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'Sir Jeremy Isaacs' (born 28 September 1932) is a British television producer and executive, winner of many BAFTA awards and international Emmy Awards. He was also General Director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (1987-96).
Born in Glasgow and educated at Merton College, Oxford, Isaacs began a long career in television in 1958 by joining Granada Television as a producer. At Granada he was involved in creating acclaimed and long running series ''World in Action'' and ''What the Papers Say''. He has worked for the BBC (on ''Panorama)'') in the 1960s and was the overall producer for the acclaimed 26-episode series ''The World at War'' for Thames Television in 1973. He was Director of Programmes for Thames between 1974 and 1978. He then produced '' (1981) for the BBC.
Isaacs was the founding chief executive of Channel 4 between 1981 and 1987, overseeing its crucial launch period and setting the channel's distinctive style. At that time, the channel was much more serious in tone and dedicated to minority cultural tastes than it is now, though such programmes as ''The Tube'' had a place on the network from the start. The channel commissioned Michael Elliott's production of ''King Lear'' with Laurence Olivier in the title role and Isaacs re-commissioned a number of programmes from his time at Granada including ''What the Papers Say''. Despite a general liberal atmosphere, a few commissioned programmes such as Ken Loach's ''A Question of Leadership'' were blocked from being screened.
When handing over responsibility for running the channel to Michael Grade, Isaacs threatened to throttle him if he betrayed the trust placed in him to respect the channel's remit.[1]
After leaving Channel 4, and failing to be appointed Director General of the BBC in 1987, Isaacs became General Director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, a role he fulfilled until 1996. This was a difficult period for the ROH, which was not helped by the broadcast of the revealing ''The House'' (1996) documentary series on BBC2.
Ted Turner sought out Isaacs (confusing him with the actor Jeremy Irons) for the role of executive producer for his 1998 24-episode ''Cold War'' series.
Between 1997 and 2000 Isaacs was president of the Royal Television Society. He is currently chairman of Sky Arts.
From 1990 to 1998 Isaacs acted as interviewer in a revival of the BBC series ''Face to Face''; John Freeman had filled this role in the original 1959-62 run.
Jeremy Isaacs lives in London with his wife Gillian Widdicombe, a former opera critic for ''The Observer'' newspaper. His daughter (from a previous marriage) is Jessica Isaacs, a music producer for BBC Radio 3.
1. "Channel 4 could still be a rather good", ''The Independent'', 20 September 1999 (as reproduced on the ''Find Articles'' website. Retrieved on 16 April 2007.)
★
★ Cold War: About the Series at CNN.com
Born in Glasgow and educated at Merton College, Oxford, Isaacs began a long career in television in 1958 by joining Granada Television as a producer. At Granada he was involved in creating acclaimed and long running series ''World in Action'' and ''What the Papers Say''. He has worked for the BBC (on ''Panorama)'') in the 1960s and was the overall producer for the acclaimed 26-episode series ''The World at War'' for Thames Television in 1973. He was Director of Programmes for Thames between 1974 and 1978. He then produced '' (1981) for the BBC.
Isaacs was the founding chief executive of Channel 4 between 1981 and 1987, overseeing its crucial launch period and setting the channel's distinctive style. At that time, the channel was much more serious in tone and dedicated to minority cultural tastes than it is now, though such programmes as ''The Tube'' had a place on the network from the start. The channel commissioned Michael Elliott's production of ''King Lear'' with Laurence Olivier in the title role and Isaacs re-commissioned a number of programmes from his time at Granada including ''What the Papers Say''. Despite a general liberal atmosphere, a few commissioned programmes such as Ken Loach's ''A Question of Leadership'' were blocked from being screened.
When handing over responsibility for running the channel to Michael Grade, Isaacs threatened to throttle him if he betrayed the trust placed in him to respect the channel's remit.[1]
After leaving Channel 4, and failing to be appointed Director General of the BBC in 1987, Isaacs became General Director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, a role he fulfilled until 1996. This was a difficult period for the ROH, which was not helped by the broadcast of the revealing ''The House'' (1996) documentary series on BBC2.
Ted Turner sought out Isaacs (confusing him with the actor Jeremy Irons) for the role of executive producer for his 1998 24-episode ''Cold War'' series.
Between 1997 and 2000 Isaacs was president of the Royal Television Society. He is currently chairman of Sky Arts.
From 1990 to 1998 Isaacs acted as interviewer in a revival of the BBC series ''Face to Face''; John Freeman had filled this role in the original 1959-62 run.
Jeremy Isaacs lives in London with his wife Gillian Widdicombe, a former opera critic for ''The Observer'' newspaper. His daughter (from a previous marriage) is Jessica Isaacs, a music producer for BBC Radio 3.
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References
1. "Channel 4 could still be a rather good", ''The Independent'', 20 September 1999 (as reproduced on the ''Find Articles'' website. Retrieved on 16 April 2007.)
External links
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★ Cold War: About the Series at CNN.com
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