined the BBC's ''
Horizon'', becoming a producer from 1965-69.
From 1969-76 he was Editor of ''Horizon'', at the time the series was much in its heyday and essential viewing for many people. Under him, it won a
BAFTA award (
British Academy Television Awards) in 1972 and 1974 for Best Factual Series.
He was executive producer of the BAFTA Award winning series ''Marie Curie'' (1977) and ''
Oppenheimer'' (1980).
From 1980-84 he was BBC Television's Head of Science & Features; in this position he created ''
QED''. From 1984-89 he branched out, away from science, becoming BBC Television's Head of Plays; in this position, he created ''
Screen One
''Screen One'' is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and distributed by BBC Worldwide, that was transmitted on BBC One from 1989 to 1998. A total of six series were broadcast, incorporating sixty individual fil ...
'', ''
Screen Two
''Screen Two'' was a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1985 to 1998 (not to be confused with a run of films shown on BBC2 under the billing ''Screen 2'' between April 1977 and March ...
'' and ''
Screenplay''. From 1989-94 he was an executive producer in the BBC Film department.
References
External links
Talking about his time at ''Horizon''*
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1939 births
Alumni of St John's College, Oxford
BBC executives
BBC television producers
Fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Horizon (British TV series)
Living people