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The producer of some of the finest British television programmes of the 1960s and 1970s, before becoming the pioneering chief executive of Channel 4, Jeremy Isaacs remains among the most respected figures in the industry for his wholehearted commitment to the medium.

Isaacs' consistent philosophy has been that there is no contradiction between innovation and popularity. His well-publicised skirmishes with the television establishment (the BBC in 1966, Thames TV in 1978), defending his belief in making programmes accessible, direct and compelling, without compromising their intellectual integrity, have hindered his career as well as charged it.

He was born in the Hillhead district of Glasgow, Scotland on 28 September 1932 to a modestly successful Jewish couple. After attending Glasgow Academy, Merton College, Oxford in 1952 (where he was president of the Union) and military service with the Royal Scots Fusiliers, he worked briefly as a computer programmer.

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