Charles Denton is a British film and television producer and executive. He first worked for the BBC as a documentary filmmaker for five years from 1963, before he left the corporation to go freelance. He then worked for several ITV companies, such as ATV, Yorkshire Television and Granada Television. At the latter, he worked on the award-winning World in Action series. Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... Documentary film is a broad category of cinematic expression united by the intent to remain factual or non-fictional. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A freelancer or (freelance worker) is a self-employed person working in a profession or trade in which full-time employment is also common. ... Independent Television (ITV) is the name given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up to provide competition to the BBC. In England and Wales the channel was recently rebranded ITV1 by ITV plc who own the regional broadcasting licences for the regions. ... The ATV colour logo, used from the start of the colour standard in 1969 until the companys demise in 1981. ... Yorkshire Television Limited is the ITV contractor for Yorkshire, England, and the surrounding areas. ... Granada TV logo, used from 1956 to 1968. ... World in Action was an investigative current affairs series produced by Granada Television from around 1962/63 until 1998. ...

In the 1970s he also began working in the film industry, becoming the Managing Director of Black Lion Films. The most notable productions he worked on during this time were the film version of the sitcom Porridge and the Bob Hoskins-starring The Long Good Friday. In television, he became Controller of Programmes at ATV, and later Chief Executive and Director of Programmes at its successor company Central Television. This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... Porridge is a British BBC television sitcom (1974 - 1977), written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais and starring Ronnie Barker. ... Bob Hoskins Robert William Bob Hoskins (born October 26, 1942) is a British actor of Gypsy descent, known for playing Cockney rough diamonds and gangsters, and for family films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988, Eddie Valiant). ... The Long Good Friday (1980) is a British film starring Bob Hoskins. ... Central TV logo, 1985_1998 Central Independent Television, or to give it its familiar name, Central Television or Central, is a British Independent Television company that took over from ATV on 1 January 1982. ...

In the 1980s he left Central to establish his own production company, Zenith Productions, where he was Chief Executive. He held this post until 1993, when he left to re-join the BBC in the perhaps surprising role as Head of Drama, despite not having a background in drama production. His time there coincided with a general downturn in the fortunes of the department, with several senior producers leaving and many productions such as the expensive Rhodes receiving a negative press. // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Cathy Come Home, a 1966 entry into The Wednesday Play anthology series, voted the best drama and second highest programme overall in the British Film Institutes 2000 survey of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes of the 20th century. ...

He left the Head of Drama post in 1996 and worked for a time for BBC Films. He is a fellow of the Royal Television Society and of the Royal Society of Arts. The Royal Television Society is a British-based society for the discussion, analysis and preservation of television in all its forms, past, present and future. ... The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) is a British multi-disciplinary institution, based in London. ...

Cathy Come Home, a 1966 entry into The Wednesday Play anthology series, voted the best drama and second highest programme overall in the British Film Institutes 2000 survey of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes of the 20th century. ... Colin Adams is a British television executive. ...

External link

• Biography on UK Film Council site