Martin Lambie-Nairn

{{Infobox person

| name = Martin Lambie-Nairn

| image = Martin_ln.jpg

| caption = Martin Lambie-Nairn in 2008

| birth_name = Martin John Lambie

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1945|8|5}}

| birth_place = Croydon, Surrey, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2020|12|25|1945|8|5}}

| death_place = England

| known = Channel 4 "Blocks" logo
BBC1 "Virtual Globe"
BBC Two 'The 2s' idents
The Personality 2s
Rhythm & Movement
BBC One 'Balloon' idents
Spitting Image
TSI "Masked troubadour" idents and bumpers

| occupation = Designer

| alma mater = Canterbury College of Art

| years_active = 1965–2020

| website = http://www.ml-n.com

| spouse = {{marriage|Cordelia Summers|1970}}

| children = 3

}}

Martin John Lambie-Nairn (5 August 1945 – 25 December 2020) was an English designer. He was the founder of his branding agency Lambie-Nairn and was the creative director of branding agency ML-N. He is recognised for having redefined television brand identity design, being the first to embrace computer technologies to apply branding to screen-based media.

Lambie-Nairn was also a co-creator of 1980s satirical puppet show Spitting Image.{{Cite web|date=2020-12-28|title=Martin Lambie-Nairn, Spitting Image co-creator, dies at 75|url=http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/dec/28/martin-lambie-nairn-spitting-image-co-creator-dies|access-date=2021-01-17|website=the Guardian|language=en|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121024058/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/dec/28/martin-lambie-nairn-spitting-image-co-creator-dies|url-status=live}} Amongst his most prominent works are the original Channel 4 logo and idents created in 1982, the batch of over 30 idents for BBC Two that first aired on 16 February 1991, the masked troubadour's idents and bumpers for TSI created in 1993, the 1997 corporate re-brand for the whole BBC, and the 2008 BBC Regional News titles. In conjunction with his agency, he also created launch packages for certain other BBC channels.

Early life and education

Lambie-Nairn was born Martin John Lambie in Croydon and educated at Canterbury College of Art (later known as Kent Institute of Art & Design, now the University for the Creative Arts).{{cite web|url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/craft-man-made-tv-sponsorship-idents-sexy-profile-martin-lambie-nairn-changed-far-tv-logos-belinda-archer-says/22937|title=CRAFT: The man who made TV sponsorship idents sexy – PROFILE/Martin Lambie-Nairn has changed far more than TV logos, Belinda Archer says|publisher=Campaign|accessdate=28 December 2020|archive-date=7 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507094308/https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/craft-man-made-tv-sponsorship-idents-sexy-profile-martin-lambie-nairn-changed-far-tv-logos-belinda-archer-says/22937|url-status=live}}

Career

=Early work=

Lambie-Nairn's career in television began at the BBC in 1965, where he worked as an assistant designer. Roles as a graphic designer at Rediffusion, ITN and London Weekend Television followed. At ITN, he worked on the on-screen graphics for the Apollo space missions and later designed the ITN corporate logo and title sequence for News at Ten.{{Cite web|url=https://paulrobertlloyd.com/articles/early_graphic_design_in_television/pioneers|title=Pioneers|website=paulrobertlloyd.com|language=en-gb|access-date=6 October 2017|archive-date=6 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006161645/https://paulrobertlloyd.com/articles/early_graphic_design_in_television/pioneers|url-status=live}} Lambie-Nairn established his own company, Robinson Lambie-Nairn, with partner Colin Robinson in 1976 after leaving LWT, and he went on to develop new graphic presentation techniques for Weekend World.{{cite web|url=https://paulrobertlloyd.com/1999/03/early_graphic_design_in_television/|title=Early Graphic Design in Television|publisher=Paul Rovert Lloyd|accessdate=28 December 2020|archive-date=8 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408223402/https://paulrobertlloyd.com/1999/03/early_graphic_design_in_television/|url-status=live}} The business expanded and was renamed Lambie-Nairn & Company in 1990.

