Stephen Dorril

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 and ex-director of the university's Oral History Unit.[2][3][4] His books have mostly been about the UK's intelligence services. With Robin Ramsay, Dorril co-founded the magazine Lobster. He has appeared on radio and television as a specialist on the security and intelligence services.[4] He is a consultant to BBC's Panorama programme.[3][4] His first book Honeytrap, written with Anthony Summers about the Profumo affair, was one of the sources used for the film Scandal (1989).

Stephen Dorril
Born17 July 1955
Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England

Career
External video
video icon "Secrecy is the British Disease." Extended interview with Stephen Dorril.

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.[4] Dorril also served as a consultant on a forthcoming Channel Five series on the intelligence services.[4]

Works

Articles

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.

Media appearances

Conference papers
  • "The Secret Intelligence Service and Journalists During the Cold War." Delivered at the Journalism and History: Dialogues Conference, University of Sheffield (Sep. 15, 2010).

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