Gavin Blyth
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About
Television producer and journalist who is best known for being the series producer of the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. In the year 2002, he became a senior publicist at the popular show. In January of 2009, he took over the job of overseeing the show.
Before Fame
In the year 1985, he started work as a journalist at his father's company Mercury Press Agency in Liverpool. He was a sports writer, and then worked as a photographer.
Trivia
He worked at Caters News Agency and became the editor and manager of its operations. In the year 2005, he was appointed as a story associate on Coronation Street. In May of 2011, he was posthumously awarded the Special Achievement Award at the British Soap Awards.
Family Life
He was the father of actor Tom Blyth. He had another son named Carter and a daughter named Anya.
Associated With
He signed many popular performers to Emmerdale including Kim Thomson, James Sutton, Suzanne Shaw and Pauline Quirke.
