Andy Harries Biography

Fast Facts

• While working as a researcher on the current affairs program World in Action, worked with future filmmaker Paul Greengrass
• Became the controller of comedy for Granada television in 1992, before taking the role of controller of drama in 2000
• Under his watch, acclaimed programs such as The Royle Family, The Mrs Merton Show and The Deal were commissioned
• His daughter, Emmy Lou, was conceived through IVF treatment
• Harries would directly work this experience into the storyline of ITV drama, Cold Feet
• Formed the British production house Left Bank Pictures in 2007
• It became the first production house to receive investment from the BBC
• Named in The Guardian's The Media 100 in 2007, placing at 66th