Dianne Nelmes

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Dianne Gwenllian Nelmes (born 6 March 1951) [1] is a British former television executive and television producer, who created well-known ITV light entertainment television series.

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Early life

She attended Holt County Girls' Grammar School (since September 1974 the comprehensive The Holt School) in Wokingham, where in 1970 she gained A-levels in Economics, English Literature, and History.

She was the editor of the Newcastle University student newspaper from October to November 1972, where in 1973 she gained a degree in economics and politics. She was president of the Newcastle University Students' Union from 1973 to 1974.

Career

She started as a writer for the Newcastle Journal .

BBC

She was with the BBC for four years from 1978 to 1983, with Look North at Newcastle. She joined Granada in 1983. [2]

Granada

At Granada she was responsible for Stars in their Eyes and You've Been Framed . [3] [4]

In January 1992 she became head of news and regional programmes for ITV in the south and south-east. [5] But in late 1992, she returned to Granada, becoming head of a new factual department, replacing Stuart Prebble. [6] Stuart Prebble had also been student union president of Newcastle University, and Dianne had replaced him, when he had moved on from Look North; Prebble had been the student newspaper editor in October 1971. [7] in this new department she worked with Charles Tremayne. [8]

In autumn 1996 she launched Granada Sky Broadcasting (since 2004 it was called ITV Digital Channels). [9]

ITV

In late 1997 she became ITV's head of daytime broadcasting, introducing many new programmes on 23 March 1998. [10]

In March 2000 became head of documentaries at ITV, being replaced by Maureen Duffy, from the BBC, as head of ITV Daytime from July 2000. [11]

Personal life

She married another ITV producer in 1986. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Companies House
  2. ↑ The Stage Thursday 25 August 1988, page 14
  3. ↑ The Stage Thursday 14 March 1991, page 28
  4. ↑ IMDb
  5. ↑ Manchester Evening News Friday 22 November 1991, page 6
  6. ↑ The Stage Thursday 10 December 1992, page 19
  7. ↑ Newcastle Journal Thursday 10 December 1992, page 41
  8. ↑ The Stage Thursday 28 January 1993, page 23
  9. ↑ The Stage Thursday 4 January 1996, page 18
  10. ↑ The Stage Thursday 13 November 1997, page 3
  11. ↑ The Stage Thursday 4 May 2000, page 3
  12. ↑ Manchester Evening News Wednesday 21 June 1989, page 6
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