Mark Shivas

In 1997, Shivas established his own production company, Perpetual Motion Pictures.

He went on to become both director and producer at Granada before moving on to the BBC where he served, respectively, as head of drama (1988-93) and of films (1993-97). In the latter capacity, he worked as executive producer on some twenty motion pictures.

Shivas's wide range of film credits include the exceedingly 'British' A Private Function (1984) and The Witches (1990).

Among his few critical failures was the poorly conceived and written miniseries The Borgias (1981).

During his distinguished career, Shivas won three BAFTA awards and two Emmys for some of the most highly regarded drama productions of the period: The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970), The Edwardians (1972), Rogue Male (1976), The Glittering Prizes (1976) , Telford's Change (1979) and Cambridge Spies (2003).

Drama Producer 1969 - 1979, Head of Drama 1988 - 1993, Head of Films 1993 - 1997, BBC TV.

Director, Producer and Presenter, Granada Television 1964 -1968.

The son of an English teacher (father) and a librarian (mother), Mark Shivas abandoned a legal career to join Granada Television in 1963 as assistant to the head of the story department.

Influential British television executive and producer who began as a film critic and assistant editor for Movie magazine (1962-64).