Detailed CV - John Fleming

ANGLIA TV
Scriptwriter, Promotions
Writer/Editor "Film Five"
Writer-Producer, Promotions
Director, Promotions
Director/Manager, Promotions
Script Consultant "Trisha"

ATV
Scriptwriter, Promotions
Concept/research "Moonlight Sonata" (documentary on wartime bombing of Coventry)
Researcher "Tiswas"

BBC TV
Researcher, Ceefax
Sub-Editor, Ceefax
Researcher, BBC TV News
Writer, BBC Elstree Entertainment Dept 'Offers'
Script Consultant, "Four Square" gameshow

PETER BEARD PRODUCTION
Script "The Jingle Zone" (launch promo)
Script "Lifestyle TV" (Dutch PR tape)
Script "Lifestyle TV" (UK marketing tape)
Script "Smirnoff's 170th Anniversary" (PR tape)
Script "Terry's Chocolates 1989 Xmas" (PR tape)

CAPLAN WILKIE
Co-director ITV sales tape
Concept ITV press/agency tape
Script Granada Productions US sales tape

CENTRAL TV
Researcher "Tiswas"
Researcher "The Saturday Show"
Associate Producer "The Saturday Show"

CHANNEL 5
Co-director station launch press tape
Consultant concept/script station launch programme

CHANNEL X
Researcher "The Last Resort With Jonathan Ross" for Channel 4
Talent Consultant "Tonight With Jonathan Ross" for Channel 4

GANGSTER VIDEOS
Production Manager & Consultant on:
"Angel of the Underworld"
"Bamford's Bust Up 1"
"Bamford's Bust Up 2"
"Beyond The Grave - The Krays"
"Ronnie Biggs Night Out 1 & 2"
"Bride of Bronson - I Married a Monster"
"Cass Pennant - Enough Said!"
"Cockney Rejects"
"Dave Courtney's Dodgy DVD"
"Dave Courtney - Even Dodgier"
"Dave Courtney's Party - Uncut!"
"Free at Last - Reg Kray's Funeral"
"Jimmy White - The People's Champion"
"Joe Egan With The Toughest Men on the Planet"
"The Krays' Geordie Connection"
"The Krays' Geordie Connection DVD"
"Mad Frank Fraser - Friends & Enemies"
"Punch-Up Volume 1"
"Punch-Up Volume 2"
"Punch-Up Volume 3"
"Pyle's Punch-Up 1"
"Pyle's Punch-Up 2"
"Pyle's Punch-Up 3"
"Pyle's Punch-Up 4"
"Pyle's Punch-Up 5"
"Pyle's Punch-Up 6"
"Pyle's Punch-Up 7"
"Pyle's Punch-Up 8"
"Pyle's Punch-Up 9"
"Pyle's Punch-Up 10"
"Pyle's Punch-Up 11"
"Roy Shaw: Brute Force"
"Roy Shaw: Fight School "
"Thug Club"
"Total Violence 1"
"Total Violence 2"
"A Tribute to Tony Lambrianou"
"The Ultimate Gangster Collection"
"The Ultimate Gangster DVD"
"The Ultimate Gangster DVD 2"
"Underground Boxing" (TV series)
"Warriors II"
"Warriors III"
"Warriors IV"

GRANADA TV
Scriptwriter/trailermaker, Promotions
Liaison/writing, local lunchtime News
Researcher "Cartoon Crackers"
Researcher "Hold Tight!"
Researcher "Ruby Turner in Concert"
Researcher "It Bites in Concert"
Researcher, pre-production "Runway"
Question contributor "Connections"
Editor/Manager, Promotions
Director, Promotions
Script Consultant "This Morning"

REG GRUNDY PRODUCTIONS
Question contributor "Txandaka" game show for Euskal Telebista, Spain
Question contributor "Txandaka" re-format for Euskal Telebista, Spain

HARPER CREATIVE
Voice-Over Director, three soft-core porn channels
Script consultant Hallmark promos
Script consultant TCM docu "The First 100 Years of The Western"
Voice-Over Director, MTV movie competitions
Voice-Over Director, Nickelodeon movie competition
Researcher TCM docu "The A-Z of Crime Movies"

HTV
Associate Producer, Promotions
Producer-Director, Promotions
Director, press, sales, marketing & sponsorship tapes
Director, HTV Group corporate tape
Director, Rights Division international launch tape

IMAGICIANS
Associate Producer "The World of Guinness Peat Aviation" (12 minute corporate video)

ITVA
Co-director ITV sales/marketing/press tapes
Co-director ITV re-launch tape

ITV NETWORK CENTRE
Co-director ITV sales/marketing tapes
Consultant concept & script, press/ad agency tape
Producer-Director, ITV Daytime relaunch promos
Consultant/Producer-Director, promos
Producer-Director, ITV2 sales tape

LAID BARE NET
Production Manager & Consultant on:
"Shell & Vanessa- Laid Bare"
"Sam Heuston - Laid Bare"
"The Laid Bare Collection"

LAMBIE HARPER
Launch promos Discovery Channel, Italy
Launch promos Discovery Channel, South Africa

