Former Granada TV chairman Sir Denis Forman has died, aged 95.
One of the founding executives of Granada TV in the mid 1950s, he was responsible for giving the greenlight to shows such as Coronation Street and World in Action.
Forman, who also served as director of the British Film Institute and deputy chairman of the Royal Opera House, died on Sunday (February 24) at a nursing home in London, The Guardian reports.
ITV's director of television Peter Fincham paid tribute to Forman, describing him as "one of the great pioneers of British broadcasting".
He added: "He made a lasting contribution to quality drama and investigative journalism, being at the helm of Granada Television for the commissioning of Coronation Street.
"[He was] responsible for programmes such as World in Action, 7Up, Jewel in the Crown and Brideshead Revisited. He was a remarkable man and will be sadly missed."
Ray Fitzwalter, former editor and executive producer of World in Action,...
One of the founding executives of Granada TV in the mid 1950s, he was responsible for giving the greenlight to shows such as Coronation Street and World in Action.
Forman, who also served as director of the British Film Institute and deputy chairman of the Royal Opera House, died on Sunday (February 24) at a nursing home in London, The Guardian reports.
ITV's director of television Peter Fincham paid tribute to Forman, describing him as "one of the great pioneers of British broadcasting".
He added: "He made a lasting contribution to quality drama and investigative journalism, being at the helm of Granada Television for the commissioning of Coronation Street.
"[He was] responsible for programmes such as World in Action, 7Up, Jewel in the Crown and Brideshead Revisited. He was a remarkable man and will be sadly missed."
Ray Fitzwalter, former editor and executive producer of World in Action,...
- 2/25/2013
- Digital Spy
There was a terrific reminder last night of the brilliant investigative and campaigning journalism of Granada TV's World In Action in the 35 years from 1963 until 1998.
ITV1 screened a 90-minute documentary showing a variety of the highlights from the series with contributions from past editors - such as Ray Fitzwalter, John Birt, Leslie Woodhead, Steve Boulton and Ian McBride - plus a former editor, Paul Greengrass, cameraman George Jesse Turner, researcher Michael Apted and Granada's ex-chairman Sir Denis Forman.
Among about the programmes they spoke about, with understandable pride, were those that helped to effect genuine changes, such as the release of the innocent Birmingham Six, the reuniting of Anwar Ditta with her three children and the exposures of John Poulson and Reginald Maudling.
As Greengrass pointed out, it was the mixture of journalism and film-making that made the programmes so popular and so successful. It is fair to say World In Action...
ITV1 screened a 90-minute documentary showing a variety of the highlights from the series with contributions from past editors - such as Ray Fitzwalter, John Birt, Leslie Woodhead, Steve Boulton and Ian McBride - plus a former editor, Paul Greengrass, cameraman George Jesse Turner, researcher Michael Apted and Granada's ex-chairman Sir Denis Forman.
Among about the programmes they spoke about, with understandable pride, were those that helped to effect genuine changes, such as the release of the innocent Birmingham Six, the reuniting of Anwar Ditta with her three children and the exposures of John Poulson and Reginald Maudling.
As Greengrass pointed out, it was the mixture of journalism and film-making that made the programmes so popular and so successful. It is fair to say World In Action...
- 1/8/2013
- by Roy Greenslade
- The Guardian - Film News
Read the star's full written statement to the inquiry detailing incidents of press intrusion and alleged phone hacking
The Leveson Inquiry
Witness Statement for Part 1, Module 1
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Witness statement of Hugh Grant
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I, Hugh Grant, c/o Collyer Bristow Llp, 4 Bedford Row, London, WC1R 4Df will say as follows:
Documents referred to
1.
I make this statement in connection with my role as a Core Participant in the Leveson Inquiry.
2.
Save where the contrary appears, I make this witness statement from facts within my own knowledge and belief and which I believe to be true. There is now produced and shown to me marked "HG1" a small paginated bundle of documents. Where I refer to page numbers in this statement, I am referring to pages in "HG1".
Introduction
3.
I'd like, if I may, to make this statement wearing four hats. First as a normal person who used occasionally to buy and read popular newspapers.
The Leveson Inquiry
Witness Statement for Part 1, Module 1
_____________________________________
Witness statement of Hugh Grant
_____________________________________
I, Hugh Grant, c/o Collyer Bristow Llp, 4 Bedford Row, London, WC1R 4Df will say as follows:
Documents referred to
1.
I make this statement in connection with my role as a Core Participant in the Leveson Inquiry.
2.
Save where the contrary appears, I make this witness statement from facts within my own knowledge and belief and which I believe to be true. There is now produced and shown to me marked "HG1" a small paginated bundle of documents. Where I refer to page numbers in this statement, I am referring to pages in "HG1".
Introduction
3.
I'd like, if I may, to make this statement wearing four hats. First as a normal person who used occasionally to buy and read popular newspapers.
- 11/23/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
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