Acting
Michael Grade
Born March 8, 1943 · London, England (age 83)
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
42nd Street · 201942nd Street
★ 7.42019
MovieComedy
The story of Peggy Sawyer, a talented young performer with stars in her eyes who gets her big break on Broadway.
Trials and Tribulations · 2008Trials and Tribulations
2008
MovieDocumentaryTV Movie
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 sacking on the orders of BBC One controller Michael Grade.
The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse · 2011The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse
★ 5.82011
MovieComedyDocumentary
The extraordinary story of comedian Bob Monkhouse's life and career, told through the vast private archive of films, TV shows, letters and memorabilia that he left behind.
Burt Bacharach - A Life in Song · 2016Burt Bacharach - A Life in Song
★ 7.52016
MovieMusic
Filmed at London's Royal Festival Hall in 2015, A Life In Song presents on-stage conversations between Burt Bacharach and Michael Grade traversing different aspects of his years in music, interspersed with performances of many of his best loved songs by a diverse cast of artists.
The Real Tom Thumb: History's Smallest Superstar · 2014The Real Tom Thumb: History's Smallest Superstar
★ 6.02014
MovieDocumentaryHistory
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 international superstardom.
Jonathan Creek · 1997Jonathan Creek
★ 7.61997
SeriesMysteryComedy
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 the use of solving impossible crimes and mysterious murders.
Kane & Abel · 1985Kane & Abel
★ 7.71985
SeriesDrama
Polish immigrant Abel Rosnovski and Boston banker William Lowell Kane are two men born on the same day, and whose lifelong rivalry shapes their empires and families over decades. Their contrasting paths from poverty and wealth lead to a destructive, decades-long feud for power.
French & Saunders · 1987French & Saunders
★ 7.41987
SeriesComedy
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 name by which the performers are known on the occasions when they appear elsewhere as a double act.
