Graeme Fife is a prolix English writer, playwright and broadcaster. His first career was as a schoolmaster and pigeon fancier.
Fife was educated at schools in London and Durham University, where he gained a General Arts degree with first class honours in Greek language and literature.
Head of Classics for one year at a school in LancashireHead of Classics at Gresham's School, Holt, from 1970 to 1978Lecturer in Greek and Roman literature, University of ReadingPolly Polestar (Ginn & Co., 1989)The Wrong Side of the Bed (Ginn & Co., 1988) ISBN 0-602-28462-7Story in anthology: The Man in Black (1990)Arthur the King: a study of mediaeval romance in its social, literary and historical context (BBC Books, 1990, ISBN 0-563-21510-0)George Francis: Trainer of Champions (with George Francis, Mainstream, 1998, ISBN 1-84018-059-5)Tour de France: the history, the legend, the riders (Mainstream, 1999, ISBN 1-84018-918-5)Tour de France: Tour de Souffrance (translated from the French of Albert Londres, Cycle Sport, 1999)Inside the Peloton: Riding, Winning and Losing the Tour de France (2001, ISBN 1-84018-672-0)The Terror: The Shadow of the Guillotine, France 1792-1794 (2004, ISBN 0-7499-5005-6)Bob Chicken: A Passion for the Bike (2005, ISBN 0-9551225-0-3)Great Road Climbs of the Pyrenees (Rapha, 2006)The Beautiful Machine (2007, ISBN 1-84596-241-9)Angel of the Assassination (novel) (Merit, 2009)Great Road Climbs of the Southern Alps (Rapha, 2010)Brian Robinson, Pioneer (Mousehold Press 2010)Great Road Climbs of the Northern Alps (Rapha 2011)Praise Be to God (performed by Edward de Souza Orange Tree, London, 1987)Reg (performed by Edward de Souza, Orange Tree, 1987)The Great French Revolution Show (Deia Majorca, 1984)Lysistrata by Aristophanes (translated and adapted, Deia Majorca, 1984)The Silver Nutmeg (musical, with Peter Thorne)Grimaldi (musical drama, with Peter Thorne)Once Upon a Time... (dramatic song sequence for narrator and singers, with Peter Thorne)The Andria (translation from The Andria of Terence, with Sebastian Eden) (Gresham's School)The Weaker Sex (Southampton)Gesualdo (Edinburgh, London, Melbourne)Mr Shakespeare...Mr Liebowitz (Deià, Majorca)Jam (London, Edinburgh, Swindon)The Door (opera) FranceChavasse Park (promotional film for architectural development in Liverpool)Ghosts of Deptford (six short films about celebrated denizens of Deptford)Elias HoweSome thirty Stories about composers, Monologues and DuologuesSnipe 607Earth to EarthVivaldiRevolutionary PortraitsThe Whisper of the AxeArthur the KingLa MogadorThe March of the Ten ThousandThe Misfortune at SeahamA Breath of Fresh AirPearls Go with Pearls (script consultant)GodslotsSurviving WagnerSt Cecilia of SiciliaWilfCat’s Whiskers, six short playletsThe Figaro LettersThe Athenian TriremeDoggett’s Coat and BadgeThe Night StairsTimbuktu: Drowning in SandVegetarian Cyclistsover a hundred scripts for Pause for ThoughtBikesongsBicycle MusicSaint-Saëns, Samson et Dalila and the Lost GloryThe Fighting Temeraire, The Battle and the BreezeThe Sweetness of the GardenSpem in AliumBeau Geste (adapted for R4 Classic Serial)Robert Graves and Myth R3 Essays'The View from the Oarbench' in Frank Welsh, Building the Trireme (Constable, 1988)