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”’Barry Pilton”’ (born 1946 in [[Croydon, Surrey]]) is a travel writer, radio and television comedy scriptwriter and novelist. He was educated in [[Dulwich College]] and [[King’s College London]]. In 1967-8 he taught English in [[Paris]] and from 1969 worked as a journalist on the ”[[Sunday Post]]”, becoming a freelance writer in 1976.<ref>One Man and His Bog author notes</ref> He has worked on ”[[Not the Nine O’Clock News]]”,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/authors/microsite.asp?id=844§ion=1 |title=Bloomsbury.com – Bloomsbury Author Information<!– Bot generated title –> |access-date=2007-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109160444/http://www.bloomsbury.com/authors/microsite.asp?id=844§ion=1 |archive-date=2007-11-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ”[[Shelley (TV series)|Shelley]]”,<ref>[http://www.cult.tv/index.php?cm_id=945&cm_type=article Cult TV – Reviews – SHELLEY – SERIES ONE<!– Bot generated title –>]</ref> ”[[Week Ending]]” and ”[[Spitting Image]]”.<ref>”The Valley” author notes</ref> Between 1984 and 1999 he lived in [[Llandefailogfach]] near [[Brecon]] in [[Mid Wales]] and his first novel ”[[The Valley (novel)|The Valley]]” is concerned with the effect of outsiders on the rural status quo. He now lives in [[Bristol]],<ref>[http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/yourwales/culture/tm_objectid=15191651&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=an-everyday-story-of-country-folk-name_page.html An everyday story of country folk – icWales<!– Bot generated title –>]</ref> and is working on a television adaptation of ”The Valley”.<ref>[http://www.bloomsbury.com/authors/details.aspx?tpid=1767 Bloomsbury.com – Bloomsbury Author Information]</ref> |
”’Barry Pilton”’ (born 1946 in [[Croydon, Surrey]]) is a travel writer, radio and television comedy scriptwriter and novelist. He was educated in [[Dulwich College]] and [[King’s College London]]. In 1967-8 he taught English in [[Paris]] and from 1969 worked as a journalist on the ”[[Sunday Post]]”, becoming a freelance writer in 1976.<ref>One Man and His Bog author notes</ref> He has worked on ”[[Not the Nine O’Clock News]]”,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/authors/microsite.asp?id=844§ion=1 |title=Bloomsbury.com – Bloomsbury Author Information<!– Bot generated title –> |access-date=2007-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109160444/http://www.bloomsbury.com/authors/microsite.asp?id=844§ion=1 |archive-date=2007-11-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ”[[Shelley (TV series)|Shelley]]”,<ref>[http://www.cult.tv/index.php?cm_id=945&cm_type=article Cult TV – Reviews – SHELLEY – SERIES ONE<!– Bot generated title –>]</ref> ”[[Week Ending]]” and ”[[Spitting Image]]”.<ref>”The Valley” author notes</ref> Between 1984 and 1999 he lived in [[Llandefailogfach]] near [[Brecon]] in [[Mid Wales]] and his first novel ”[[The Valley (novel)|The Valley]]” is concerned with the effect of outsiders on the rural status quo. He now lives in [[Bristol]],<ref>[http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/yourwales/culture/tm_objectid=15191651&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=an-everyday-story-of-country-folk-name_page.html An everyday story of country folk – icWales<!– Bot generated title –>]</ref> and is working on a television adaptation of ”The Valley”.<ref>[http://www.bloomsbury.com/authors/details.aspx?tpid=1767 Bloomsbury.com – Bloomsbury Author Information]</ref> |
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British writer
Barry Pilton (born 1946 in Croydon, Surrey) is a travel writer, radio and television comedy scriptwriter and novelist. He was educated in Dulwich College and King’s College London. In 1967-8 he taught English in Paris and from 1969 worked as a journalist on the Sunday Post, becoming a freelance writer in 1976.[1] He has worked on Not the Nine O’Clock News,[2] Shelley,[3] Week Ending and Spitting Image.[4] Between 1984 and 1999 he lived in Llandefailogfach near Brecon in Mid Wales and his first novel The Valley is concerned with the effect of outsiders on the rural status quo. He now lives in Bristol,[5] and is working on a television adaptation of The Valley.[6]
