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Stephen Dorril

Stephen Dorril

British academic, author, and journalist

Stephen Dorril (born 17 July 1955)[1] is a British academic, author, and journalist. He is a former senior lecturer in the journalism department of Huddersfield University[when?] and ex-director of the university's Oral History Unit[when?].[2][3] His books have mostly been about the UK's intelligence services. In 1983, Dorril co-founded the magazine Lobster with Robin Ramsay. He has been a consultant to BBC's Panorama programme.[3]

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Dorril has appeared as a specialist and consultant regarding intelligence matters on several radio and television programs: Panorama, Media Show, Secret History, World at One, NBC News, Canadian television, History Channel, French television, and others.[3] Dorril was due to serve as a consultant on a Channel Five series on the intelligence services[when?].[3] His first book Honeytrap, written with Anthony Summers about the Profumo affair, was one of the sources used for the film Scandal (1989).[citation needed]

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Books

  • Honeytrap: The Secret Worlds of Stephen Ward, with Anthony Summers. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1987). ISBN 0340429739.
  • Smear!: Wilson and the Secret State. New York: HarperCollins (1992). ISBN 0586217134.
  • The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s. Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Heinemann (1993). ISBN 0434201626.
  • MI6: Fifty Years of Special Operations. London: 4th Estate (2000). ISBN 1857020936.
  • MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service. New York: Simon & Schuster (2002). ISBN 0743203798.
  • Blackshirt: Sir Oswald Mosley and British Fascism. New York: Viking Press (2006). ISBN 0670869996. See: Excerpted notes + appendix.

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References

  1. [1]
    Dorril, Stephen. "Biography." Rogerdog.co.uk. Accessed Aug. 15, 2015. Archived from the original.
  2. [2]
    "Project Leaders". Asian Voices Oral History Project. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  3. [3]
    "Stephen Dorril Biography." Andrew Lownie Literary Agency. andrewlownie.co.uk. Archived from the original.
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