Leigh grode biography of michael

He has held a number of senior roles in television, including controller of BBC1 — , chief executive of Channel 4 — , chairman of the board of governors of the BBC — , and executive chairman of ITV plc — In April , it was announced by the Government that Grade would take up his four year appointment as chairman of Ofcom from May and would move to the crossbenches in the House of Lords at the earliest practical opportunity.

Grade was born into a Jewish show business family originally called Winogradsky.

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Grade was brought up by his paternal grandmother, and he only saw his mother once more as an adult. Grade joined the Daily Mirror in , and was a sports columnist from to By his own account as related on Channel 4 chat show The Late Clive James , the job had been organised by his father. When Leslie Grade suffered a serious stroke in , the year-old Michael moved into his theatrical business.

Grade entered the television industry in when he joined London Weekend Television LWT as deputy controller of programmes entertainment. After he became director of programmes in , Grade commissioned the series Mind Your Language , but later cancelled it. At an event at the Edinburgh Television Festival in , he agreed that the series was racist, and said that "it was really irresponsible of us to put it out".

Also in , Grade managed to place under contract the entertainer Bruce Forsyth who had helped the BBC to dominate the Saturday evening television ratings through the decade via The Generation Game series. His new vehicle was titled Bruce Forsyth's Big Night and was intended to feature all his talents in one programme lasting two hours.