Date of Birth
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1944
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Place of Birth
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United Kingdom
(Eurasia, United Kingdom, with Dependencies and Territories, Western Europe, Europe, Littlehampton Lifeboat Station)
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Nationality
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United Kingdom
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Profession
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Television Producer, Theatre Director
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Chris Parr is a British theatre director and television executive.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Parr was Fellow in Theatre at the University of Bradford. In the mid-1970s, he became Artistic Director of the Traverse Theatre.
In 1994, he was appointed head of drama at BBC Birmingham. In the same year he produced the Takin' Over the Asylum, which won a BAFTA award. By 2002, he had moved to Thames Television as head of drama.
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