John Tagholm is an experienced programme
editor and executive producer, series producer and director
specialising in factual entertainment, food programmes and
education.
He was an Executive Producer at Thames Television
until 1989 when he set up Pineapple Productions. He merged
with BDP Media ten years later and became Director of Broadcast
Programming
until 2003. He is now freelance series producer and director – and
writer.
As the programme editor of Afternoon Plus for
Thames he was nominated for an Emmy for ‘Maya Angelou
in Performance’. He made major documentaries about
Rudolf Nureyev, the 200th anniversary of the Derby and the history
of smoking.
Recent
productions
‘Why
Jason Died’ a 50’ drama-documentary
about unexpected child death for the Department of Education
and Skills.
‘Six
and a half inches’ Corporate for Leander Club
with Sir Matthew Pinsent extolling the virtues of the rowing
club which made him so successful.
Between
1999 and 2003, John made over 300 hours of programming as Director
of Programmes for BDP Media including ‘Great Wine
Walks’ for BBC UK Food; ‘Newman
Meets’ with Nanette Newman; ‘Power
Food’; ‘Waitrose In Season’; ‘Body
and Soul’; ‘Orgasmic Organic’ for
the Carlton Food Network.
With
Pineapple Productions, various series for the BBC, ITV and
Carlton including ’Mavis Catches Up With’, ‘Books
by My Bedside’, ‘Anne Robinson at
the Good Housekeeping Institute’, 'Local
Hero’, and ‘Ideal Home Cooks’,
one of the earliest mast-head series on British television.
