Phil Parry
Born
Wales
Occupation(s)Journalist, author
Years active1983–present
EmployerFreelance
Notable credit(s)BBC Wales Panorama
Week In, Week Out
Wales at One
Good Evening Wales

Phil Parry is a Welsh freelance journalist and author formerly of BBC Cymru Wales.[1] His work has appeared on BBC Wales Panorama,[2] and Newsnight, and he was a presenter on the Welsh current affairs programme Week In, Week Out.[3] He currently runs the online investigative website "The Eye".[4]

Career

Parry joined BBC Wales in 1987 where for ten years he was a reporter for Week in Week Out.[5]

He later presented BBC Radio Wales news programmes.[6][7]

The 2003 BBC Wales Panorama programme "Fair Cops", presented by Parry,[8] questioned the police investigation of Clydach murderer David Morris.[9] South Wales Police Detective Inspector Shane Ahmed sued the BBC for defamation,[10] and won an out of court settlement.[11] The programme won a BAFTA Cymru award for best current affairs programme in 2004.[10][2][12]

In 2010, he left the BBC.[13] Since then, he has been a freelance journalist and launched his own investigative website "The Eye" in 2011.[4]

In 2019, he wrote and published the book "A Good Story" (ISBN 9781916453258), giving an account of his career in journalism, and his difficulties with hereditary spastic paraplegia.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Phil Parry". Cambria Books. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  2. 1 2 Turner, Robin (5 September 2006). "Damages payout to Clydach detective over BBC claims". Western Mail. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  3. ↑ Shipton, Martin (5 July 2017). "BBC Wales current affairs show Week In Week Out to be axed". walesonline. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  4. 1 2 Shipton, Martin (23 September 2013). "BBC Wales staff furious at corporation's executive payoffs, says veteran insider". Western Mail. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Asking awkward questions: 50 years of WIWO". BBC. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  6. ↑ "Geller pitches in for stadium roof". 26 April 2001. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  7. ↑ "BBC Radio Wales – Good Evening Wales, 29/10/2009". BBC. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  8. ↑ "Fair cops?". BBC News. 21 October 2003. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  9. ↑ "Morris guilty of Clydach murders". BBC News. 17 August 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  10. 1 2 "Panorama vows to fight police writ and IOC fury". Press Gazette. 30 November 2001. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  11. ↑ "Clydach detective in BBC damages win". Western Mail. 5 September 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  12. ↑ "2004 Cymru Current Affairs | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org.
  13. ↑ Shipton, Martin (5 July 2017). "BBC Wales current affairs show Week in Week Out to be axed". Western Mail. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  14. ↑ Phil Parry (9 January 2015). "The NHS battleground". Institute of Welsh Affairs.


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