Michael Grade
Birthday: 1943-03-08
Place of Birth: London, England
Biography: Michael Ian Grade, Baron Grade of Yarmouth, CBE is an English television executive and businessman. He was chairman of the BBC from 2004 to 2006 and executive chairman of ITV plc from 2007 to 2009. Since 2011, he has been a Conservative Party life peer in the House of Lords.
Movies
Frost on Sketch Shows
Sir David Frost traces the development of the sketch show over the last fifty years, from variety th...
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The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse
The extraordinary story of comedian Bob Monkhouse's life and career, told through the vast private a...
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The Trial of Jack The Ripper
The Trial of Jack the Ripper (2002) The Trial of Jack the Ripper, was a TV Special, shown on the Di...
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The Real Tom Thumb: History's Smallest Superstar
Michael Grade reveals the story of General Tom Thumb, the world's first global show business celebri...
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Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
A history of the British television comedy double act Morecambe & Wise to coincide with the BBC dram...
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Best Ever Bond
Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast...
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The Story of Music Hall
Michael Grade traces the raucous history of the music hall in a revelatory journey that takes him fr...
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Burt Bacharach - A Life in Song
Filmed at London's Royal Festival Hall in 2015, A Life In Song presents on-stage conversations betwe...
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Goodbye Television Centre
After 53 years Television Centre, the BBC's TV headquarters, is closing its doors and Michael Grade ...
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British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Documentary celebrating the British sitcom and taking a look at the social and political context fro...
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The Fight for Saturday Night
Michael Grade tells a tale of television skullduggery and dirty dealings in the battle to win the Sa...
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An Audience With Victoria Wood
British comedy legend Victoria Wood entertains a star-studded audience including Julie Walters, Judi...
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Trials and Tribulations
A retrospective of Colin Baker's turbulent three-years as the Sixth Doctor in Doctor Who (1963), cov...
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Morecambe & Wise: The Lost Tapes
A series of sketches taken from the recently-unearthed Morecambe & Wise tape that contained footage ...
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Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
To mark the 25th anniversary since the first transmission of Blackadder in 1983, the iconic cast of ...
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Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
Comedy legend Stanley Baxter returns from retirement and returns to the Christmas schedules with a t...
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