Tim Graham (TV producer)

For other people named Tim Graham, see Tim Graham (disambiguation).

Timothy Graham (1958 – 6 September 2015)^[1] was from Holloway, London of Irish/Scots parentage and the son of John Graham. In his own right, he was a British, RTS Award-winning TV Producer,^[2] journalist, former television presenter, chairman and founder of Soho-based Fin London.^[3][4]

Tim Graham
Tim Graham
Born	Timothy Graham 1958 Holloway, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Died	6 September 2015(2015-09-06) (aged 56–57)
Years active	1983–2015
Notable work	Boiling Point
Father	John Graham

Television career

Graham began his TV career as a researcher on ITV show Number 73 (1983–1984)^[5] and became its music associate (1985).^[6] He worked on two series of Tyne Tees' The Tube,^[7] before becoming presenter on Channel 4's BAFTA-winning Wired (1988), working with artists including Elton John, Miles Davis, Paul Weller, Nina Simone, Johnny Cash, Al Green and Iggy Pop.^[8][9]

He also co-devised BBC Children's series What's That Noise!, which won a Royal Television Society Children's Entertainment Award in 1992.^[10][2]

In 1997, Tim was promoted to deputy editor of cable and satellite channel Granada Talk TV.^[11]

At LWT, Graham executive-produced shows including Gordon Ramsay's Beyond Boiling Point (2000), having produced the chef's first television series Boiling Point (1999), including its pilot episode for Channel 4.^[12]

In early 2001, Tim was promoted to Deputy Managing Director of LWT's digital unit The Lab - having formed its start-up team as Head of Development.^[13] He headed-up shows including The End of the Week Show, a topical discussion programme with Mariella Frostrup^[14] and created the first series of ITV's The Borough, which was awarded special commendation by the ITC.^[15]

Later producing work included A Place in the Sun^[16] and, at his own production company, exec'ing the lead episode of Megafactories Series 5 for National Geographic Channel which aired in over 66 countries worldwide.^[17]

Music Journalism & Writing career

Tim began his media career as an Arts/Music writer for pop culture magazines including BLITZ, Melody Maker and Hot Press. For radio, he produced the Radio 1 Doing the Business documentary 'The Glass Ceiling', about women in the music business.^[18]

Graham wrote poetry for a number of audio books, including Cricket: A Sport in Verse which features his work Mantra of the Beast and Beirut Wedding Poem.^[19]

Voiceover career

Tim voiced a number of commercials, including Guerlain for ITV, Rimmel and Siemens.^[20]