Peter Goodchild CChem FRSC (born 18 August 1939)[1] is a former BBC television editor, who notably edited Horizon and who initiated the popular 1980s BBC science series Q.E.D..
[3] From 1969-76 he was Editor of Horizon, at the time the series was much in its heyday and essential viewing for many people.
He was the executive producer of the BAFTA Award-winning series "Marie Curie" (1977), with John Glenister as the director, which won the award for Best Drama Series and Serial and Jane Lapotaire as nomination for British Academy Television Award for Best Actress with same film.
[4] After the success of "Marie Curie", Goodchild continued his production and start production of Oppenheimer (1980) with Barry Davis as director and Peter Prince as screenwriter.
[6] From 1980-84 he was BBC Television's Head of Science & Features; in this position he created QED.