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David Bell was a Scottish television producer and director in the light entertainment genre. In the mid-1980s, he became head of light entertainment at LWT. Live From Her Majesty's, Copy Cats and The Stanley Baxter Show number amongst his successes. He died of AIDS, aged 52.
David Bell was a Scottish television producer and director in the light entertainment genre. In the mid-1980s, he became head of light entertainment at LWT. Live From Her Majesty's, Copy Cats and The Stanley Baxter Show number amongst his successes. He died of AIDS, aged 52.
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David Bell was a Scottish television producer and director in the light entertainment genre. In the mid-1980s, he became head of light entertainment at LWT. Live From Her Majesty's, Copy Cats and The Stanley Baxter Show number amongst his successes.
- STV, 1957–63
- BBC Scotland, 1963–68
- Lwt, 1968–76
- Head of Entertainment and Drama, STV, 1976–77
- Controller, Entertainment, Lwt, 1977–84
- Personal Life
- Death
- Obituary Tributes
- A Night of One Hundred Stars, 1990
In the mid-1950s, Bell was an apprentice textile designer in his home town of Selkirk, but upon finishing his training he decided he wanted to work for the new commercial television station, Scottish Television, which started on 31 August 1957. A few months before the station went on-air, Bell sat for hours the reception of the Scotsman at North Br...
Bell left STV at the end of September 1963 to take up a similar appointment with the BBC in Glasgow as a director on light entertainment programmes, working under producer Eddie Fraser. On his very first day at Broadcasting House, Glasgow, Wednesday 2 October, he directed the network light entertainment programme Three Twos Are Six. This was follow...
In 1968, at the age of 32, Bell was given a year-long contract with the newly-formed London Weekend Television (LWT), which had been awarded the ITA London weekend franchise, taking over from ATV from 2 August 1968. The twin attractions were more money than the BBC was paying him, and being able to join not just as a director, but as a producer-dir...
Bell returned to STV in around January 1976 as Head of Entertainment and Drama. Interestingly, upon his move to LWT in 1968he had remarked: "There are more opportunities in Scotland, and I know I'll be coming back later on." He initiated The Prime of Miss Jean Brodieseries which marked the beginning of the company's drama successes on the network. ...
By February 1977Bell was appointed Controller of Entertainment at London Weekend Television (LWT), working under Michael Grade as the new Director of Programmes. In 1978 he was involved with Grade's move bringing Bruce Forsyth to ITV to present his ill-fated Saturday night spectacular. He found, developed and made famous newcomers like Russ Abbot, ...
In his biography of Stanley Baxter, the writer Brian Beacom wrote of Bell that he had "dark, film star looks, clear ambition and a great eye for television" and that he "was a popular, likeable man who disappointed only the legions of women who fancied him rotten". While at STV, Bell had met the dancer Bruce McClureand the pair became boyfriends. T...
In June 1988, Bell revealed to friends that he was HIV positive and had two years to live. He had contracted the virus during an American holiday with Bruce McClure a few years earlier, after meeting a rent boy in Los Angeles, something which was totally out of character for him, according to Stanley Baxter. Bell contracted HIV and through a long i...
Marcus Plantin, the then controller of entertainment at LWT, paid tribute: Ken Hoare, the writer of the Stanley Baxtershows, said:
A charity Gala Tribute to David Bell was held at The London Palladium on Monday 26 November 1990, administered by the Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund, the main charity benefiting from the proceeds. It was broadcast on the ITV network later that same week, on Saturday 1 December (19:30–22:10), as A Night of One Hundred Stars, produced for te...
Feb 8, 2024 · The premier of British Columbia went on a 2½-minute tirade Thursday morning as he called out the parent company of Bell Media, which had earlier announced thousands of layoffs and the sale of...
David Bell (television executive) was born on 1936 in Selkirk, Scotland, is a Television. Discover David Bell (television executive)'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates.
