Alex Graham (born 1953) is a Scottish television producer and journalist.

Biography

Born in

Glasgow Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom ...

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, Alexander Graham was educated at the former Hamilton Academy school and the

University of Glasgow The University of Glasgow (abbreviated as ''Glas.'' in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals; ) is a Public university, public research university in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded by papal bull in , it is the List of oldest universities in continuous ...

, subsequently attaining in 1978 a Diploma in Journalism from

City University London City, University of London was a public university from 1966 to 2024 in London, England. It merged with St George's, University of London to form City St George's, University of London in August 2024. The names "City, University of London" and ...

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– Speakers' biographies, Alex Graham. Retrieved 22 October 2010. While studying at the University of Glasgow in 1976 he co-directed a campaign film highlighting the effects of the public expenditure cuts on university students called
So you think you know about the cuts
. Working as a journalist on the '' Bradford Telegraph and Argus'' and ''

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'', in 1979 Graham joined

London Weekend Television London Weekend Television (LWT; now part of the non-franchised ITV London region) was the ITV (TV network), ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the Home Counties at weekends, broadcasting from Fridays at 5.15 pm (7:00&nbs ...

which he left in 1983 for Diverse Productions, becoming editor of

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's current affairs series ''Diverse Reports'' and ''The Media Show''. Establishing the television programme production company Wall to Wall Television Ltd. in 1987, Graham has since been involved in the creation and production of numerous hit programmes including, '' The 1900 House''; '' The 1940s House''; '' A Rather English Marriage''; '' Who Do You Think You Are?'' and ''

New Tricks ''New Tricks'' is a British television police procedural comedy drama, created by Nigel McCrery and Roy Mitchell, produced primarily by Wall to Wall (until its final year, when it was handled by Headstrong Pictures), and broadcast on BBC On ...

''. Further productions include ''Our Boy''; ''Glasgow Kiss''; ''Sex, Chips and Rock 'n' Roll''; ''Baby It’s You''; ''Neanderthal''; ''Body Story''; ''Smallpox 2002''; '' The Edwardian Country House'', and '' Frontier House''. Wall to Wall has been voted one of the top seven independent producers in the world by the trade magazine, ''Real Screen'' and has won numerous awards including,

BAFTA The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA, ) is an independent trade association and charity that supports, develops, and promotes the arts of film, television and video games in the United Kingdom. In addition to its annual awa ...

Emmy The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the year, each with their own set of rules and award catego ...

Royal Television Society The Royal Television Society (RTS) is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present, and future. It is the oldest television society in the world. It currently has fourteen r ...

and

Peabody Awards The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Foster Peabody, George Peabody, honor what are described as the most powerful, enlightening, and in ...

and in 2009 won an

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for its first documentary feature, '' Man on Wire''. In 2007, Wall to Wall became part of Shed Media Group plc of which board member Alexander Graham is one of the largest shareholders. He is also a member of the board of the Sheffield International Documentary Festival and a former Chairman of Producers' Alliance for Cinema and Television (PACT), now a member of its Patrons' Group. Alex Graham is a Fellow of the

and of the

Royal Society of Arts The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, commonly known as the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), is a learned society that champions innovation and progress across a multitude of sectors by fostering creativity, s ...

and a visiting fellow of the University of Bournemouth's Media School. From 2016 to 2021, Graham was chair of the Scott Trust which oversees the

Guardian Media Group Guardian Media Group plc (GMG) is a British-based mass media company owning various media operations including ''The Guardian'', and formerly ''The Observer''. The group is wholly owned by the Scott Trust Limited, which exists to secure the fin ...

References

External links

Real Screen television and film trade magazineUniversity of Bournemouth
{{DEFAULTSORT:Graham, Alex 1953 births Alumni of City, University of London Alumni of the University of Glasgow Fellows of the Royal Television Society Living people People educated at Hamilton Academy Scottish film producers Scottish television producers