Michael Grade

Michael Grade

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.

  • Title: Michael Grade
  • Popularity: 1.456
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1943-03-08
  • Place of Birth: London, England
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  • Also Known As: Michael Grade CBE
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Michael Grade Movies

  • 2013
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    Frost on Sketch Shows

    Frost on Sketch Shows

    8.5 2013 HD

    Sir David Frost traces the development of the sketch show over the last fifty years, from variety theatre to primetime television.

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  • 2011
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    The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse

    The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse

    5.8 2011 HD

    The extraordinary story of comedian Bob Monkhouse's life and career, told through the vast private archive of films, TV shows, letters and...

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  • 2002
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    The Trial of Jack The Ripper

    The Trial of Jack The Ripper

    1 2002 HD

    The Trial of Jack the Ripper (2002) The Trial of Jack the Ripper, was a TV Special, shown on the Discovery Channel, in 2002, the programme...

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  • 2014
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    The Real Tom Thumb: History's Smallest Superstar

    The Real Tom Thumb: History's Smallest Superstar

    6 2014 HD

    Michael Grade reveals the story of General Tom Thumb, the world's first global show business celebrity who went from humble beginnings in America to...

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  • 2011
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    Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes

    Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes

    1 2011 HD

    A history of the British television comedy double act Morecambe & Wise to coincide with the BBC drama about their early lives.

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  • 2002
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    Best Ever Bond

    Best Ever Bond

    5 2002 HD

    Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast members recall their favourite moments.

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  • 2011
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    The Story of Music Hall

    The Story of Music Hall

    1 2011 HD

    Michael Grade traces the raucous history of the music hall in a revelatory journey that takes him from venues such as Wilton's Music Hall in London...

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  • 2016
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    Burt Bacharach - A Life in Song

    Burt Bacharach - A Life in Song

    7.5 2016 HD

    On February 26 2016, Eagle Rock Entertainment released A Life In Song - a concert film celebrating the life and career of Burt Bacharach, featuring...

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  • 2013
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    Goodbye Television Centre

    Goodbye Television Centre

    1 2013 HD

    After 53 years Television Centre, the BBC's TV headquarters, is closing its doors and Michael Grade gathers together many of its best-loved faces to...

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  • 2016
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    British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

    British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

    5.7 2016 HD

    Documentary celebrating the British sitcom and taking a look at the social and political context from which our favourite sitcoms grew. We enjoy a...

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  • 2014
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    The Fight for Saturday Night

    The Fight for Saturday Night

    7 2014 HD

    Michael Grade tells a tale of television skullduggery and dirty dealings in the battle to win the Saturday night ratings crown.

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  • 1988
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    An Audience With Victoria Wood

    An Audience With Victoria Wood

    5.2 1988 HD

    British comedy legend Victoria Wood entertains a star-studded audience including Julie Walters, Judi Dench and Dawn French in this 1988 special....

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  • 2008
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    Trials and Tribulations

    Trials and Tribulations

    1 2008 HD

    A retrospective of Colin Baker's turbulent three-years as the Sixth Doctor in Doctor Who (1963), covering his casting, the 1985 hiatus, and his...

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  • 2018
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    Golazzo: The Football Italia Story

    Golazzo: The Football Italia Story

    10 2018 HD

    A retrospective of the Football Italia show

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  • 2021
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    Morecambe & Wise: The Lost Tapes

    Morecambe & Wise: The Lost Tapes

    1 2021 HD

    A series of sketches taken from the recently-unearthed Morecambe & Wise tape that contained footage which had not been seen for 50 years, and was...

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  • 2019
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    42nd Street

    42nd Street

    7.4 2019 HD

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  • 1997
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    Jonathan Creek

    Jonathan Creek

    7.5 1997 HD

    Working from his home in a converted windmill, Jonathan Creek is a magician with a natural ability for solving puzzles. He soon puts this ability to...

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  • 1994
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    Room 101

    Room 101

    6.2 1994 HD

    Fast-moving game show meets talk show, which sees Frank Skinner refereeing three celebrities each week as they compete to banish their top peeve or...

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  • 1986
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    Open Air

    Open Air

    5.5 1986 HD

    Open Air was BBC1's flagship programme for their new daytime service which began on 27 October 1986. It discussed all aspects of television and also...

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  • 2011
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    The Story of Variety with Michael Grade

    The Story of Variety with Michael Grade

    1 2011 HD

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  • 1978
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    An Audience with...

    An Audience with...

    5.3 1978 HD

    An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian,...

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  • 2022
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    Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

    Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

    2.7 2022 HD

    The big names behind the big stories. Laura Kuenssberg talks to those making the news, inside and outside politics.

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  • 2022
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    Banned! The Mary Whitehouse Story

    Banned! The Mary Whitehouse Story

    7 2022 HD

    In 1963, armed with just a typewriter, a Midlands housewife began a 30-year battle against the permissive society. But how successful was the...

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  • 1970
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    Have I Got a Bit More News for You

    Have I Got a Bit More News for You

    7 1970 HD

    Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more of the stuff that wouldn't...

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  • 2014
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    8 2014 HD

    Documentary series that celebrates the incredible careers of the best of British talent.

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  • 2022
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    Days That Shook the BBC with David Dimbleby

    Days That Shook the BBC with David Dimbleby

    1 2022 HD

    David Dimbleby goes behind the scenes to investigate major controversies that have affected the BBC and its viewers over the last sixty years.

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  • 2018
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    Morecambe & Wise in America

    Morecambe & Wise in America

    1 2018 HD

    Three part series hosted by Jonathan Ross, telling the story of Eric and Ernie's attempts to break America. Over the course of five years in the...

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  • 1979
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    Question Time

    Question Time

    5 1979 HD

    This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other...

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  • 1987
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    French & Saunders

    French & Saunders

    7.5 1987 HD

    French and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television series written by and starring comic duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. It is also the...

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  • 1990
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    Have I Got News for You

    Have I Got News for You

    7.1 1990 HD

    Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party,...

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  • 1970
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    Have I Got News for You

    Have I Got News for You

    7.579 1970 HD

    Kane & Abel is a television miniseries, based on the novel of the same name written by Jeffrey Archer, that aired on CBS in 1985. It stars Peter...

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