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name: "Peter Fincham"
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roles: ["Producer"]
born: "26 July 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 84
updated: "2026-09-16T21:40:48.913045+00:00"
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# Peter Fincham

Producer. Born 26 July 1956.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 26 July 1956
- **Active:** 1994–2004

## Biography

Peter Fincham is a British television producer and executive. Born on 26 July 1956, he was educated at Tonbridge School and Churchill College, Cambridge, where he participated in the Footlights.

He joined TalkBack Productions in 1985 as a producer and rose to become managing director in 1986 and chief executive in 2003. His executive producer credits include *The Day Today* (1994), *Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge* (1994), *I'm Alan Partridge* (1997), *Never Mind the Buzzcocks* (1996), *Brass Eye* (1997), *Ali G Indahouse* (2002) and *Green Wing* (2004). He later served as controller of BBC One from 2005 to 2007 and director of television at ITV from 2008 to 2016.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, news.bbc.co.uk, bbc.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Green Wing* (2004), Fi1m 83, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/green-wing.md)
- *Brass Eye* (1997), Fi1m 86, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/brass-eye.md)
- *Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge* (1994), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/knowing-me-knowing-you-with-alan-partridge.md)

## Also known for

- *Ali G Indahouse* (2002), Executive Producer
- *I'm Alan Partridge* (1997), Executive Producer
- *The Chelsea Detective* (2022), Writer
- *Never Mind the Buzzcocks* (1996), Producer
- *The Day Today* (1994), Producer, Executive Producer

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