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Piers Fletcher is a British
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and researcher, mainly working for the BBC
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'' QI''. Before working in television, Fletcher served in the
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, where he was in charge of the northernmost Observation Post in
Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
, meaning that if
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invaded, he would have been one of the first soldiers to have faced them. After leaving the army he went to study at
Balliol College, Oxford Balliol College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded in 1263 by nobleman John I de Balliol, it has a claim to be the oldest college in Oxford and the English-speaking world. With a governing body of a master and aro ...
, and then left to become a
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in the
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specialising in
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futures, where he worked for twenty-two years. Fletcher then left his job and began working for ''QI'', where he became one of the show's "Question Wranglers" at the beginning of the second series, where he was involved in writing the questions. He was also given the post of "Health and safety, retractions and compliances officer", which involves dealing with complaints from viewers over questions, answers or statements that were broadcast which may be wrong. By the sixth series of ''QI'', Fletcher, or "Flash" as he is
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d by the rest of the ''QI'' crew, was given the post of producer, taking over from the original producer and creator of ''QI'', John Lloyd.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fletcher, Piers Living people 20th-century British Army personnel Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford BBC television producers British television producers British television writers Year of birth missing (living people)