Piers Fletcher is a

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and researcher, mainly working for the British

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'' QI'', broadcast on the BBC. Before working in television, Fletcher served in the

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, where he was in charge of the northernmost Observation Post in

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, meaning that if China invaded, he would have been one of the first soldiers to have faced them. After leaving the army he went to study at Balliol College, Oxford, and then left to become a

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in the

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specialising in

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futures, where he worked for twenty-two years. Fletcher then left his job and began working for ''QI'', where he became one of the show's "Question Wranglers" at the beginning of the second series, where he was involved in writing the questions. He was also given the post of "Health and safety, retractions and compliances officer", which involves dealing with complaints from viewers over questions, answers or statements that were broadcast which may be wrong. By the sixth series of ''QI'', Fletcher, or "Flash" as he is

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d by the rest of the ''QI'' crew, was given the post of producer, taking over from the original producer and creator of ''QI'', John Lloyd.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fletcher, Piers Living people English television writers English television producers BBC people Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford British Army officers Year of birth missing (living people)