Background
PLOWRIGHT, David was born on December 11, 1930 in Scunthorpe. Son of William E. Plowright and Daisy M. Plowright.
PLOWRIGHT, David was born on December 11, 1930 in Scunthorpe. Son of William E. Plowright and Daisy M. Plowright.
Scunthorpe Grammar School.
Freelance correspondent and sports writer 1952. Reporter, feature writer and briefly equestrial correspondent, Yorkshire Post 1954. News; Producer, Current Affairs 1960, Executive Producer, Scene at 6.30 1964, Executive Producer, World in Action 1966, Head of Current Affairs 1968, Director 1968, Controller of Programmes 1969, Jt.
Manager Director 1975-1981, Manager Director 1981-1987, Chairman Granada television Limited. since 1987.
Director Granada Institute since 1975, Granada Group since 1981, Independent television News 88, Superchannel 1986-1989, British Satellite Broadcasting 1987-1990. Honorary Doctor of Literature (Salford) 1989.
Married Brenda M. Key in 1953.