Derek Granger (Producer)

Granada: From the North

The story of Granada, the company responsible for Britain's most enduring soap opera Coronation Street, the current affairs series World in Action, and highly praised drama from Brideshead Revisited to Prime Suspect. With contributions from Jeremy Isaacs, Gus Macdonald, David Plowright, Michael Parkinson, Gerry Robinson and Sir Denis Forman. Director David Thompson

Release Date1992-12-28

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The Unforgettable Pat Phoenix

Profile of the actress who found fame in Coronation Street and whose life offscreen was as colourful as that of Elsie Tanner, the character she played for 21 years. Close friends and co-stars including Julie Goodyear, Helen Worth, Tony Booth, and Tony Warren, the creator of Coronation Street, share their touching and hilarious memories of this larger-than-life, spirited woman.

Release Date2000-04-07

Charactersd Self

Daphne Laureola

A young man becomes infatuated with the exotic Lady Pitts whose much older husband is not pleased.

Release Date1978-01-15

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Vote Count1

Seven Up!

A group of British children aged 7 from widely ranging backgrounds are interviewed about a range of subjects. The filmmakers plan to re-interview them at 7 year intervals to track how their lives and attitudes change as they age.

Release Date1964-05-05

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count106

Brideshead Revisited

Befriended by aristocrat Sebastian Flyte, Oxford student Charles Ryder finds that the power and privilege experienced by the family is seductive. On a visit to the ancestral home, Brideshead, he falls in love with his friend's sister, Julia. However, as his ties to the Flytes deepen, Ryder finds himself at odds with their strong Roman Catholicism.

Release Date1981-10-12

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Episode Count11

Vote Count69

A Handful of Dust

English aristocrat Tony Last welcomes tragedy into his life when he invites John Beaver to visit his vast estate. There Beaver makes the acquaintance of Tony's wife, Brenda. Together, they continue their relationship in a series of bedroom assignations in London. Trusting to a fault, Tony is unaware that anything is amiss until his wife suddenly asks for a divorce. With his life in turmoil, Tony goes on a haphazard journey to South America.

Release Date1988-06-24

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count41

Come Back, Little Sheba

An emotionally remote recovering alcoholic and his dowdy, unambitious wife face a personal crisis when they take in an attractive lodger.

Release Date1977-12-31

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JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count1

The Up Series

A series of documentaries that have followed the lives of fourteen British children since 1964, when they were seven years old.

Release Date1964-05-05

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Episode Count1

Vote Count3

Where Angels Fear to Tread

An English widow goes to Italy, falls in love with a dentist's son and marries him, against her straitlaced family's wishes.

Release Date1991-06-21

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count27

The Face on the Cover

The life of the world’s top model Jean Shrimpton and her svengali photographer David Bailey.

Release Date1964-05-10

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JobExecutive Producer

No Man's Land

'No Man's Land' is a play by Harold Pinter written in 1974 and first performed in 1975. In this 1978, TV adaptation, a seedy poet shows up at the home of a rich writer and they start reminiscing about the 'past,' in a menacing, Pinteresque fashion.

Release Date1978-10-03

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JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count2

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.

Release Date1976-12-06

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Vote Count6

Haunted: Poor Girl

An Edwardian governess finds herself trapped inside a haunted house.

Release Date1974-12-30

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Vote Count1

The Four Beauties

Henry Batley, a bored young journalist in a small town is attracted to both Christie Davenport and her sister Sophie, whilst younger sister Tina is determined to make him hers.

Release Date1973-03-11

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JobProducer

The Collection

Set in the rarefied world of West End boutique owners and fashion designers, The Collection takes as its departure point the moment when four elegant lives are suddenly shaken by the suggestion of infidelity. The sinister anonymous phone call that disturbs Harry Kane at four o'clock in the morning becomes increasingly hard to establish...

Release Date1976-01-01

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JobProducer

Vote Count5

World in Action

World in Action was a British investigative current affairs programme made by Granada Television from 1963 until 1998. Its campaigning journalism frequently had a major impact on events of the day. Its production teams often took audacious risks and gained a solid reputation for its often unorthodox, some said left-wing, approach. Cabinet ministers fell victim to its probings. Numerous innocent victims of the British criminal justice system, including the Birmingham Six, were released from jail. Honouring the programme in its fiftieth anniversary awards, the Political Studies Association, said: "World in Action thrived on unveiling corruption and highlighting underhand dealings. World in Action came to be seen as hard-hitting investigative journalism at its best." In its heyday World in Action drew audiences of up to 23 million in Britain alone, equivalent to almost half the population.

Release Date1963-01-01

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JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count6

Vote Count1

Ten Days That Shook the World

An epic presentation of the turbulent days leading to the Russian Revolution. Based on the classic work by John Reed, this important documentary makes use of rare footage and little-known information, stirringly narrated by Orson Welles.

Release Date1967-01-01

DepartmentCrew

JobScript

Vote Count4

Country Matters

Adapted from tales by A.E Coppard and H.E. Bates – two of the great masters of the short story – Country Matters unarguably remains a high point for television drama, winning the award for Best Drama at the 1973 BAFTAs. An anthology series of plays about English country life and rural romance at the turn of the twentieth century, it presents unsentimental stories of human relationships and raw emotions – heartfelt passions, crippling frustrations, unspoken love and destructive jealousy all feature unsparingly in one of the 1970s' most memorable drama series. Available on DVD for the first time, Country Matters includes memorable performances from Ian McKellen, Rosalind Ayres, Peter Firth, Penelope Wilton, Pauline Collins, Gareth Thomas, Bryan Marshall, Barbara Ewing, Prunella Scales, Zena Walker, Michael Kitchen and Jeremy Brett, among others.

Release Date1972-08-20

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count13

Vote Count4