Mark Cooper

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Mark Cooper

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Mark Cooper was Head of Music at the BBC and lately BBC Studios for 20 years until July 2019, leading the team that created some of the BBC’s most popular music documentaries and shows. He is the founding producer of Later… with Jools Holland and the annual Hootenanny show working with Jools Holland and Director Janet Fraser Crook. He has led on BBC TV’s coverage of Glastonbury since it began in 1997 overseeing its growth on the BBC’s digital channels and developing it as the main televisual event it is today. Between 2013 and 2018 Mark oversaw the TV coverage of The Proms, curating both the David Bowie and Stax Proms and was executive produ...

Production

2017

Stunning Soloists at the BBC

as Executive Producer

2021

Jazz Horns Gold

as Executive Producer

2015

Cilla at the BBC

as Executive Producer

2019

James Galway at the BBC

as Executive Producer

2011

Amy Winehouse Tribute

as Executive Producer

2011

2010

Elton John at the BBC

as Executive Producer

2009

Motown at the BBC

as Executive Producer

2004

2009

2013

Agnetha: ABBA & After

as Executive Producer

2013

Jazz Divas Gold

as Executive Producer

2012

Jazz Piano Gold

as Executive Producer

2019

Pappano's Greatest Arias

as Executive Producer

2012

Slade at the BBC

as Executive Producer

2014

Kate Bush at the BBC

as Executive Producer

2014

Country Queens at the BBC

as Executive Producer

2015

Girls in Bands at the BBC

as Executive Producer

2007

Folk Hibernia at the BBC

as Executive Producer

2017

Giselle: Belle of the Ballet

as Executive Producer

2011

The Joy of Easy Listening

as Executive Producer

2017

Kiri Te Kanawa at the BBC

as Executive Producer

2009

...Sings the Beatles

as Executive Producer

2013

The Joy of ABBA

as Executive Producer

2017

Classic Quartets at the BBC

as Executive Producer

2008

Paul Weller: BBC Four Sessions

as Executive Producer

2016

Classic Cellists at the BBC

as Executive Producer

2011

Country at the BBC

as Executive Producer

2011

The Kinks at the BBC

as Executive Producer

2012

Duets at the BBC

as Executive Producer

2011

Easy Listening Hits at the BBC

as Executive Producer

2010

Metal at the BBC

as Executive Producer

2021

1998

Richard Lester!

as Producer

2014

Jeff Lynne's ELO at Hyde Park

as Executive Producer

2015

2013

ABBA at the BBC

as Executive Producer

2016

The Joy of Rachmaninoff

as Executive Producer

2022

2018

The White Crow

as Co-Producer

2015

2004

2009

Neil Young: Don't Be Denied

as Executive Producer

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