John Morgan (British journalist)
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates John Morgan (1929–1988) was a Welsh journalist and broadcaster. Morgan worked for the BBC as a presenter on programmes such as Panorama,<ref name="BBC Profile">Template:Cite web</ref> and wrote for the New Statesman, The Spectator and The Sunday Times, among other publications.
Early life
Morgan was born in Treboeth, Swansea, grew up in Morriston and attended the University College of Swansea.<ref name="Stephens1998">Template:Cite book</ref>
Career
In 1961 he interviewed Aldous Huxley in a one-off TV film of the same name, about modern society, Christianity, his life in the USA, his friend D. H. Lawrence, and giving up the search for utopia.<ref name="Aldous">Template:Cite web</ref>
Morgan wrote the librettos for two television operas produced by HTV: Alun Hoddinott's The Magician (1976), and Norman Kay's A Christmas Carol (1978).<ref>National Library of Wales</ref>
When Morgan was diagnosed with terminal cancer, he made a film for the 4 episode Channel 4 series Concerning Cancer, documenting his experience.<ref name="BFI Concerning Cancer">Template:Cite web</ref> His film titled The Enemy Within, won the 1989 Grierson Award for "Best Documentary."<ref name="BFI Enemy Within">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Grierson 1989">Template:Cite web</ref> A collection of his articles was published posthumously in 1993.
Works
- John Morgan's Wales (Christopher Davies, 1993)
References
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