The television producer Derek Granger, who has died aged 101, combined his love of the arts with a popular touch on a wide range of programmes, from Britain’s most successful soap opera, Coronation Street, to the hard-hitting current affairs series World in Action and two sitcoms starring Arthur Lowe.
But his greatest contribution to small-screen history was the sumptuous production of Brideshead Revisited that entranced viewers during the autumn of 1981 and is still regarded as one of the finest TV dramas ever made.