Computer animation enabled him to produce what became regarded as a revolutionary identity{{cite web|url=http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/channel4/1982.html|title=TVARK – Channel 4 – 1982|access-date=19 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106181911/http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/channel4/1982.html|archive-date=6 January 2009|url-status=usurped}} for Channel 4, the "Blocks" logo. This identity launched the fledgling TV channel on 2 November 1982 and remained at the heart of the channel's on-air presentation for 14 years. In 1981 he created the original idea for the UK TV series Spitting Image which ran for 11 years. He received the credit that the show was "based on an original lunch with Martin Lambie-Nairn."{{cite web|url=http://www.qsulis.demon.co.uk/Website_Louise_Gold/Spitting_Image.htm|title=qsulis.demon.co.uk|website=qsulis.demon.co.uk|access-date=19 May 2010|archive-date=9 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609002223/http://www.qsulis.demon.co.uk/Website_Louise_Gold/Spitting_Image.htm|url-status=live}}

Following Channel 4 and Spitting Image, he worked as a director of computer-animated commercials, producing the first ever 30-second computer-generated TV advertisement in the UK, which was a commercial for Smarties.{{Cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/dandaduk/3656179011/|title=Martin Lambie-Nairn, Smarties Commercial 1987|date=24 June 2009|via=Flickr|access-date=19 January 2017|archive-date=7 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507094308/https://www.flickr.com/photos/dandaduk/3656179011/|url-status=live}}

=Corporate identities=

In 1990, Lambie-Nairn became consultant creative director of the BBC brand, a position he held for 12 years. During this period{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/resources/in-depth/bbc_logo.shtml|title=BBC – The BBC Story – The BBC logo story|access-date=23 December 2019|archive-date=14 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014083936/http://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/resources/in-depth/bbc_logo.shtml|url-status=live}} Lambie-Nairn and his company rebranded the BBC and all of its outputs, across all media. The best known channel identity was for BBC Two,{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/03_march/26/bbconeidenthistory.shtml|title=BBC – Press Office – BBC ONE idents history|publisher=BBC|access-date=23 December 2019|archive-date=13 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413141031/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/03_march/26/bbconeidenthistory.shtml|url-status=live}} commissioned by then-controller Alan Yentob in a bid to make the channel appear less stuffy.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/research/bbc-idents/bbc-two-idents|title=Devising the 2|publisher=BBC|accessdate=28 December 2020|archive-date=28 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228194106/https://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/research/bbc-idents/bbc-two-idents|url-status=live}} All of the idents in the first series employed traditional live action. Later, with the change of target audience, a new generation of idents was commissioned and produced using CGI. The idents were highly popular, even receiving fan mail. For BBC1, Lambie-Nairn and Daniel Barber redesigned the globe identity, a well-recognized icon of the BBC, having been introduced in 1963.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/research/bbc-idents/global-ambition|title=Global Ambition – History of the BBC|publisher=BBC|accessdate=28 December 2020|archive-date=28 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728110117/https://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/research/bbc-idents/global-ambition|url-status=live}}

Later, Lambie-Nairn again redesigned the identity for BBC One – creating the red hot air balloon that was used for a new series of idents aired on BBC One from 4 October 1997. This aimed to capture the idea that the channel brought the whole world to every corner of the United Kingdom. This was part of a wider corporate rebranding which included a redesign of the BBC blocks logo and also a new package for BBC News which utilized a warmer color palette for the first time.{{Cite web|author=Guardian Staff|date=1999-05-10|title=Goodbye to the trendy vicar|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/1999/may/10/2|access-date=2021-01-13|website=the Guardian|language=en|archive-date=14 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114233426/https://www.theguardian.com/media/1999/may/10/2|url-status=live}} As the BBC's primary external agency, Lambie-Nairn also oversaw the design of channel identities for emerging digital properties BBC News 24 (now called BBC News),{{cite web|title=Martin Lambie-Nairn|url=https://www.ravensbourne.ac.uk/bbc-motion-graphics-archive/martin-lambie-nairn|accessdate=28 December 2020|publisher=Ravensbourne University|archive-date=28 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228171213/https://www.ravensbourne.ac.uk/bbc-motion-graphics-archive/martin-lambie-nairn|url-status=live}} BBC World, BBC Choice,{{cite web|last=Walker|first=Hayden|title=BBC Choice|url=http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/otherchannels/bbc_choice.html|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401122145/http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/otherchannels/bbc_choice.html|archivedate=1 April 2012|accessdate=5 December 2011|publisher=TVARK: The Online Television Museum}} BBC Knowledge, CBeebies, CBBC, BBC Four{{cite web|title=BBC Four Idents|url=http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/otherchannels/bbcfour.html|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318050421/http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/otherchannels/bbcfour.html|archivedate=18 March 2012|accessdate=31 July 2011|publisher=TVARK}} Contains videos of the idents. and BBC Three.

In 1997, he wrote Brand Identity for Television: With Knobs On.{{Cite book|title=Brand Identity for Television: With Knobs On: Amazon.co.uk: Martin Lambie-Nairn, Jeremy Myerson: Books|id={{ASIN|978|country=uk}} }} He used the book to reveal how he and his colleagues achieved key identities.

