Gil North's eleven novels following the investigations of Detective-Sergeant Cluff, in the fictional and close-knit moorland market town of Gunnarshaw, were first published in the 1960s. Incredibly popular, they were adapted for BBC Television and regularly attracted twelve million viewers. Gil North wrote the scripts for every episode.Gil North was the pen-name of Geoffrey Horne (1916-1988). He was born inSkipton, North Yorkshire, where his father was Town Clerk. Horne was educated at the local grammar school, then studied at Christ's College, Cambridge, before embarking on a career as a civil servant in Nigeria and Cameroon.He later returned to pursue his writing ambitions in his native Skipton, which was not only the inspiration for Gunnarshaw, but also the location where the televisiondrama Cluff was filmed.

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Gil North's eleven novels following the investigations of Detective-Sergeant Cluff, in the fictional and close-knit moorland market town of Gunnarshaw, were first published in the 1960s. Incredibly popular, they were adapted for BBC Television and regularly attracted twelve million viewers. Gil North wrote the scripts for every episode.Gil North was the pen-name of Geoffrey Horne (1916-1988). He was born inSkipton, North Yorkshire, where his father was Town Clerk. Horne was educated at the local grammar school, then studied at Christ's College, Cambridge, before embarking on a career as a civil servant in Nigeria and Cameroon.He later returned to pursue his writing ambitions in his native Skipton, which was not only the inspiration for Gunnarshaw, but also the location where the televisiondrama Cluff was filmed.

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Gil North's eleven novels following the investigations of Detective-Sergeant Cluff, in the fictional and close-knit moorland market town of Gunnarshaw, were first published in the 1960s. Incredibly popular, they were adapted for BBC Television and regularly attracted twelve million viewers. Gil North wrote the scripts for every episode.Gil North was the pen-name of Geoffrey Horne (1916-1988). He was born inSkipton, North Yorkshire, where his father was Town Clerk. Horne was educated at the local grammar school, then studied at Christ's College, Cambridge, before embarking on a career as a civil servant in Nigeria and Cameroon.He later returned to pursue his writing ambitions in his native Skipton, which was not only the inspiration for Gunnarshaw, but also the location where the televisiondrama Cluff was filmed.

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