âI canât go onâ ⦠Laurence Olivier and Helen Mirren in 1976 in The Collection. Photograph: ITV/Rex/Shutterstock
âI canât go onâ ⦠Laurence Olivier and Helen Mirren in 1976 in The Collection. Photograph: ITV/Rex/Shutterstock
On his centenary, the veteran producer recalls adding punch to Coronation Street, bringing Brideshead to the screen and his âturbulentâ relationship with one of the acting worldâs greats
Mon 19 Apr 2021 01.00 EDT
There are more than 22,000 centenarians in the UK, and on 23 April there will be a sprightly addition to their number: Derek Granger, a former Granada TV producer whose credits include Brideshead Revisited and Coronation Street. Talking to Granger in his Thames-side flat, I donât get the sense of a man who lives in the past: the latest books are on his desk alongside current copies of the New Yorker and the Times Literary Supplement, and he talks enthusiastically of pre-lockdown theatre visit
Horse & Hound
Trending: Justine Armstrong Small and Zin Zan
The prolific working hunter Zin Zan has died from colic aged 26.
Justine Armstrong-Small’s bay gelding who was also a multi-garlanded lightweight hunter was crowned overall supreme horse at the 2003 Horse of the Year Show (HOYS).
He won the working hunter final at HOYS twice and was also a winner at Hickstead on two separate occasions, standing reserve champion on both apperances.
Zin Zan, who was by Master Imp out of a Highland King mare, was bred in Ireland by Richie Bolger and was entered for Gorsebridge sales. He was spotted in a car park before the sale by David Tatlow who promptly brought him.