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Derek was born in Bramhall, Cheshire, to Winifred (née Ashcroft) and Edgar Granger. When he was 14, the family moved to Eastbourne , where his father managed a chain of confectionery shops. Granger first saw Laurence Olivier as a star in Romeo and Juliet at the New theatre, London, in 1935 when Granger watched the performance.
Nov 30, 2022 · Wednesday 30 Nov, 2022 at 1:53PM. A A. 2. Brideshead Revisited producer Derek Granger has died at the age of 101. During his TV career, Granger also produced ITV’s long-running soap Coronation Street in its early days from 1961-1962 when he worked at Granada Television, now known as ITV Granada. A statement from his close friends said ...
Dec 2, 2022 · Derek Granger's appointment as a producer at Granada Television in 1958 ushered in an era of quality arts programming on the small screen. By KAT HOPPS, JAMES MURRAY. 22:01, Fri, Dec 2, 2022.
Nov 29, 2022 · A statement from his close friends said: "Brideshead Revisited producer Derek Granger has died peacefully at his home at the age of 101." Granger reflected on the period of his life working as the ...
Nov 30, 2022 · Sussex. A TV pioneer who produced Coronation Street has died at the age of 101. Derek Granger, from Brighton, was most well known for his work behind-the-scenes on the British drama in the 1960s ...
Derek Granger (23rd April 1921 - 29th November 2022) was the second producer of Coronation Street from July 1961 to April 1962. Granger had previously been a journalist and the drama critic of The Financial Times (where he founded the paper's arts page) and the Head of Drama at Granada Television. He was asked by Cecil Bernstein to take over production of the serial to make it "bigger and ...
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Nov 29, 2022 · Brideshead Revisited producer Derek Granger has died at the age of 101. During his TV career, Granger also produced ITV’s long-running soap Coronation Street in its early days from 1961-1962 ...
