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Michael Hurll

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Michael Hurll (October 7th 1936 – September 18th 2012) was a British television producer who specialised in the comedy and light entertainment genres. He produced many British programmes including The Two Ronnies, Top of the Pops, and Blind Date.[1][2] He was for many years a producer for the BBC[3], and later worked for LWT and as an independent producer.[1] He also had a long association with television hosts Cilla Black and Noel Edmonds.[4] At the BBC, he was the producer of the Eurovision Song Contest twice, taking charge of the 1974 contest in Brighton (won by ABBA) and again in 1982 in Harrogate.

He was the director, producer, and executive producer of Cilla, a programme Sandie Shaw appeared on.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Anthony Hayward (September 20th 2012). "Michael Hurll obituary". The Guardian.
  2. Michael Rosser (September 20th 2012). "Comedy veteran Michael Hurll dies aged 75". Broadcast.
  3. "BBC comedy producer Michael Hurll dies". BBC News. September 20th 2012.
  4. Tim Cooper (January 8th 2012). "The man who has kept Britain laughing for half a century". The Independent. Archived from the original on May 12th 2022.
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