Complex sentence: In 1972 he was poached from the BBC by Granada Television to act as a producer on the investigative current affairs programme World In Action, and in 1979 he was appointed as Editor of the series.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1972 he was poached from the BBC by Granada Television to act as a producer on the investigative current affairs programme World In Action. In 1979 he was appointed as Editor of the series.