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Michael Grade

Acting

Michael Grade

Born March 8, 1943 · London, England

Biography

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.

Known for

Have I Got News for You

IMDb7.9

Have I Got News for You

Self

Jonathan Creek

IMDb8.1

Jonathan Creek

Michael Grade (uncredited)

French & Saunders

IMDb7.6

French & Saunders

1987 · Series

Room 101

IMDb6.5

Room 101

Self

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

7.1 TMDB

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

Self - Panellist

Kane & Abel

IMDb7.8

Kane & Abel

Executive Producer

Question Time

IMDb6.4

Question Time

Himself - Panellist

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

7.8 TMDB

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

Self

42nd Street

7.4 TMDB

42nd Street

Executive Producer

The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse

5.8 TMDB

The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse

2011 · Movie

Best Ever Bond

5.7 TMDB

Best Ever Bond

Self

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

IMDb4.0

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

Self – Chair, Ofcom

An Audience With Victoria Wood

5.3 TMDB

An Audience With Victoria Wood

Self - Questioner

Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland

8.4 TMDB

Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland

Self

Open Air

IMDb6.8

Open Air

1986 · Series

An Audience with...

IMDb7.0

An Audience with...

Self

Frost on Sketch Shows

8.5 TMDB

Frost on Sketch Shows

Self

Burt Bacharach - A Life in Song

7.5 TMDB

Burt Bacharach - A Life in Song

2016 · Movie

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

5.7 TMDB

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

Self

The Real Tom Thumb: History's Smallest Superstar

6.0 TMDB

The Real Tom Thumb: History's Smallest Superstar

Narrator

Filmography

  1. 2025Being Stanley BaxterSelfMovie
  2. 2022Sunday with Laura KuenssbergSelf – Chair, OfcomSeries
  3. 2022Days That Shook the BBC with David DimblebySelfSeries
  4. 2022Banned! The Mary Whitehouse StorySelfSeries
  5. 2021Morecambe & Wise: The Lost TapesSelfMovie
  6. 201942nd StreetExecutive ProducerMovie
  7. 2018Billy Connolly: Made in ScotlandSelfSeries
  8. 2018Morecambe & Wise in AmericaSelfSeries
  9. 2018Golazzo: The Football Italia StorySelfMovie
  10. 2016British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at OurselvesSelfMovie
  11. 2016Burt Bacharach - A Life in SongMovie
  12. 2014A Life on ScreenSelfSeries
  13. 2014The Fight for Saturday NightSelf - PresenterMovie
  14. 2014The Real Tom Thumb: History's Smallest SuperstarNarratorMovie
  15. 2013Goodbye Television CentreSelf - HostMovie
  16. 2013Frost on Sketch ShowsSelfMovie
  17. 2013The Many Faces of Stanley BaxterSelfMovie
  18. 2011The Story of Music HallSelfMovie
  19. 2011The Story of Variety with Michael GradeSeries
  20. 2011The Secret Life of Bob MonkhouseMovie
  21. 2011Eric & Ernie: Behind the ScenesSelfMovie
  22. 2008Stanley Baxter: Now and ThenSelfMovie
  23. 2008Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten SagaSelfMovie
  24. 2008Trials and Tribulations(archive footage)Movie
  25. 2002Best Ever BondSelfMovie
  26. 2002The Trial of Jack The RipperSelfMovie
  27. 2001This is Stanley BaxterSelfMovie
  28. 1997Jonathan CreekMichael Grade (uncredited)Series
  29. 1994Room 101SelfSeries
  30. 1990Have I Got News for YouSelfSeries
  31. 1988An Audience With Victoria WoodSelf - QuestionerMovie
  32. 1987French & SaundersSeries
  33. 1986Open AirSeries
  34. 1985Kane & AbelExecutive ProducerSeries
  35. 1979Question TimeHimself - PanellistSeries
  36. 1978An Audience with...SelfSeries
  37. —Have I Got a Bit More News for YouSelf - PanellistSeries