Post by Teddy Bear on Mar 27, 2012 22:16:39 GMT
Michael Grade joined BBC Television in 1984 as Controller of BBC1, becoming Director of Programmes in 1986 and Managing Director Designate in 1987
Grade had ambitions to become chairman of the BBC board of governors in 2001, but lost out to Gavyn Davies. Following Davies' resignation as a result of the Hutton Inquiry report, it was announced on 2 April 2004 that Grade had been appointed Chairman and he took up his post on 17 May.
On 28 November 2006, Grade and the BBC confirmed that he was to resign from his post with the BBC.
Considering the positions he held , and one would assume the power he would have wielded, one can only wonder where his apparent influence to affect or balance the BBC agenda could be seen during his tenure, based on the views he feels free to share with the public now.
Seems also he was a closet Tory supporter as Grade revealed his support for, and membership of, the Conservative Party for the first time in May 2010
Grade had ambitions to become chairman of the BBC board of governors in 2001, but lost out to Gavyn Davies. Following Davies' resignation as a result of the Hutton Inquiry report, it was announced on 2 April 2004 that Grade had been appointed Chairman and he took up his post on 17 May.
On 28 November 2006, Grade and the BBC confirmed that he was to resign from his post with the BBC.
Considering the positions he held , and one would assume the power he would have wielded, one can only wonder where his apparent influence to affect or balance the BBC agenda could be seen during his tenure, based on the views he feels free to share with the public now.
Seems also he was a closet Tory supporter as Grade revealed his support for, and membership of, the Conservative Party for the first time in May 2010
'If my grandmother could live without assistance in 1919, a lot more people could do it today': Michael Grade attacks benefits culture in TV interview
Michael Grade had spoken on his grandmother's battle to pay the rent during an interview with the Radio Times
His hard-up Ukrainian grandparents having settled here at a time when there was little in the way of welfare, showbiz tycoon Michael Grade – Baron Grade of Yarmouth – reflects at 69: ‘We were very lucky we were taken in here. I think we’ve contributed – we’ve paid our taxes and created businesses and worked hard.’ His widowed grand-mother, Olga, was left with three small children – Lew, Leslie and Bernard, who all became wealthy impresarios. Michael, Leslie’s son, was brought up by Olga, whom he revered, telling Radio Times: ‘I can see my grandmother in the East End in 1919, taking in washing, borrowing, buying and selling to try to pay the rent, without government assistance. If she could do it, a lot more people could do that today.’
Michael Grade had spoken on his grandmother's battle to pay the rent during an interview with the Radio Times
His hard-up Ukrainian grandparents having settled here at a time when there was little in the way of welfare, showbiz tycoon Michael Grade – Baron Grade of Yarmouth – reflects at 69: ‘We were very lucky we were taken in here. I think we’ve contributed – we’ve paid our taxes and created businesses and worked hard.’ His widowed grand-mother, Olga, was left with three small children – Lew, Leslie and Bernard, who all became wealthy impresarios. Michael, Leslie’s son, was brought up by Olga, whom he revered, telling Radio Times: ‘I can see my grandmother in the East End in 1919, taking in washing, borrowing, buying and selling to try to pay the rent, without government assistance. If she could do it, a lot more people could do that today.’