Jimmy Mulville

Managing Director, Hat Trick

Jimmy was one of the founders of Hat Trick Productions in 1986 and since then has seen it grow into one of the country’s leading producers of comedy, drama and entertainment, regularly bringing to the screen distinctive and popular series. In the US Hat Trick launched ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway’ in 1997 which ran on ABC for seven years and was the very first British series to be recreated for American network television by a British producer. In 1999 he received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Creative Contribution to Television. Jimmy is a Fellow of the Royal Television Society and recently received an honorary doctorate from the University of Liverpool. Before moving to television in 1982, he produced for BBC Radio, where he developed and produced the award-winning Radio Active.

Followed by the RTS Northern Ireland Awards at Titanic Belfast

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About Dan Gilbert

Dan Gilbert joined the BBC News Department in 1950, working there for over 10 years, before taking over the responsibility for all Radio Current Affairs coverage in 1968 just as the “Troubles” began. By 1974, he was promoted to Editor of Radio Current Affairs in BBC NI and in 1981 he set up the first training department outside on London in Northern Ireland and was responsible for all training except engineering. Formally retiring from the BBC in 1987, he continued to freelance, organising and running broadcasting courses internationally in both radio and television for the British Council and the British Forces Broadcasting.

Dan was also a lecturer in journalism and broadcasting, a moderator and assessor for City & Guilds of London, founding member of the Radio Academy and Chairman of the Training Committee. In 1995, he was awarded a Fellowship of the Radio Academy in recognition of his service to radio. He was a member of the Royal Television Society and served on the Northern Ireland Committee, the Board of the Northern Ireland Film Council and Chairman of the Training Committee. Dan died in January 1996.

The Royal Television Society in Northern Ireland is grateful to Dan’s family’s support of the Dan Gilbert Memorial Lecture.