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Rory Cellan-Jones was born in London in 1958. His father James Cellan Jones was a BBC TV director and film director, [ 5 ] and his mother was Sylvia Rich, a BBC secretary. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] His half-brother Simon Cellan Jones is a film director. [ 5 ]
Sep 3, 2023 · Until he read his mother’s letters, Rory Cellan-Jones knew little or nothing of the relationship that followed. In his childhood, his father was simply a name on TV credits – director in the 1960s of The Forsyte Saga, among other notable successes.
May 8, 2021 · Then she came to London and met my father, James Cellan Jones. He had joined the BBC in 1955 and went on to be a major public figure, directing drama series like The Forsyte Saga and...
Sep 29, 2023 · Sylvia Rich with her sons Stephen and Rory, when he was a toddler. Picture: Rory Cellan-Jones. Rory Cellan-Jones had a difficult relationship with his mother, Sylvia. It was only after her...
Sep 7, 2023 · From the popular journalist, podcaster and tweeter about his rescue dog #SophiefromRomania comes a moving memoir in search of the truth behind his isolated childhood and absent father. Rory Cellan-Jones knew he was the child of a brief love affair between two unmarried BBC employees.
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In 1996, Rory Cellan-Jones discovered a remarkable archive of his mother’s life while clearing her council flat. Twenty-five years later, he used these letters to write Ruskin Park, a memoir about her life and his unknown father.
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May 9, 2021 · Then she came to London and met my father, James Cellan Jones. He had joined the BBC in 1955 and went on to be a major public figure, directing drama series like The Forsyte Saga and Fortunes of War. When I was born in 1958, he was 28 and she was 43.
