Person

Michael Grade

Acting · Born 1943-03-08 · 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.

Known for

Filmography

2025Being Stanley BaxterSelf
2022Sunday with Laura KuenssbergSelf – Chair, Ofcom
2022Days That Shook the BBC with David DimblebySelf
2022Banned! The Mary Whitehouse StorySelf
2021Morecambe & Wise: The Lost TapesSelf
201942nd StreetExecutive Producer
2018Billy Connolly: Made in ScotlandSelf
2018Morecambe & Wise in AmericaSelf
2018Golazzo: The Football Italia StorySelf
2016British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at OurselvesSelf
2016Burt Bacharach - A Life in Song
2014A Life on ScreenSelf
2014The Fight for Saturday NightSelf - Presenter
2014The Real Tom Thumb: History's Smallest SuperstarNarrator
2013Goodbye Television CentreSelf - Host
2013Frost on Sketch ShowsSelf
2013The Many Faces of Stanley BaxterSelf
2011The Story of Music HallSelf
2011The Story of Variety with Michael Grade
2011The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse
2011Eric & Ernie: Behind the ScenesSelf
2008Stanley Baxter: Now and ThenSelf
2008Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten SagaSelf
2008Trials and Tribulations(archive footage)
2002Best Ever BondSelf
2002The Trial of Jack The RipperSelf
2001This is Stanley BaxterSelf
1997Jonathan CreekMichael Grade (uncredited)
1994Room 101Self
1990Have I Got News for YouSelf
1988An Audience With Victoria WoodSelf - Questioner
1987French & Saunders
1986Open Air
1985Kane & AbelExecutive Producer
1979Question TimeHimself - Panellist
1978An Audience with...Self
—Have I Got a Bit More News for YouSelf - Panellist

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