Sir Jeremy Isaacs
Posted on February 15, 2007 - Filed Under Coventry Conversations |
“My baby is 25 and still not left home”
February 22nd @1300
Ellen Terry Building, rm ETG34
Sir Jeremy Isaacs is a winner of many BAFTAawards and international Emmy Awards. Born in Glasgow and educated at Merton College, Oxford, Isaacs began a 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. He was Director of Programmes for Thames between 1974 and 1978. 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. In December 2006 Isaacs wrote a controversial article for British political magazine Prospect about Channel 4
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