NOEL GAY TV
Associate Producer, BSB series development
Associate Producer "The Flip Show" pilot for BSB
Associate Producer "Pull The Plug!" pilot for BSB
Fact contributor "La Triviata" for BSB
Question contributor "Origins" pilot for BSB
Talent consultant "The Happening" for BSB
Producer "Malcolm Hardee: 25 Years in Showbiz" for BSB
Producer "Jerry Sadowitz: The Last Laugh" for BSB
Producer, pre-production "Hardee's Half Hour" for Channel 4

OPEN MIKE
Talent Consultant "The Jack Dee Show" pilot for Channel 4
Researcher "Jack Dee's Saturday Night" for ITV

PERFORMANCE
Producer-Director, Promotions
Producer-Director, Corporate Commercials

TARA TV (Dublin)
Producer-Director station launch promos
Producer-Director station re-launch promos

TV1000
Producer-Director, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish promotions
Producer-Director, "Film till tusen":...Swedish movie preview programme (30 mins)

TVMAX (Prague)
Producer, Czech promotions for Max 1 & Supermax
Producer, Czech marketing tapes

TVS
Journalist/Trailermaker, Promotions
Researcher, "Prove It!"
Director, Promotions

UNIVERSAL HARMONY FILMS
Co-writer treatment, feature film "One Life Later"
Scriptwriter, feature film "One Life Later"

CHORTLE
Comedy reviews, Edinburgh Fringe

WRITERS' GUILD OF GREAT BRITAIN
Daily blog, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Advisor, Edinburgh Fringe New Writers' Awards

ANATOMY OF THE MOVIES:
INSIDE THE FILM INDUSTRY
(Pub: Macmillan in USA...Windward in UK & Ireland)
Contributed chapters on special effects, stunting and sci-fi in the movies. Other contributors included Martin Scorsese, Donald Sutherland, Robert Towne.

HANDSTANDS IN THE DARK
(Pub: Ebury Press/Random House in UK & Ireland)
Editor/consultant, autobiography of Glasgow comedienne, actress and playtwright Janey Godley.
No 3 hardback bestseller; top ten paperback bestseller

I STOLE FREDDIE MERCURY'S BIRTHDAY CAKE
(Pub: Fourth Estate in UK & Ireland...
Trafalgar Square in USA)
Co-author, autobiography of comic, agent, club-owner, 'godfather of alternative comedy' Malcolm Hardee.

SIT-DOWN COMEDY
(Pub: Ebury Press/Random House in UK & Ireland)
Editor, anthology of specially-commissioned writing by 19 British stand-up comedians.

THE STANDARD
FAMILY REFERENCE ENCYCOPEDIA
(Pub: Dutton-Elsevier in USA)
Multiple entries (and sub-editing) for a North American desk encyclopaedia on a wide variety of subjects from Cholera to Christianity, Abbeys to Zoroastrianism.

BOOKS - FORTHCOMING

TRAVELLER
(in preparation)
Author, biography of world-class archaeologist, sexual adventurer and Soviet Cold War 'asset'.

MONTHLY MAGAZINES

HALLS OF HORROR
teenage film magazine
Features and interviews on recent and cult horror movies by various production companies.

HOUSE OF HAMMER
teenage film magazine
Features and interviews on recent and cult horror movies by various production companies.

HOUSE OF HORROR
teenage film magazine
Features and interviews on recent and cult horror movies by various production companies.

it: THE INTERNATIONAL TIMES
hippie newspaper
Film Section editor: news, reviews and interviews on the latest movie releases and current film industry gossip.

MENSA MAGAZINE
general magazine
Interviews

STARBURST
film magazine
Interviews and features on current and cult SF/fantasy films and television programmes.

WEEKLY MAGAZINES

THE MOVIE
partwork
Reviews and features (as Martyn Sadler) on classic movies and film techniques.

SCREEN INTERNATIONAL
film trade paper
Interviews (as Martyn Sadler and John Fleming) with high-profile film industry figures.

TOPS
children's comic
Contributions to Sally James column on bizarre facts and eccentric people.

NEWSPAPERS

THE INDEPENDENT
UK national daily
The obituary of Malcolm Hardee

RADIO

BRITISH MENSA
Audition/Production Consultant
"HiQ" variety show (London showcase)

CHARLIE CHUCK PRODUCTIONS
Script consultant
"Charlie Chuck is Scrooge"
"John Laurie, Frazer and I"
(Edinburgh Fringe Festival)

CROSSWORDS PRODUCTIONS
Script consultant
"Legend of the BBC"
(Edinburgh Fringe Festival)

JANEY GODLEY
Creative Consultant
"Good Godley!"
(Edinburgh Fringe 2004)
"Janey Godley Is Innocent"
(Edinburgh Fringe 2005)
Production Co-Ordinator
“Good Godley!”
(Auckland & Wellington, New Zealand, 2006)
“Janey Godley’s Blog - Live!”
(Soho Theatre, London & Edinburgh Fringe 2006)
“Janey Godley's The Point of Yes”
“Janey Godley & Ashley Storrie's Square Street”
(Edinburgh Fringe 2006)
“Janey Godley's Chat Show"
“Janey Godley - Tell It Like It Is!”
(Edinburgh Fringe 2007)

MALCOLM HARDEE
Director
"I Stole Freddie Mercury's Birthday Cake"
(Edinburgh Fringe and Bath Festivals)
Producer
"The Malcolm Hardee Memorial Show"
(five-hour Hackney Empire tribute show)
"The Malcolm Hardee Charity Cabaret"
(five-hour Hackney Empire tribute show)