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Author, broadcaster, director and producer. First Head of Music and Arts for BBC Television 1965-1967. Resumed the position again from 1975-1981 after an eight year absence in commercial television as a founder-member of London Weekend Television. For his work as a director, he has won four Emmy Awards, two British Academy Awards and as a presenter received the Royal Television Society Silver medal and Sony Gold Award.
BornMarch 25, 1931
BornMarch 25, 1931
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    • Won 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 4 wins & 9 nominations total

    Known for

    Great Performances (1971)
    Great Performances
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    Aquarius (1970)
    Aquarius
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein (1970)
    Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
    7.5
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1970
    Candide (1991)
    Candide
    8.6
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1991

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    • Beethoven: The Piano Concertos (2007)
      Beethoven: The Piano Concertos
      9.5
      Video
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Brahms: The Piano Concertos
      Video
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Bernstein's Mahler (2005)
      Bernstein's Mahler
      Video
      • Director
      • 2005
    • Vincent in Brixton
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2003
    • Le retour d'Ulysse dans sa patrie (2002)
      Le retour d'Ulysse dans sa patrie
      8.5
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2002
    • Flight
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1999
    • Falstaff (1999)
      Falstaff
      8.8
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1999
    • Christiane Oelze in Pelléas et Mélisande (1999)
      Pelléas et Mélisande
      9.3
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1999
    • Hansel and Gretel
      9.8
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1998
    • Anna Caterina Antonacci and Andreas Scholl in Rodelinda (1998)
      Rodelinda
      8.7
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1998
    • Andrea Chénier (1998)
      Andrea Chénier
      7.8
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1998
    • Christmas in Vienna (1992)
      Christmas in Vienna
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1996–1997
    • Manon Lescaut (1997)
      Manon Lescaut
      7.6
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1997
    • Christine Schäfer in Lulu (1996)
      Lulu
      8.1
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1996
    • Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker (1959)
      Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1987–1996

    Producer



    • The Love of Three Orchestras
      8.6
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1993
    • Arena (1975)
      Arena
      7.7
      TV Series
      • producer (uncredited)
      • 1991
    • BBC Cardiff Singer of the World
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 1989
    • Teachers and Teaching: An Autobiographical Essay by Leonard Bernstein
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1988
    • The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler
      8.5
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 1985
    • Du côté de West Side... (1985)
      Du côté de West Side...
      8.1
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1985
    • Schumann: The Symphonies
      TV Mini Series
      • producer
      • 1984
    • Peter Grimes (1981)
      Peter Grimes
      8.7
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 1981
    • Peter Ustinov and Natalie Wood at the Hermitage
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 1980
    • A Question of Faith (1979)
      A Question of Faith
      4.9
      • producer
      • 1979
    • Trouble in Tahiti
      TV Special
      • executive producer
      • 1976
    • Aquarius (1970)
      Aquarius
      6.8
      TV Series
      • producer
      • executive producer
      • 1970–1975
    • Great Performances (1971)
      Great Performances
      7.9
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 1975
    • Idomeneo (1974)
      Idomeneo
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1974
    • The Marriage of Figaro (1974)
      The Marriage of Figaro
      8.7
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1974

    Editor



    • Mainstream
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 1979
    • Aquarius (1970)
      Aquarius
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 1970
    • Monitor (1958)
      Monitor
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 1964

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    • Born
      • March 25, 1931
      • Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK
    • Spouse
      • Christina(2 children)
    • Other works
      Author of the definitive richly detailed and in-depth biography "Leonard Bernstein" published by Doubleday in 1994.
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      He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2000 Queen's Millennium Honors List for his services to Music and Broadcasting.

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