My friend and colleague Colin Adams, who has died aged 78, was a former controller of drama at the BBC who had worked his way up through the organisation first as a broadcaster and editor, then as an executive.
Born in Runcorn, Cheshire, Colin was one of the three children of Phyllis (nee Hayes) and Bill Adams, who worked for ICI. Colin failed his 11-plus and left Balfour Road secondary modern boys’ school at 16, going on to Runcorn College of Further Education to study shorthand and typing, which helped him in his first job as a junior reporter on the Cheshire Observer.
