Sir Jeremy Isaacs (b. 1932) is a British arts and media veteran, winner of many BAFTA awards and international Emmy Awards. 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... An Emmy Award. ...

Born in Glasgow and educated at Merton College, Oxford, Isaacs began a long career in television in 1958 by joining Granada Television as a producer. At Granada he was involved in creating acclaimed and long running series World in Action and What the Papers Say. He has worked for the BBC (on Panorama) and produced the acclaimed 26-episode series The World at War for Thames Television in 1975. He was Director of Programmes for Thames between 1974 and 1978. For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... College name The House of Scholars of Merton Named after Walter de Merton Established 1264 Sister College Peterhouse Warden Prof. ... Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Current ITV Granada logo A Granada TV logo from the black and white era. ... World in Action was an investigative current affairs series produced by Granada Television from 1963 to 1998. ... What The Papers Say, is one of the longest running programmes on British television. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the largest publicly-funded radio and television broadcasting corporation of the United Kingdom (see British television). ... The term panorama originally referred to panoramic painting, but today means any high aspect ratio or wide screen image or film format, especially suitable for landscapes, where a lot of scenery can be taken in at a glance. ... The World at War was a 1974 television documentary series on the Second World War, the events that led up to it, and those that followed in its wake. ... The classic Thames Television logo (1969—1989), featuring a montage of London landmarks. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...

Isaacs was the founding chief executive of Channel 4 between 1981 and 1987, overseeing its crucial launch period and setting the channel's distinctive style. Isaacs re-commissioned a number of programmes from his Granada days on the new channel including What the Papers Say and Seven Up! that had begun as a World in Action one off. Channel 4 is a public service television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Seven Up! is a popular documentary film series that follows the lives of fourteen British people from the age of seven to adulthood. ...

After leaving Channel 4 Isaacs was General Director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, until 1996. Ted Turner sought out Isaacs for the role of executive producer for his 1998 24-episode Cold War series. The Floral Hall of the Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House is a performing arts venue in London. ... Covent Garden is a district in central London and within the easterly bounds of the City of Westminster. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Turner on the cover of TIME Robert Edward Ted Turner III (born November 19, 1938 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American media mogul and philanthropist. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Cold War was the protracted geopolitical, ideological, and economic struggle that emerged after World War II between the global superpowers of the Soviet Union and the United States, supported by their alliance partners. ...

Between 1997 and 2000 Isaacs was president of the Royal Television Society. He is currently chairman of Artsworld. 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The Royal Television Society is a British-based society for the discussion, analysis and preservation of television in all its forms, past, present and future. ... Artsworld is a British television channel offering 18 hours a day of programmes dedicated to highbrow arts, including theatrical performances, movies, documentaries and music (such as opera performances and classical and jazz sessions). ...

Since 1990 Isaacs has acted as interviewer in a revival of the BBC series Face to Face. Face to Face may refer to interactions or meetings between people in real life. ...

External links

• Jeremy Isaacs at The Internet Movie Database