John Sheppard

Live At Granada Studios, Manchester, UK March 1967 (Original Broadcast Date: 2nd May 1967)

Caught here at their performing peak, Deep Purple were five virituoso rockers combining to form a legend - improvising, jamming, creating a unique sound that will live forever. This ain't just metal ... it's precious metal! Live Set filmed at Granada T.V. Studios, Manchester, England, Friday, August 21st, 1970.

An examination of the classic rock album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and the year of its debut, 1967.

Sex, death, reptiles, charisma and a unique variant of the electric blues gave the Doors an aura of profundity that has survived the band's demise. In September, 1968, The Doors gave a history making performance at The Roundhouse in London's Chalk Farm. They gave powerful renditions of their best songs. Part of the Pioneer Artist Concert Film Series.

World in Action was Granada Television’s flagship ITV current affairs series, running from 7 Jan 1963 to 7 Dec 1998, and built a reputation for film-led investigative reporting and a forceful editorial stance. Its journalism produced major public and political repercussions—including investigations associated with miscarriages of justice such as the Birmingham Six—and it also served as a platform for landmark documentary projects, including the first broadcast of “Seven Up!” as part of the strand in 1964.

This was a series of summer plays, one of which ("Waxwork") led to the popular series Cribb (1980).

Chronicling the last days of British rule around the globe, through the remarkably candid reminiscences of both colonizers and the colonized.