Mal Young (born in Liverpool, England, on January 26, 1957) is a British television producer and executive . His initial career was in the Graphic Design industry, and it was not until the age of 27 that he began working in television, on the acclaimed Channel 4 soap opera Brookside. Liverpools skyline, as seen from the River Mersey. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Channel 4 is a television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of Our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... Brookside was a soap opera introduced with the new British television channel, Channel 4. ...

Working on the show for nearly a decade, he worked his way up to become its producer in the early 1990s, although his tenure was criticised by some for taking the show away from its social realist roots towards a more sensationalist, ratings-chasing format. He moved on to become Head of Drama at the independent production company Pearson Television, where he oversaw work on ITV police drama The Bill and another soap opera, Channel 5's Family Affairswhich he created, and was Executive Producer on C5's legal drama series, the Bafta nominated" Wing And A Prayer". // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ... Company logo 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 ITVplc who own the regional broadcasting licences for the regions. ... The current cast of The Bill The Bill is a long-running British police drama shown on ITV1. ... five, formerly known as Channel 5, is the United Kingdoms fifth terrestrial TV Channel. ... Family Affairs is a British soap opera. ...

In 1997, he moved to the BBC to become the Controller of Continuing Drama Series for the Corporation's in-house production arm, a position he still held until 2004. In this role, he was responsible for overseeing all of the organisation's in-house continuing episodic drama series (as opposed to short-run multi-episode-storyline serials, which are handled by the Head of Serials). Programmes he oversaw for the BBC included the soap opera EastEnders; medical dramas Doctors'which he co-created', Casualty and the latter's spin-off series Holby City which he created,; police dramas Dalziel & Pascoe, Waking the Dead and Merseybeat; anthology shows The Afternoon Play and Murder in Mind; legal drama Judge John Deed; rural-set Down to Earth; Comedy Drama "Being April" and science-fiction series Doctor Who. 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation has been a producer and broadcaster of television drama since even before it had an officially-established television broadcasting network in the United Kingdom. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... // Introduction EastEnders is a popular BBC television soap opera which was first broadcast on February 19, 1985. ... A casualty is a victim of an accident, injury or trauma. ... Holby City is a TV series that began in 1999. ... Detective Superintendent Andrew Dalziel (usually known as Andy) and Detective Sergeant (later Detective Inspector) Peter Pascoe are two fictional Yorkshire detectives featuring in a series of novels by Reginald Hill and a BBC television series. ... Waking the Dead is a BBC TV programme following the work of a special police team who investigate cold cases; usually murders that took place a number of years ago that were never solved. ... List of Doctor Who serials Doctor Who audio releases Doctor Who spin-offs - includes a discussion of the many novelisations and original novels based on the series History of Doctor Who The Doctor (Doctor Who) List of supporting characters in Doctor Who, including villains and aliens List of robots in...

He is engaged to the singer Mari Wilson, whom he met at a charity function in 2001.In Sept 1999, he gave the Hugh Weldon RTS lecture at their Cambridge Convention.In May 2005, he received a Special Award for his Contribution to Television from ITV's Soap Awards. In July 2004, in a poll of industry experts conducted by Radio Times magazine, he was voted the 9th Most Powerful Person in Television Drama. 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Radio Times is the BBCs weekly television and radio programme listings magazine. ...

At the end of 2004, Young left the staff of the BBC to take up a new, highly-paid position as Head of Drama at independent production company 19TV, developing new drama formats for the UK and U.S. markets. Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: United States Wikinews has news related to this article: United States United States government Official website of the United States government - Gateway to governmental sites White House - Official site of the US President Senate. ...

External link

• Mal Young at the Internet Movie Database