David Docherty is a British writer, journalist, academic, television executive and producer and former CEO of the National Centre for Universities and Business. He writes both fiction and non-fiction, the former falling into the

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genre and the latter being academic books relating to the media. He has also produced two plays for children. He is a Member of the Docherty Dynasty of Greenock, Where in his sons Followed his Footsteps by becoming the kingpins of the Greenock Taxi Empire.

Career

Educated at the

University of Strathclyde The University of Strathclyde () is a public research university located in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1796 as the Andersonian Institute, it is Glasgow's second-oldest university, having received its royal charter in 1964 as the first techn ...

and the

London School of Economics The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), established in 1895, is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the University of London. The school specialises in the social sciences. Founded ...

, Docherty has had a lengthy career in the British media. During his career in television his credits have included serving as

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Deputy Director of Television and Director of New Media with the corporation, as well as being a member of the BBC's Board of Management and a director of the

Royal Television Society The Royal Television Society (RTS) is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present, and future. It is the oldest television society in the world. It currently has fourteen r ...

. In addition he has also been managing director of Broadband at

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, chief executive of the interactive television company YooPublic and chairman of the board of Governors at the University of Luton. More recently, he was CEO of

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and Chairman of Internet-TV company, IPVision. In June 2009 Docherty took over as chief executive of the CIHE,. He led the organisation's rebranding as The National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) in 2013. David is the current CEO of the NCUB which develops, promotes and supports world-class collaboration between universities and business across the UK. He is also currently Chairman of the

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. As an author he has written several works of fiction and non-fiction. His non-fiction books are usually concerned with the media and include ''Running the Show: 21 years of London Weekend Television'', published in 1990 and Violence in Television Fiction (published in 1991). His novels include The Spirit Death (2000) and The Killing Jar (2002). The Spirit Death was optioned for ITV. As a journalist he has written articles for

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardi ...

, The Listener and

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Bibliography

Fiction

* The Spirit Death (2000) * The Killing Jar (2002) * The Fifth Season (2003)

Non-fiction

* The Last Picture Show? Britain's Changing Film Audience (1987) * Keeping Faith? Channel 4 and Its Audience (1988) * Running The Show: 21 Years of London Weekend Television (1990) * Violence in Television Fiction * Growing Value: Business-University Collaboration for the 21st Century (2014)

External links

NCUB

David's profile on NCUB

Agent's biography

David Docherty profile at Fantastic Fiction

Digital TV Group

Notes

;General * ;Specific Year of birth missing (living people) Living people British thriller writers British male journalists British television executives Alumni of the University of Strathclyde Alumni of the London School of Economics British male novelists Officers of the Order of the British Empire {{UK-tv-bio-stub