Peter "Baz" Bazalgette (born on 22 May 1953) is a British media expert who helped create the independent TV production sector in the UK and went on to be the leading creative figure in the global TV company Endemol.
Widely known as Baz, The Independent has argued he may be "the most influential man in British television" because of his commercial fire power and impact on the development of both reality television and his pioneering role in lifestyle TV programmes." The Daily Mail named him as one of the "Ten Worst Britons" for Endemol's Five show The Farm, in which Rebecca Loos became intimate with a pig. The London Evening Standard television critic Victor Lewis-Smith says that Bazalgette has "done more to debase television over the past decade than anyone else."
Peter Bazalgette is the great-great-grandson of Victorian civil engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette. A third cousin is Edward Bazalgette who directed and produced the 2003 documentary The Sewer King which charted Sir Joseph Bazalgette's design and engineering of the London sewers. Bazalgette himself presented a later show for five, called The Great Stink
For the first 12 years of his life Peter Bazalgette's parents didn't have a television. He attended Dulwich College, and gained a third class degree in Law[2] from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University while also becoming the president of the Cambridge Union Society.
Bazalgette joined the BBC News graduate news training scheme, and was subsequently picked by Esther Rantzen as a researcher on "That's Life!" from 1977.
While a reporter at the BBC for "Man Alive," he joined Eric Parsloe's video production company Epic. The BBC put him in charge of producing the programme "Food and Drink," where he claims to have created the celebrity chef. He continued producing by forming his own company Bazal, which created hits for British TV including Ready Steady Cook, Changing Rooms and Ground Force.
In 1990, Bazal was acquired by Broadcast Communications which itself was absorbed by Endemol. In September 2007 it was announced that he was standing down from this position to assume the role of advisor.[3]
Although John de Mol invented Big Brother in the Netherlands, Bazalgette is credited with popularising the format around the world thanks to his adaptations built into the UK version.
In January 2005 Bazalgette became Chairman of Endemol UK and Creative Director of Endemol Group worldwide. He was responsible for shows including Big Brother and Deal or No Deal which were hits around the world, and led Endemol's digital entertainment strategy. During his time on the global board Endemol grew strongly and in 2005 it was launched on the Dutch stock exchange. Over the next eighteen months it trebled in value and was sold in 2007 for €3.2 billion, where Bazalgette was paid £4.6m in salary.
He writes a regular column in Prospect magazine called Smallscreen on television and the media.
He co-wrote four books including The Food Revolution and You Don't Have to Diet, is author of a study of the international TV formats business, Billion Dollar Game and is a regular speaker at global media events.
He is non-executive Chairman of two of Sony’s television divisions in the UK, Chairman of MirriAd, non-executive director of MyVideoRights and Nutopia and also a member of BBH’s Advisory Board. He is a former board member of Channel 4 and is a non-executive director of the market research company, YouGov. He is Deputy Chairman of English National Opera and is a Trustee of Debate Mate.
He lectures on media convergence and creativity.
He advocates changing the funding model of the BBC by reducing the licence fee to pay specifically for its core news and information content with voluntary subscription introduced to pay for drama and entertainment.[4]
He is married to intellectual property rights lawyer and bioethicist, Hilary Newiss, with whom he has two children. The family lives in Notting Hill.
THANKS WIKI.
PETER BAZALGETTE IS ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY. THEY GAVE AN AWARD TO A POLITICALLY BIASED DOCUMENTARY BY CHANNEL TV WHICH USED THE SERVICES OF MI5 AGENT AND PROFESSIONAL DISCREDITOR OF CHILD ABUSE INVESTIGATIONS DAVID ROSE TO TRASH OPERATION RECTANGLE. SINCE THEN THEY ARE REFUSING TO ANSWER PERFECTLY REASONABLE FOI REQUESTS ON WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR NOMINATING THAT PROGRAM FOR AN AWARD.
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Ms Hilary Newiss (deputy chair)
Hilary Newiss qualified as a solicitor in 1981 and was formerly a partner and Head of Intellectual Property in the law firm Denton Hall, now Denton Wilde Sapte.
In 2000, she retired from full time practice as a lawyer and has since served on a number of public bodies in the ethics, legal and scientific research field, including the Human Genetics Commission, the Ethics and Governance Council of Biobank UK, the Intellectual Property Advisory Commission and The Roslin Institute.
She is currently a member of the National Information Governance Board for Health and Social care, the Advisory Panel for Public Sector Information and a Trustee of The Roslin Foundation. She remains on the Roll of Solicitors.
Hilary Newiss has been appointed to the board of the Francis Crick Institute
05 August 2011
Image: Hilary Newiss
Hilary Newiss joins the Board of The Francis Crick Institute as an independent director and trustee.
She is currently deputy chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority Appeals Committee, a member of the National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care, a non-executive director and trustee of The Roslin Foundation, the legal member of the Animal Procedures Committee and deputy chair of the Development Board, Somerville College, Oxford.
Sir David Cooksey, the Chair of The Francis Crick Institute said: “Hilary has a wealth of experience in intellectual property, ethics, public policy and the translation of medical research into application. Her strategic understanding of these issues will be of enormous value to the Institute, and should in turn help the Institute to drive forward its discoveries into public benefit.”
Hilary Newiss added: “I am delighted to become a Trustee of this exciting and formidable charity. It has the potential to change countless lives through its world-class research.”
The Francis Crick Institute, due to open in 2015, is a charity founded by the Medical Research Council, Cancer Research UK, the Wellcome Trust and UCL (University College London). It will be a world-class medical research centre with a strong national role — training scientists and developing ideas for public good.
Hilary Newiss was formerly a partner and Head of Intellectual Property in the law firm Denton Hall, now SNR Denton. She qualified as a solicitor in 1981. In 2000, she retired from full time practice as a lawyer and has since served on a number of public bodies in the ethics, legal and scientific research field, including the Human Genetics Commission, the Ethics and Governance Council of Biobank UK, and the Intellectual Property Advisory Commission.
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