Peter Chippindale (4 July 1945 – 10 August 2014) was a British newspaper journalist and author. He was born to Keith and Ruth Chippindale in Northern India, where his father was a captain in the 11th Sikh regiment. As a child he attendedSedbergh School^[1]

He worked initially forThe Guardian newspaper and was sent to Belfast at the height ofThe Troubles. Chippindale reported on theBirmingham Six trial^[2] and that of theGuildford Four and "he thought they'd got the wrong men in both cases".^[3] His suspicions convincedChris Mullin to investigate and led eventually to their acquittal.^[4]

In 1981 he worked on documentaries forLondon Weekend Television'sThe London Programme.^[5] He was news editor for the left wingNews on Sunday and charted its demise with fellow ex-employeeChris Horrie in their bookDisaster: The Rise and Fall of News on Sunday.^[6] He also co-wroteStick It Up Your Punter!, a history ofRupert Murdoch'sThe Sun with Horrie.^[1]

• Juntas United (1978) with Ed Harriman.Quartet Books.ISBN 978-0704332119.
• The Thorpe Committal (1979)Arrow Books.ISBN 978-0099204008.
• The British CB Book (1981)
• Disaster! The Rise And Fall of News On Sunday (1988) withChris Horrie. Penguin.ISBN 978-0747402305.
• British Monarchy Plc: An Offer for Sale by Tender (1998) J. Bath.ISBN 978-1854200167.
• Stick It Up Your Punter! (1990) withChris Horrie.ISBN 0434126241.
• Dished! (1991) with Suzanne Franks and Roma Felstein.Simon & Schuster.
• Life As Sutch (1991)HarperCollins.ISBN 978-0207172403.
• Mink! (1995)Pocket Books.ISBN 978-0671854201.
• Laptop of the Gods (1998)Simon & Schuster.ISBN 978-0684816135.

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