Lambie-Nairn also co-conceived the Rhythm & Movement idents for BBC One first shown on 29 March 2002. In 2001, he created BBC Two's 2001–2007 Personality 2s series of idents, which featured robotic figure 2s, each displaying individual personalities, which went on the air on 19 November.{{cite web |url=http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/bbctwo/2001_idents.html |title=TVARK |publisher=TVARK |accessdate=25 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318044705/http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/bbctwo/2001_idents.html |archive-date=18 March 2012 |url-status=usurped }}

Throughout collaboration with the BBC, Lambie-Nairn and company also developed the logos and corporate identities for the London Weekday and Central ITV franchises owned by Carlton Communications. He also branded Anglia Television,{{Cite news|last=Obituaries|first=Telegraph|date=2021-01-03|title=Martin Lambie-Nairn, Channel 4 logo designer who inspired Spitting Image – obituary|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/01/03/martin-lambie-nairn-channel-4-logo-designer-inspired-spitting/|access-date=2021-01-13|issn=0307-1235|archive-date=9 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109142816/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/01/03/martin-lambie-nairn-channel-4-logo-designer-inspired-spitting/|url-status=live}} S4C,{{Cite web|last=Administrator|first=System|date=1995-06-16|title=S4C unveils Tutssels logo|url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/15-june-1995/s4c-unveils-tutssels-logo/|access-date=2021-01-13|website=Design Week|language=en-UK|archive-date=29 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029124642/https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/15-june-1995/s4c-unveils-tutssels-logo/|url-status=live}} TF1,{{Cite web|date=2020-12-31|title=Martin Lambie-Nairn obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/global/2020/dec/31/martin-lambie-nairn-obituary|access-date=2021-01-13|website=the Guardian|language=en|archive-date=8 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108175543/https://www.theguardian.com/global/2020/dec/31/martin-lambie-nairn-obituary|url-status=live}} TSI,{{Cite book |last=Lambie-Nairn |first=Martin |title=Brand Identity for Television: With Knobs On |publisher=Phaidon |year=1997 |isbn=9780714834474 |pages=194–205}} Arte,{{Cite web|title=On-screen graphic design: The early years of television|url=https://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/engineering-and-technology/design-and-innovation/design/on-screen-graphic-design-the-early-years-television|access-date=2021-01-13|website=OpenLearn|language=en|archive-date=24 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124071029/https://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/engineering-and-technology/design-and-innovation/design/on-screen-graphic-design-the-early-years-television|url-status=live}} NOS,{{Cite web|last=Administrator|first=System|date=2005-12-15|title=Lambie-Nairn idents increase NOS exposure|url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/15-december-2005/lambie-nairn-idents-increase-nos-exposure/|access-date=2021-01-13|website=Design Week|language=en-UK|archive-date=15 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515091348/https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/15-december-2005/lambie-nairn-idents-increase-nos-exposure/|url-status=live}} Disney Channel UK,{{Citation|last=deeman3000|title=Lambie Nairn Branding Film 1996|date=20 November 2011|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwzffQeklhs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/qwzffQeklhs |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|accessdate=6 October 2017}}{{cbignore}} The Business Channel,{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/17843445|title=Martin Lambie Nairn Talk|via=Vimeo|access-date=6 October 2017|archive-date=28 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728110117/https://vimeo.com/17843445|url-status=live}} Alhurra, British Satellite Broadcasting, and many others. In 2002, Lambie-Nairn's agency was also credited for helping rebrand BT Cellnet into the O2 brand based around the metaphor of oxygen.{{Cite web|date=2002-05-12|title=Don't blame me for Consignia|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/may/13/mondaymediasection2|access-date=2021-01-13|website=the Guardian|language=en|archive-date=7 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507094308/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/may/13/mondaymediasection2|url-status=live}}

In 2008, he directed the creation of a new unified red-and-white branding for BBC News.{{Cite web|last=Horrocks|first=Peter|date=April 2008|title=The Editors: Comments on changes|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2008/04/comments_on_changes.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114065333/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2008/04/comments_on_changes.html|archive-date=14 January 2021|access-date=2021-01-13|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}{{cite web|url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/1-may-2008/bbc-sanguine-on-claim-that-tv-news-rebrand-causes-fits/|title=BBC sanguine on claim that TV new rebrand causes fits|date=May 2008 |publisher=Design Week|accessdate=28 December 2020|archive-date=17 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617203133/https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/1-may-2008/bbc-sanguine-on-claim-that-tv-news-rebrand-causes-fits/|url-status=live}} The red and white template had videos of local landmarks, transport and people together.{{Cite web|last=Horrocks|first=Peter|title=New News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2008/04/new_news.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805003251/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2008/04/new_news.html|archive-date=5 August 2020|access-date=|website=BBC}} Components of the 2008 identity continue to be in use.{{Cite web|last=Bennett|first=Steve|title=Martin Lambie-Nairn, the man who dreamt up Spitting Image, dies at 75 : News 2020 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2020/12/28/47562/martin_lambie-nairn,_the_man_who_dreamt_up_spitting_image,_dies_at_75|access-date=2021-01-13|website=www.chortle.co.uk|language=en|archive-date=12 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112083728/https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2020/12/28/47562/martin_lambie-nairn,_the_man_who_dreamt_up_spitting_image,_dies_at_75|url-status=live}}

