- Philip Morrow
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name = Philip Morrow
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birth_date = Birth date and age|1962|5|23|mf=y
birth_place =Belfast ,Northern Ireland
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occupation =television producer
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footnotes =Philip Morrow (b.
May 23 ,1962 ) is aNorthern Irish television producer. In 1999, he foundedWild Rover Productions , a television production company best known for producing the hidden-camera showJust for Laughs along with various entertainment, comedy, and pop-factual TV programmes. Morrow currently serves as the company's managing director.Morrow has held many positions within the United Kingdom television industry over the past twenty years. His first commission was from Channel 4 in 1990, to produce a one-off TV programme "Viz - The Documentary." It told the story of Viz in a way that spoofed serious investigative TV shows such as Panorama or Dispatches.
He was head of comedy at
Thames Television in the 1980's and 1990's. There, he wrote and produced Fluke, a gameshow spoofing gameshows in which the contestants' success or failure was based on completely arbitrary and random rules. Fluke was presented byTim Vine on Channel 4. At Thames Television, he also produced the show Sugar and Spice for Five.Morrow then served at the head of programmes for
UTV (formerly Ulster Television). Projects he worked on includedEmerald Shoes , a documentary onIrish dance forITV , and Same Difference for Channel 4. He then served as executive producer of development atMentorm Fims , where shows includedSpace Precinct [ [http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Phil_Morrow/4021604 "Phil Morrow", "Hollywood.com'] Retrieved on 6-6-2008.] ,Today's the Day ,Passport to the Sun , and Happy Families. Morrow next served as commissioning editor for entertainment at Channel 4, where his shows includedVic Reeves Big Night Out ,Drop the Dead Donkey ,Whose Line is it Anyway , andTonight with Jonathan Ross .In 2006, Morrow was elected to be the
Northern Ireland PACT representative and on the board ofNorthern Ireland Screen . [ [http://www.pact.co.uk/pact_press/detail.asp?id=2764 "Pact Announces New Council For 2006", "Pact press release"] 7 December, 2006. Retrieved on 6-6-2008.] In this capacity, he has encouraged BBC's investment in "out of London" companies to offset the disadvantages associated with physical distance fromUnited Kingdom commissioning centres. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/audiencecouncil/archive/bcni/feb2006.shtml "Broadcasting Council for Northern Ireland Minutes", from meeting of February 2006. Retrieved on 6-6-2008.]References
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*imdb name|2520489*
*imdb name|1470098 *current IMDb database error puts Morrow in two profiles
* [http://www.wild-rover.com/bios/pmorrow.html "Biography on Wild Rover Production's homepage"]
* [http://www.wild-rover.com/ "Wild Rover Productions"]
* [http://www.pact.co.uk/press/profile/detail.asp?id=2813 "PACT profile"]
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