Jeremy Isaacs
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Sir Jeremy Isaacs (b. 28 September 1932) is a British arts and media veteran, winner of many BAFTA awards and international Emmy Awards.
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 1973. He was Director of Programmes for Thames between 1974 and 1978.
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.
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.
Between 1997 and 2000 Isaacs was president of the Royal Television Society. He is currently chairman of Artsworld.
Since 1990 Isaacs has acted as interviewer in a revival of the BBC series Face to Face.
In December 2006 Isaacs wrote a controversial article for British political magazine Prospect about Channel 4 entitled Too Much reality.
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| Preceded by: New Position | Chief Executive of Channel 4 1981 - 1987 | Succeeded by: Michael Grade |
