Patricia Mary Barraclough (5 September 1951 – 21 November 2023) was an Australian television producer.

Born on 5 September 1951, in Surrey, England, to parents Edward and Mary Barraclough (née Dennis), she moved to Australia with her family in the 1950s.^[1][2] She completed her education at Sacré Cœur School in Glen Iris.^[1][2]

Barraclough became engaged in the social movements of the late 1960s and early 1970s, including the Vietnam Moratorium movement, and associated with radical figures of the time.^[1][2]

In 1974, she married Warwick Konopacki and started her career at ABC Television's Sydney headquarters.^[1][2] During her career, she worked as an executive producer of radio in Brisbane and as a producer on the program Lateline.^[1][2]

Barraclough was instrumental in launching Australian Story and the ACT edition of Stateline.^[1][2] Her work often focused on community issues, such as the Mr Fluffy asbestos crisis in Canberra.^[2]

In her later years, Barraclough lived in Murrumbateman, engaging in photography and wildlife conservation.^[2] She was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2022 and died on 21 November 2023.^[3][2]