Michael Grade

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Michael Grade

Acting 83 March 8, 1943

London, England

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…

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Have I Got News for You

Have I Got News for You

7.1 1990 TV Show
Have I Got a Bit More News for You

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

7.2 TV Show
Question Time

Question Time

5.9 1979 TV Show
An Audience with...

An Audience with...

5.3 1978 TV Show
Jonathan Creek

Jonathan Creek

7.6 1997 TV Show
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

2.8 2022 TV Show
Room 101

Room 101

6.6 1994 TV Show
French & Saunders

French & Saunders

7.4 1987 TV Show
Kane & Abel

Kane & Abel

7.7 1985 TV Show
A Life on Screen

A Life on Screen

8.0 2014 TV Show
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

7.8 2008 Movie
Morecambe & Wise: The Lost Tapes

Morecambe & Wise: The Lost Tapes

6.0 2021 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Being Stanley Baxter

    Movie Self

  2. 2022
    Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

    TV show Self – Chair, Ofcom

  3. 2022
    Days That Shook the BBC with David Dimbleby

    TV show Self

  4. 2022
    Banned! The Mary Whitehouse Story

    TV show Self

  5. 2021
    Morecambe & Wise: The Lost Tapes

    Movie Self

  6. 2019
    42nd Street

    Movie Executive Producer

  7. 2018
    Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland

    TV show Self

  8. 2018
    Morecambe & Wise in America

    TV show Self

  9. 2018
    Golazzo: The Football Italia Story

    Movie Self

  10. 2016
    British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

    Movie Self

  11. 2016
    Burt Bacharach - A Life in Song

    Movie

  12. 2014
    A Life on Screen

    TV show Self

  13. 2014
    The Fight for Saturday Night

    Movie Self - Presenter

  14. 2014
    The Real Tom Thumb: History's Smallest Superstar

    Movie Narrator

  15. 2013
    Goodbye Television Centre

    Movie Self - Host

  16. 2013
    Frost on Sketch Shows

    Movie Self

More credits
  1. 2013
    The Many Faces of Stanley Baxter

    Movie Self

  2. 2011
    The Story of Music Hall

    Movie Self

  3. 2011
    The Story of Variety with Michael Grade

    TV show

  4. 2011
    The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse

    Movie

  5. 2011
    Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes

    Movie Self

  6. 2008
    Stanley Baxter: Now and Then

    Movie Self

  7. 2008
    Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

    Movie Self

  8. 2008
    Trials and Tribulations

    Movie (archive footage)

  9. 2002
    Best Ever Bond

    Movie Self

  10. 2002
    The Trial of Jack The Ripper

    Movie Self

  11. 2001
    This is Stanley Baxter

    Movie Self

  12. 1997
    Jonathan Creek

    TV show Michael Grade (uncredited)

  13. 1994
    Room 101

    TV show Self

  14. 1990
    Have I Got News for You

    TV show Self

  15. 1988
    An Audience With Victoria Wood

    Movie Self - Questioner

  16. 1987
    French & Saunders

    TV show

  17. 1986
    Open Air

    TV show

  18. 1985
    Kane & Abel

    TV show Executive Producer

  19. 1979
    Question Time

    TV show Himself - Panellist

  20. 1978
    An Audience with...

    TV show Self

  21. —
    Have I Got a Bit More News for You

    TV show Self - Panellist