John Swinfield has enjoyed a distinguished career in television. After Fleet Street he worked for Anglia TV before joining Nationwide (BBC1) as a reporter and later The Money Programme (BBC2) as a reporter and studio presenter. His hour-long documentaries for The Money Programme included New York Debt City, highlighting the fiscal plight of the city; The Second Gold Rush, the story of Alaskan oil from Prudhoe Bay, and The Wildcatters, a film about the oil men of Oklahoma and Texas.

Returning to ITV he created the celebrated Enterprise series which won several awards. Filmed around the world it featured international business moguls from David Rockefeller to Sir Richard Branson, Robert Maxwell to Gloria Vanderbildt.

His other titles included The Second Revolution, a series which traced Britain's change from a manufacturing to a science based economy; Five Lives, in which Swinfield talked to the parents of tragically ill children; Professionally Speaking in which he interviewed leaders of the professions.

In south America and Latin America he made award winning films about dispossessed peoples before being made the executive producer of arts and features for Anglia TV where he was responsible for a wide range of programming.

The following is a list of some of the titles for which he was responsible.



Host SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT INSERT

Director MARQUEE: ROOMS AND THINGS

Host SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT

Director MARQUEE: YOTTIES

Presenter ANGLIA NEWS AND BUSINESS: ANGLIA NEWS AND BUSINESS

Executive Producer MARQUEE: SIR HENRY RIDER HAGGARD

Executive Producer MARQUEE: ANA MARIA PACHECO

Executive Producer MARQUEE: ROBERT CLARKE

Executive Producer MARQUEE: MARGARET MELLIS - A LIFE

Executive Producer MARQUEE: ELSPETH BARKER

Executive Producer MARQUEE: CRYSTAL PALACES

Executive Producer MARQUEE: A VOYAGE WITH NANCY BLACKETT

Executive Producer MARQUEE: SATURDAY

Executive Producer MARQUEE: The UNBREAKABLE RECORD

Executive Producer MARQUEE: EDDIE AND THE BOUFFANTS

Producer FIRST TAKE: OTHER LIFE

Executive Producer MARQUEE: COWBOYS STAY ON LONGER

Producer FIRST TAKE: BRIDE OF THE SUN

Executive Producer MARQUEE: NUTS ON HUTS

Producer FIRST TAKE: AS SEEN ON TV

Producer FIRST TAKE: NEED

Presenter HEARTLAND: SLAUGHTERHOUSE JOE

Presenter HEARTLAND: A BIT OF A CHANCER

Presenter HEARTLAND: FEENEY OF THE RIVER

Producer HEARTLAND: FEENEY OF THE RIVER

Director HEARTLAND: FEENEY OF THE RIVER

Producer HEARTLAND: The TIN MEN

Director HEARTLAND: The TIN MEN

Presenter HEARTLAND: BEGGARS IN PARADISE

Producer HEARTLAND: BEGGARS IN PARADISE

Director HEARTLAND: BEGGARS IN PARADISE

Director HEARTLAND: Wild Cathedral

Director HEARTLAND: Chaplain Ron

Director HEARTLAND: Colgan's patch

Director HEARTLAND: Who Cares About a Hooker?

Presenter The STOCKS AND SHARES SHOW: The FINAL

Producer The STOCKS AND SHARES SHOW: The FINAL

Presenter The STOCKS AND SHARES SHOW: The STOCKS AND SHARES SHOW

Producer The STOCKS AND SHARES SHOW: The STOCKS AND SHARES SHOW

Presenter The STOCKS AND SHARES SHOW: The STOCKS AND SHARES SHOW

Producer The STOCKS AND SHARES SHOW: The STOCKS AND SHARES SHOW

Presenter The STOCKS AND SHARES SHOW: The STOCKS AND SHARES SHOW

Producer The STOCKS AND SHARES SHOW: The STOCKS AND SHARES SHOW

Presenter The STOCKS AND SHARES SHOW: The STOCKS AND SHARES SHOW

Producer The STOCKS AND SHARES SHOW: The STOCKS AND SHARES SHOW

Presenter The STOCKS AND SHARES SHOW: The STOCKS AND SHARES SHOW

Producer The STOCKS AND SHARES SHOW: The STOCKS AND SHARES SHOW

Presenter The STOCKS AND SHARES SHOW: The STOCKS AND SHARES SHOW

Producer The STOCKS AND SHARES SHOW: The STOCKS AND SHARES SHOW

Presenter KING'S FLIGHT (1986)

Producer KING'S FLIGHT (1986)

Presenter The SECOND REVOLUTION (1985)



Presenter ENTERPRISE: ROBERT MAXWELL (1984)

Producer ENTERPRISE: ROBERT MAXWELL (1984)

Presenter ENTERPRISE: WEINSTOCK OF GEC (1984)

Producer ENTERPRISE: WEINSTOCK OF GEC (1984)

Presenter ENTERPRISE: CONRAN'S HABI-TOT (1983)

Producer ENTERPRISE: CONRAN'S HABI-TOT (1983)

