Geoff Posner Geoffrey Harold Posner is a British television producer and director. Posner has directed and produced some of Britain's most successful comedy shows since the early 1980s.Career Starting off as a director on the satirical show Not the Nine O'Clock News , he also directed Revolting Women for BBC Manchester in 1981, a sketch show featuring amongst others Jeni Barnett and Linda Broughton, and in 1982 went on to direct the groundbreaking BBC2 anti-sitcom The Young Ones . Working also as an assistant producer on that show, he went on to produce in the same year the unshown pilot of the Rowan Atkinson historical sitcom Blackadder . One of his biggest successes came in 1985, when he produced and directed the multi-award-winning Victoria Wood As Seen On TV , a sketch show written by the popular comedian. Posner has since produced and directed some of the most popular British television comedies of the 1990s and 2000s. They include Harry Enfield's Television Programme , French & Saunders , Paul Calf's Video Diaries , and dinnerladies . More recently he was one of the TV directors covering the Live 8 concert. He was also producer of the second and third series of Little Britain . His shows have won six BAFTA awards and been nominated for another seven. Posner formed Pozzitive Television with fellow TV producer David Tyler in 1992. Posner also directed the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest in Birmingham and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert in 2012. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Essex in 2016.Television productions Revolting Women , director, episode one, 1981Top of the Pops , director, five episodes, 1980-1981 Not The Nine O'Clock News , director, series 4, 1982Blackadder , director, pilot, 1982Blankety Blank , director, one episode, 1982The Young Ones , director, 1982Carrott's Lib , director, 1982 - 1983The Lenny Henry Show , director, 1984-1988 Madness The Pilot, director, TV short, 1984 Lenny Henry Tonite , director, 1986French and Saunders , director, 1987-1988The Robbie Coltrane Special , director, 1989Victoria Wood as Seen on TV , director/producer, 1989John Sessions' Tall Tales , director, 1991Josie , director, 1991 , director, 1991Harry Enfield's Television Programme , director, 1992Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast , director, 1992It's A Mad World , World, World, World , director, 1994Paul Calf's Video Diary , director / producer, 1994Victoria Wood: Live In Your Own Home , director/ producer, 1994A Christmas Night With the Stars , director, 1994Pauline Calf's Wedding Video , director/ producer, 1994Coogan's Run , director/ producer, 1995The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon , director/ producer, 1997Harry Enfield and Chums , director/ producer, 1997Victoria Wood: Live , director/ producer, 1997The Eurovision Song Contest , producer, 1998Stephen Fry's Live From The Lighthouse , director/ producer, 1998Steve Coogan: The Man Who Thinks He's It , director/ producer, 1998dinnerladies , director/ producer, 1998-2000tlc , director/ producer, 2002The Prince's Trust 30th Birthday: Live , director/ producer, 2006Little Britain series 2 and 3, director/ producer, 2004-2006Music Hall Meltdown , director/ producer, 2007Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off... to Glastonbury , director/producer, 2007Marcus Brigstocke: Planet Corduroy , director/producer, 2007Saturday Live Again , director/ producer, 2007Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps , 'The Aftermath', director, 2009Big Top , director/ producer, 2009The Angina Monologues , director/ producer, 2010The One Ronnie , director/ producer, 2010Come Fly With Me , producer, 2010-2011The One Griff Rhys Jones , director/ producer, 2012Catherine Tate's Nan , director/ producer, 2014-2015Victoria Wood: From Soup to Nuts , executive producer , 2018Other work Posner also produced and directed a number of live events, including the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998 , the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games , the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton , and the Jubilee Gala 2013 .Notable awards and nominations Carrott's Lib, BAFTA, Best Light Entertainment Programme - winner, 1984 Victoria Wood as Seen on TV , BAFTA, Best Light Entertainment Programme - winner, 1986 Victoria Wood as Seen on TV, BAFTA, Best Light Entertainment Programme - winner, 1987 a Victoria Wood on TV, BAFTA, Best Light Entertainment Programme - winner, 1988 French and Saunders, BAFTA, Best Light Entertainment Programme - nominated, 1989 The Lenny Henry Show , BAFTA, Best Light Entertainment Programme - nominated, 1989 Harry Enfield's Television Programme, BAFTA, Best Light Entertainment Programme - nominated, 1993 Pauline Calf's Wedding Video, BAFTA, Best Television Comedy - winner, 1995 dinnerladies, BAFTA, Television Comedy - nominated, 1999 The Eurovision Song Contest , Best Live Outside Broadcast Coverage - nominated, 1999 dinnerladies, BAFTA, Situation Comedy - nominated, 2000
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