Leonard Jack Lewis was a British producer and director.
13 Facts About Leonard Lewis
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Leonard Lewis was the executive and series producer for BBC's EastEnders during the early 1990s, though he had success with many other television programmes for both the BBC and ITV.
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Leonard Lewis joined the BBC on a three-month holiday attachment in 1957.
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Leonard Lewis worked with BBC Scotland until 1963, when he moved to BBC London as a staff director.
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Unwilling to betray his colleagues and friends, Leonard Lewis resigned from the BBC on principle.
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Leonard Lewis later returned to the BBC as a freelance, working on shows ranging from The Chinese Detective ; Rockliffe's Babies ; Juliet Bravo and The Prisoner of Zenda.
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In 1990 Leonard Lewis began directing the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
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Leonard Lewis decided to leave EastEnders in 1994 after the BBC controllers demanded an extra episode a week, taking its weekly airtime from 1hr, to 1.5hrs.
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Leonard Lewis felt that producing an hour of "reasonable quality drama" a week was the maximum that any broadcasting system could generate without loss of integrity.
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Leonard Lewis was born on 29 November 1927, in Tottenham, North London, but moved to East Barnet when he was about seven.
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Leonard Lewis was a father to three daughters, Sian, Tessa and Maria.
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Leonard Lewis had a keen interest in travelling, calligraphy and ice-cream making.
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Leonard Lewis died suddenly on 2 December 2005, aged 78.