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name: "John Fay"
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born: "1 January 1950"
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# John Fay

Writer. Born 1 January 1950 in Merseyside.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1950, Merseyside

## Biography

John Fay is a British television screenwriter and playwright. He began his television career writing for the Channel 4 soap opera *Brookside* before joining the writing staff of *Coronation Street*, where he contributed dozens of episodes and served as lead writer.

Fay created and wrote the 2007 ITV miniseries *Mobile*. He contributed episodes to *Clocking Off*, *Blue Murder*, *Robin Hood*, *Primeval* and *The Mill*, which he co-created. For *Torchwood* he wrote two episodes of the 2009 miniseries *Children of Earth* and one episode of *Miracle Day* (2011). He has also written for *Moving On* and the Netflix series *Medici*.

In 2005 Fay shared a BAFTA Television Award for Best Continuing Drama for his work on *Coronation Street*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Torchwood* (2006), Fi1m 73, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/torchwood.md)

## Also known for

- *Primeval* (2007), Writer
- *Robin Hood* (2006), Writer
- *Coronation Street* (1960), Writer

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