birth_place nationality name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
hackney , london , england british ted childs 26 december 1934 ted childs
 edward samuel childs television producer , screenwriter , and director
ted childs

ted childs commenced training as a programme director with abc television in 1962 .
he went on to produce and direct a wide variety of factual programmes and documentary films , including episodes of this week , then the itv current affairs flagship and also contributed to the acclaimed world at war series .
he was one of the founding fathers of euston films , the film production company established by thames television in the early 1970s .
whilst there he produced the sweeney , special branch and quatermass series , together with a number of theatrical and television films , as well as writing and/or directing films and series episodes for both itv and the bbc .
in 1984 , he was appointed controller of drama at central television and , subsequently , managing director of central films .
in this dual role , he acted as executive producer on an extensive range of films and series for itv .
these included inspector morse , soldier soldier , peak practice , sharpe , brother cadfael , chancer , gone to the dogs , kavanagh qc and thieftakers .
following the acquisition of central television by carlton communications , he opted to assume a freelance role .
he continued to write and develop new television drama and films as an executive producer .
as such , he was responsible for the heat of the sun series , the morse film the wench is dead , the television films : into the blue , goodnight mr. tom and the waiting time , together with a kavanagh qc film special , the monsignor renard series and the remorseful day , the final episode in the morse canon .
in 2004/5 he was responsible for developing the brief , a legal series .
he acted as executive producer on two series of the brief .
he also acted as executive producer on lewis , a television format derived from the morse series .
in 1991 , the production guild honoured him with its annual award of merit .
he was elected a fellow of the royal television society -lrb- rts -rrb- in 1992 .
he was chairman of the british academy of film and television arts -lrb- bafta -rrb- in 1994 and 1995 .
he received the rts award for outstanding creative contribution to british television in 1995 .
in the same year he was awarded the rts baird medal for outstanding contribution to british regional television .
in the 1997 new year 's honours list , he was made an obe for services to broadcast television .
also , in 1997 , he was elected an honorary fellow of the moving image society -lrb- formerly the british kinematograph and television society . -rrb-
in may 1998 , he received the bafta award for outstanding creative contribution to television .
in 2000 , he received the broadcasting press guild 's harvey lee award for outstanding contribution to broadcasting .
in july , 2015 , the university of nottingham awarded him the honorary degree of doctor of letters .
