My friend John Miller, who has died aged 85, was an author of authorised biographies, including those of Judi Dench, Peter Ustinov and Ralph Richardson, and a producer for the BBC and ITV.
John joined the BBC as a general trainee in 1962, before he went on to become a producer in Schools TV. He was then seconded to Unesco to create the Broadcasting Training Institute in Kuala Lumpur, before returning to the BBC Open University as a senior producer, educational studies. After leaving the BBC in 1981, John became a founding member of Television South, the ITV franchise for the south and south-east of England, as head of features and education (1981-92).
