Keith Hellawell
Biography
Keith Hellawell QPM is a British retired police officer, former UK Government drugs-czar, ex-chairman of Sports Direct plc. and current chairman of the Huddersfield Giants Rugby League club. After starting his career as a coal miner, he joined Huddersfield Borough Police in 1962.
Known For & Full Filmography3 Titles
Drama Series - 1953, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.
Drama Series - 1963, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
World in Action was Granada Television’s flagship ITV current affairs series, running from 7 Jan 1963 to 7 Dec 1998, and built a reputation for film-led investigative reporting and a forceful editorial stance. Its journalism produced major public and political repercussions—including investigations associated with miscarriages of justice such as the Birmingham Six—and it also served as a platform for landmark documentary projects, including the first broadcast of “Seven Up!” as part of the strand in 1964.
Drama Series - 2020, 16 episodes • as Self - Superintendent, Bradford
For five years, from 1975 to 1980, the Yorkshire Ripper murders cast a dark shadow over the lives of women in the North of England. 13 women were dead and the police seemed incapable of catching the killer. No one felt safe – and every man was a suspect.