Brian Lapping

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Brian Michael Lapping

CBE
Norma Percy and Brian Lapping at the 2000 Peabody Awards.jpg
Brian Lapping and Norma Percy at the 59th Annual Peabody Awards, 2000.
Born
Brian Michael Lapping

(1937-09-13) 13 September 1937 (age 86)
Alma mater University of Cambridge
Occupation(s) Journalist, historian, producer
SpouseAnne Shirley Lucas Lapping (m. 1963)
AwardsCommander of the Order of the British Empire, 2005
Website https://www.brooklapping.com/

Brian Michael Lapping CBE [1] (born 13 September 1937) is an English journalist, television producer and historian. Lapping is also the chairman and founding member of Brook Lapping, a television and radio production company focused on the production of historical documentaries. [2]

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Education

Lapping was educated at the City of London School for Boys, an independent school in central London, followed by Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he read for a degree in History. [2] [3] [4] While at Cambridge he was a member of the university's Labour club. [5]

Career

Lapping began his career as a journalist working for the Daily Mirror , The Guardian and the Financial Times , before moving to producing documentaries, first for Granada Television, then for his own production studio Brian Lapping Associates. During the 1960s, he was also editor of Venture, the Fabian Society's monthly journal, and deputy editor of the influential social science magazine New Society , where he worked alongside Paul Barker.

In 1997, Brian Lapping Associates merged with Brook Associates to form Brook Lapping Productions. [6] Notable television productions produced by Lapping include Obama's White House (2016), Putin, Russia and the West (2011), The Death of Yugoslavia (1995) and End of Empire (1985).

Personal life

Lapping is married to Anne Lapping, and they both live in London, England. Lapping remains a member of The Fabian Society.

Awards

State awards

Lapping, along with his wife, was awarded the title of Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2005 Queen's New Year Honours List for services to broadcasting.

Media awards

Filmography

Publications

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Queen's Birthday Honours 2005 recipient lists". 10 June 2005. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 "LAPPING, Brian Michael", Who's Who 2012 & Who was Who (online ed.), Oxford University Press, November 2011, retrieved 10 September 2012
  3. ↑ "The Educational Backgrounds of Leading Journalists – Page 20: NEWS EDITORS/PRODUCERS (18)" (PDF). The Sutton Trust . 15 June 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  4. ↑ More, Geoff (1 November 2018) "Transcript of interview with Brian Lapping". Granadaland. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  5. ↑ 'Editorial'. The Cambridge Forward. Issue 1, Easter 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Brian Lapping – Producer – Granadaland" . Retrieved 19 February 2022.


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