Richard Denton is a British television producer. Currently the Series Producer of the returning strand SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED which is building to be 18 films as Prefaces to Shakespeare in TV Documentary format. He was perhaps previously best known for his Gorbachov era

BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...

documentary series

Comrades In political contexts, comrade means a fellow party member. The political use was inspired by the French Revolution, after which it grew into a form of address between socialists and workers. Since the Russian Revolution, popular culture in the ...

.''Time'' 1986 128 p98 Briton Hadden, Henry Robinson Luce "The unstated implication is that she also is typical. The people shown were to a degree handpicked, but BBC Producer Richard Denton was at least able to interview them without his Soviet guides being present. However, he quickly concedes ..."

Documentaries

*''Public School'' - a BBC television film series (made in 1979; transmitted in 1980) about

Radley College Radley College, formally St Peter's College, Radley or the College of St. Peter at Radley, is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (independent boarding school) for boys near the village of Radley, in Oxfordshire, in the United Kingd ...

, an independent boarding school for boys in

Oxfordshire Oxfordshire ( ; abbreviated ''Oxon'') is a ceremonial county in South East England. The county is bordered by Northamptonshire and Warwickshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the east, Berkshire to the south, and Wiltshire and Glouceste ...

.Rob Walker Doing Research: A Handbook for Teachers 1985-p25 "More recently Richard Denton's films Public School and Kingswood, also made for the BBC, have attracted considerable attention. Apparently the BBC went to some lengths in these cases to prepare people for the likely public reaction, but ..."New directions in pastoral care p195 Peter Lang, Michael Marland, National Association for Pastoral Care in Education - 1985 "Roger Graef's documentary film School, in the Space Between Words series, and Richard Denton's Public School- a film of the life of Radley College, and Kingswood - an account of life in a Northamptonshire comprehensive school," *''Kingswood: A Comprehensive School'' - a BBC television series (made in 1980/81 and transmitted in 1982) about The Kingswood School, a typical

Northamptonshire Northamptonshire ( ; abbreviated Northants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Leicestershire, Rutland and Lincolnshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshi ...

comprehensive school A comprehensive school is a secondary school for pupils aged 11–16 or 11–18, that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude, in contrast to a selective school system where admission is restricted on the basis ...

. * '' Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief'' presented by Jonathan Miller - Famous Quotations narrated by

Bernard Hill Bernard Hill (17 December 1944 – 5 May 2024) was an English actor. He was known for his versatile roles in both television and film, and his career spanned over fifty years. Hill first gained prominence as the troubled hard man Yosser Hughes ...

. * ''Did Jesus Die?'' - a documentary including material on Jesus in India theories and the

Roza Bal The Roza Bal, Rouza Bal, or Rozabal is a shrine located in the Khanyar quarter in downtown area of Srinagar in Kashmir, India. The word ''roza'' means tomb, the word ''bal'' means place. Locals believe a sage is buried here, Yuz Asaf, alon ...

shrine. Narrated by Bernard Hill * Comrades - a 12 part observational series made in 1984/5 filming different stories across the USSR * "Papa Wojtyla" A three part biographical BBC series on Pope John Paul II including the first ever TV interview with any Pope *"Caviar & Cornflakes". BBC film about British Journalists (Patrick Cockburn) and Diplomats in Moscow at the time of Chernobyl accident *"Born in the USSR" BBC film about the return of Vladimir Ashkenazy the pianist and conductor for his first visit after his Defection from the Soviet Union *"Miss USSR" international documentary for PBS and BBC about the first ever Soviet Union Beauty Pageant *"Madness" a five part series presented by Jonathan Miller for BBC *"The Real John Lennon" A Channel Four biographical documentary * "Cilla: in Black and White." A Channel Four biographical documentary * "Sex Slaves in the Cellar" Channel Five . *"Shakespeare Uncovered" an ongoing celebrity led series of documentaries for PBS on individual Shakespeare plays

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