<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Yorke_(producer)" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Yorke</a> is the former head of <a href="https://www.channel4.com/commissioning/4producers/drama" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Channel 4 Drama</a> and controller of BBC Drama Productions. He’s behind many of television’s most popular and enduring shows, such as <a href= "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088512/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Eastenders</a>, <a href= "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377260/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Shameless</a>, <a href= "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478942/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Life on Mars</a> and <a href= "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0160904/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Spooks</a>. He’s also author of best-selling screenwriting book ‘<a href= "https://www.amazon.co.uk/Into-Woods-Stories-Work-Tell/dp/0141978104/ref=sr_1_2_twi_pap_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1541177724&sr=8-2&keywords=into+the+woods" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them’.</a></p> <p>John has devoted a large part of his career to understanding and interrogating the principles of story structure.</p>
