
Writer, director, producer and composer Charles Garland began his entertainment career as a trained ballet dancer before joining the BBC in 1986, After assisting the legendary Jonathan Miller with the television adaptation of his play Cosi Fan Tutte, Charles climbed the ranks of BBC Light Entertainment working on sitcoms such as Perry and Croft’s Hi-De-Hi before contributing on You Rang M’Lord and Allo Allo. After climbing the ranks on Paul Daniels’ game show Every Second Counts, in 1995 Charles secured a producer role on David Croft’s last TV sitcom Oh Doctor Beeching starring Paul Shane, Su Pollard and Jeffrey Holland. I caught up with one of the longest serving producers in British television to talk: legends, laughs and his recollections on a truly glittering career in entertainment. Ladies and gentlemen Mr Charles Garland...