Presenter ENTERPRISE: PLASTOW'S PEOPLE (1983)

Producer ENTERPRISE: PLASTOW'S PEOPLE (1983)

Presenter ENTERPRISE: MOUSE MILLIONS (1983)

Producer ENTERPRISE: MOUSE MILLIONS (1983)

Presenter ENTERPRISE: SUPERGAS (1983)

Producer ENTERPRISE: SUPERGAS (1983)

Presenter ENTERPRISE: BRANSON'S BEAT (1983)

Producer ENTERPRISE: BRANSON'S BEAT (1983)

Presenter ENTERPRISE: AFTER LAKER...ACKER? (1983)

Producer ENTERPRISE: AFTER LAKER...ACKER? (1983)

Presenter ENTERPRISE: The EMANUELS (1983)

Producer ENTERPRISE: The EMANUELS (1983)

Presenter ENTERPRISE: The HARLEY STREET BUSINESS (1983)

Producer ENTERPRISE: The HARLEY STREET BUSINESS (1983)

Presenter ENTERPRISE: OIL AND J.L. (1983)

Producer ENTERPRISE: OIL AND J.L. (1983)

Presenter ENTERPRISE: YEAR OF THE REAR (1981)

Editor ENTERPRISE: YEAR OF THE REAR (1981)

Producer ENTERPRISE: FAIR EXCHANGE (1981)

Producer ENTERPRISE: JINGLE SELL...JINGLE SELL...JINGLES ALL THE WAY (1981)

Presenter ENTERPRISE: The MUSTARD MAN (1980)

Editor ENTERPRISE: The MUSTARD MAN (1980)

Presenter ENTERPRISE: LORD KENNETH KEITH (1980)

Editor ENTERPRISE: LORD KENNETH KEITH (1980)

Presenter ENTERPRISE: The CHINA SYNDROME (1980)

Editor ENTERPRISE: The CHINA SYNDROME (1980)

Presenter ENTERPRISE: BULLETS, BOMBS AND BOOMS (1980)

Editor ENTERPRISE: BULLETS, BOMBS AND BOOMS (1980)

Presenter ENTERPRISE: LIFE BEGINS AT FORTE (1980)

Producer ENTERPRISE: LIFE BEGINS AT FORTE (1980)

Editor ABOUT BRITAIN: SHOP (1980)

Producer ENTERPRISE: The CASE FOR FRUIT AND NUT (1979)

Presenter ENTERPRISE: ENTERPRISE (1979)

Producer ENTERPRISE: ENTERPRISE (1979)

Producer ENTERPRISE: BROOM BOATS; VW - MILTON KEYNES; CORBY; BABY BUGGIES (1977)

Presenter The MONEY PROGRAMME: STARTING FROM SCRATCH (1976)

Presenter The MONEY PROGRAMME: AS OTHERS SEE US (1976)

Presenter The MONEY PROGRAMME: AS OTHERS SEE US (1976)

Presenter The MONEY PROGRAMME: LIKE FATHER LIKE SON (1976)

Presenter The MONEY PROGRAMME: SMALL IS DANGEROUS (1976)

Presenter The MONEY PROGRAMME: 1980 (1976)

Presenter The MONEY PROGRAMME: A STRONG AND HEALTHY POUND (1976)

Presenter The MONEY PROGRAMME: The FIRST TEN YEARS (1976)

Presenter The MONEY PROGRAMME: WHERE THE RAINBOW ENDS (1976)

Presenter The MONEY PROGRAMME: The MONEY PROGRAMME[09/01/76] (1976)

Presenter The MONEY PROGRAMME: The MONEY FIXERS (1975)

Presenter The MONEY PROGRAMME: SHAREPOWER (1975)

Presenter The MONEY PROGRAMME: The PRICE FIXERS (1975)

Presenter The MONEY PROGRAMME: MAY I SEE THE MANAGER? (1975)

Reporter The MONEY PROGRAMME: The SECOND GOLD RUSH (1975)

Reporter The MONEY PROGRAMME: The WILD-CATTERS (1975)

Reporter The MONEY PROGRAMME: The POST OFFICE (1974)

Presenter The BIG QUESTION: JESUS CHRIST, WHERE ARE YOU? (1973)

Presenter The BIG QUESTION: MAKE OR BREAK? (1972)

Presenter The BIG QUESTION: The FAMILY WAY? (1972)

Presenter The BIG QUESTION: WHO ON EARTH WAS JESUS? (1972)

Presenter The BIG QUESTION: HAVE YOU SINNED TODAY? (1972)

Presenter The BIG QUESTION: WHAT'S THE POINT OF PRAYER? (1972)

Presenter The BIG QUESTION: BIG QUESTION[06/11/72] (1972)

Presenter The BIG QUESTION: BIG QUESTION[30/10/72] (1972)

Presenter The BIG QUESTION: BIG QUESTION[23/10/72] (1972)

Presenter The BIG QUESTION: BIG QUESTION[16/10/72] (1972)

Presenter The BIG QUESTION: BIG QUESTION[09/10/72] (1972)