Denis Forman, the Glossary
Sir John Denis Forman (13 October 1917 – 24 February 2013) was a Scottish executive in the British television industry long associated with the ITV contractor Granada, and with various charitable and governmental bodies in the arts.[1]
Table of Contents
20 relations: Battle of Monte Cassino, BBC News, British Film Institute, David Plowright, Dumfries, Granada plc, ITV Granada, James Cameron (journalist), John Grierson, London, Loretto School, Moffat, Musselburgh, My Life So Far, Palladian architecture, Pembroke College, Cambridge, Presbyterianism, Royal Opera House, Scottish Episcopal Church, Sidney Bernstein, Baron Bernstein.
- British writers about music
- Military personnel from Dumfries and Galloway
Battle of Monte Cassino
The Battle of Monte Cassino, also known as the Battle for Rome, was a series of four military assaults by the Allies against German forces in Italy during the Italian Campaign of World War II.
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BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
British Film Institute
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom.
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David Plowright
David Ernest Plowright (11 December 1930 – 24 August 2006) was a British television executive and producer. Denis Forman and David Plowright are BAFTA fellows.
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Dumfries
Dumfries (Dumfries; from Dùn Phris) is a market town and former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, near the mouth of the River Nith on the Solway Firth, from the Anglo-Scottish border.
Granada plc
Granada plc (previously called Granada Ltd, Granada Group plc, and Granada Media plc) was a British conglomerate best known as the parent from 1954 to 2004 of the Manchester-based Granada Television.
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ITV Granada
ITV Granada, formerly known as Granada Television, is the ITV franchisee for the North West of England and Isle of Man.
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James Cameron (journalist)
Mark James Walter Cameron CBE (17 June 1911 – 26 January 1985) was a British journalist and writer, in whose memory the annual James Cameron Memorial Lecture is given.
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John Grierson
John Grierson (26 April 1898 – 19 February 1972) was a pioneering Scottish documentary maker, often considered the father of British and Canadian documentary film. Denis Forman and John Grierson are Governors of the British Film Institute.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
Loretto School
Loretto School, founded in 1827, is an independent boarding and day school for boys and girls aged 0 to 18.
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Moffat
Moffat (Mofad) is a burgh and parish in Dumfriesshire, now part of the Dumfries and Galloway local authority area in Scotland.
Musselburgh
Musselburgh (Musselburrae; Baile nam Feusgan) is the largest settlement in East Lothian, Scotland, on the coast of the Firth of Forth, east of Edinburgh city centre.
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My Life So Far
My Life So Far is a 1999 film about a year in the life of a ten-year-old Scottish boy.
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Palladian architecture
Palladian architecture is a European architectural style derived from the work of the Venetian architect Andrea Palladio (1508–1580).
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Pembroke College, Cambridge
Pembroke College (officially "The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College or Hall of Valence-Mary") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.
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Presbyterianism
Presbyterianism is a Reformed (Calvinist) Protestant tradition named for its form of church government by representative assemblies of elders.
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Royal Opera House
The Royal Opera House (ROH) is a historic opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London.
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Scottish Episcopal Church
The Scottish Episcopal Church (Eaglais Easbaigeach na h-Alba; Scots Episcopal(ian) Kirk) is the ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion in Scotland.
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Sidney Bernstein, Baron Bernstein
Sidney Lewis Bernstein, Baron Bernstein (30 January 1899 – 5 February 1993) was a British businessman and media executive who was the founding chairman of the London-based Granada Group and the founder of the Manchester-based Granada Television in 1954.
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See also
British writers about music
- Alec Robertson (music critic)
- Antony Peattie
- Christopher Page
- Colin Larkin
- David Byrne
- Denis Forman
- Hans Keller
- Harriet Wainwright
- Henry Needler
- Jessica Duchen
- Keith Kahn-Harris
- Mark Beech (writer)
- Mary Augusta Wakefield
- Peter Stadlen
- Rachel Brown (flautist)
- Rhian Samuel
- Richard Capell
Military personnel from Dumfries and Galloway
- Alexander Biggam
- Arthur Forbes-Sempill
- Arthur Rullion Rattray
- Charles Malcolm
- Charles Pasley
- Denis Forman
- Edward Spence (VC)
- Gavin Maxwell
- George Badenoch
- George Johnston (British Marines officer)
- George Johnstone (Royal Navy officer)
- George Kennedy (Scottish footballer)
- George Kennedy Young
- George Thomson (RAF officer)
- Graham Maitland
- Hay MacDowall
- Hew Dalrymple Ross
- Houston Stewart
- Hugh MacDiarmid
- James Edward Tait
- James MacKenzie (VC)
- James Malcolm (Royal Marines officer)
- James Tennant (RFC officer)
- John Blackadder (soldier)
- John Campbell (Royal Navy officer)
- John Kennedy (British Army officer, born 1893)
- John Malcolm
- John McClure (admiral)
- John Paul Jones
- John Ross (Royal Navy officer)
- John Ross (VC)
- Louis McGuffie
- Murray Maxwell
- Patrick Heron (British Army officer)
- Patrick Stewart Boulter
- Pulteney Malcolm
- Randolph Stewart, 11th Earl of Galloway
- Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell
- Samuel Wallace
- Sir John Heron-Maxwell, 4th Baronet
- Sir Robert Laurie, 6th Baronet
- Stanley McArdle
- Sydney Rigby Wason
- Tommy Gibson
- William Clark-Kennedy
- William Miller (footballer, born 1875)