G. F. Newman

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birthdate = birth date and age|1946|5|22|df=yes
birthplace = Kent, England
occupation = Writer and television producer
nationality = English
period = 1970s–present
genre = Crime fiction and politics
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Gordon Frank Newman (born 22 May 1946)cite news |first= Simon|last= Hattenstone|title= Natural lawman|url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/saturday_review/story/0,,416148,00.html|work= Saturday Review|work= The Guardian|publisher= |date= 2000-12-30|accessdate=2007-09-21 ] is an English television producer and writer. He is known for his two series "Law and Order" and "The Nation's Health", each based on his books.

Newman has very strong and sometimes controversial views on a variety of subjects, and these are reflected in his choice of subjects for writing. He has little faith in conventional medicine, believing that alternative therapy is far more effective. He claims that doctors are not interested in prevention, and are too close to the interests of the major pharmacutecal companies in just releasing ever more powerful drugs. He does acknowledge the benefits of nursing though.

He is also not impressed by the police service. He joked that he would rather see community members wearing pink uniforms working to prevent disturbances in their own areas.

He is also a very devout vegan, and when producing or directing television programmes insists that no meat at all is consumed on the sets. He says he has no problem with the act of eating flesh in itself, but it is the attitude that because one species is stronger or more sophisticated than another it has the right to kill it which he is strongly against. Therefore if an animal died of natural causes and someone wanted to eat it he would have no problem with that.

Having no political allegiance to either left or right wings, he once considered starting him own party on his passionate issues, but realized that getting over 600 strong candidates who completely agreed with all his views would be too tough.

Recent TV series created by Newman include "Judge John Deed" and "New Street Law". He is currently working on a follow-up to Law and Order, and a series of single plays for the BBC.

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