Michael Grade

Michael Grade

Known for

Acting

Born

March 8, 1943 (age 83)

Birthplace

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.

Best known work

Have I Got News for You

Have I Got News for You

1990

Jonathan Creek

Jonathan Creek

1997

French & Saunders

French & Saunders

1987

Room 101

Room 101

1994

Kane & Abel

Kane & Abel

1985

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

Question Time

Question Time

1979

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

2008

42nd Street

42nd Street

2019

The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse

The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse

2011

Filmography

TBA
Have I Got a Bit More News for YouTV
as Self - Panellist (1 episode)
2025
Being Stanley Baxter
as Self
2022
Sunday with Laura KuenssbergTV
as Self – Chair, Ofcom (1 episode)
2022
Days That Shook the BBC with David DimblebyTV
as Self (1 episode)
2022
Banned! The Mary Whitehouse StoryTV
as Self (2 episodes)
2021
Morecambe & Wise: The Lost Tapes
as Self
2019
42nd Street
Executive Producer
2018
Billy Connolly: Made in ScotlandTV
as Self (2 episodes)
2018
Morecambe & Wise in AmericaTV
as Self (1 episode)
2018
Golazzo: The Football Italia Story
as Self
2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Self
2016
Burt Bacharach - A Life in Song
2014
A Life on ScreenTV
as Self (1 episode)
2014
The Fight for Saturday Night
as Self - Presenter
2014
The Real Tom Thumb: History's Smallest Superstar
as Narrator
2013
Goodbye Television Centre
as Self - Host
2013
Frost on Sketch Shows
as Self
2013
The Many Faces of Stanley Baxter
as Self
2011
The Story of Music Hall
as Self
2011
The Story of Variety with Michael GradeTV
2011
The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse
2011
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
as Self
2008
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
as Self
2008
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
as Self
2008
Trials and Tribulations
as (archive footage)