Who is Stuart Prebble?

 

Stuart has worked in television since he left Newcastle University in 1823 where he studied Anglo-Saxon as a modern language.  He joined the BBC as a journalist and on-screen reporter, and was briefly famous in the north-east - even once hosting an entertainment spectacular in Blyth. He went on to produce and edit ITV's World In Action current affairs series, and was ITV's first Commissioning Editor for Factual programmes.  He was nominated for the BAFTA and had to try to look happy when he didn't win it, but was consoled by winning the RTS award for Best Factual Series. Stuart was eventually enticed to wear a suit, and rose through the ranks to become Chief Executive of ITV Digital - (which went into liquidation courtesy of Rupert Murdoch) and then ITV itself.  He left ITV in 2002 to set up an independent production company, Liberty Bell, where he originated and produced shows like the (various) Grumpies, Three Men in a Boat, the Alastair Campbell Diaries and many many more.  More recently he joined with friends to establish StoryVault Films, which makes terrific factual programmes for all the decent channels.  He also co-founded Storyvault.com, which is a web-site dedicated to collecting personal stories.  These days he does a lot of writing, which you can find out more about elsewhere on this site.  

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stuart.prebble@storyvault.tv

Gordon Wise, Curtis Brown. gordon@curtisbrown.co.uk


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Book of the Month - February 2016

The Insect Farm by Stuart Prebble

Brothers Jonathan and Roger Maguire each have an obsession. For Jonathan, it is his beautiful and talented girlfriend Harriet. For Roger, it is the elaborate universe he has constructed in a shed in their parents’ garden, populated by millions of tiny insects.

But Roger lives in an impenetrable world of his own and, after the mysterious death of their parents, Jonathan is forced to give up his studies to take care of him. This obligation forces Jonathan to live apart from Harriet – further fuelling his already jealous nature.

Their lives are abruptly shattered by a sudden and violent death, and Jonathan is drawn into a cat-and-mouse game with the police. Does Roger know more than he is letting on? A cleverly plotted mystery with a shock ending, The Insect Farm – Stuart Prebble’s awaited new novel – will linger long in the mind of its readers.

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