=Later years=

In 2009 Lambie-Nairn left the practice he founded to join Heavenly as creative director, leaving in 2011. At Heavenly, he devised the launch identity for Sky Atlantic{{Cite web|title=Branding Agency News - Heavenly makes waves with Sky Atlantic launch|url=https://heavenly.co.uk/says/heavenly-makes-waves-with-sky-atlantic-launch/|access-date=2021-01-17|website=Branding Agency News - Heavenly makes waves with Sky Atlantic launch|language=en|archive-date=20 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120065602/https://heavenly.co.uk/says/heavenly-makes-waves-with-sky-atlantic-launch/|url-status=live}} and also for BBC Entertainment.{{Citation|title=BBC Entertainment Re Brand|url=https://vimeo.com/152026831|language=en|access-date=2021-01-17|archive-date=15 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315053222/https://vimeo.com/152026831|url-status=live}} He subsequently had his own consultancy, ML-N, based in London. In 2011, he worked as a creative consultant in creating a new identity for the Royal Opera House.{{Cite web|last=SomeOne|title=Re-thinking the Royal Opera House.|url=https://someoneinlondon.com/projects/re-thinking-the-royal-opera-house|access-date=2021-01-17|website=someoneinlondon.com|language=en|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122014756/https://someoneinlondon.com/projects/re-thinking-the-royal-opera-house|url-status=live}}

Through ML-N, he was appointed consultant creative director for the research company, TNS.{{cite web|url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/23-june-2011/martin-lambie-nairn-steps-down-from-heavenly-to-revive-ml-n/|title=Martin Lambie-Nairn steps down from Heavenly to revive ML-N|work=Design Week|date=22 June 2011|access-date=29 December 2020|archive-date=7 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107151018/https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/23-june-2011/martin-lambie-nairn-steps-down-from-heavenly-to-revive-ml-n/|url-status=live}} In 2016, he had joined Red&White as a non-executive chairman and creative director,{{Cite news|url=https://www.creativereview.co.uk/martin-lambie-nairn-on-joining-redwhite-the-perils-of-expansion-and-the-importance-of-kindness/|title=Martin Lambie-Nairn on joining Red&White, the perils of expansion and the importance of kindness|date=16 October 2015|work=Creative Review|access-date=6 October 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=6 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006112705/https://www.creativereview.co.uk/martin-lambie-nairn-on-joining-redwhite-the-perils-of-expansion-and-the-importance-of-kindness/|url-status=live}} where he worked to create a new logo and brand identity for his alma mater, the University of Northampton.{{Cite web|date=2017-11-23|title=University of Northampton|url=http://redandwhitestudio.com/projects/university-of-northampton/|access-date=2021-01-17|website=Red&White|language=en-US|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122044434/http://redandwhitestudio.com/projects/university-of-northampton/|url-status=live}} In 2020, Lambie-Nairn was interviewed for the BBC Four programme The Sound of TV, which debuted a few weeks before his death.{{Cite news|date=2020-12-28|title=Martin Lambie-Nairn: Designer behind famous BBC and Channel 4 'idents' dies|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55465330|access-date=2021-01-13|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201229085605/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55465330|url-status=live}}

Personal life and death

Lambie-Nairn died on 25 December 2020 at the age of 75. His death was mentioned during a junction on Channel 4 alongside an original channel ident which Lambie-Nairn oversaw the development of in the 1980s.{{Cite web|last=Williams|first=Jessica|date=2020-12-28|title=Martin Lambie-Nairn dead at 75: Fans mourn Spitting Image co-creator 'Utterly devastated'|url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1377461/martin-lambie-nairn-dead-death-spitting-image-channel-4-latest-family-news-health-update|access-date=2020-12-30|website=Express.co.uk|language=en|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230071930/https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1377461/martin-lambie-nairn-dead-death-spitting-image-channel-4-latest-family-news-health-update|url-status=live}}

He was survived by his wife Cordelia (née Summers) whom he married in 1970.{{cite news|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55465330|title = Martin Lambie-Nairn: Designer behind famous BBC and Channel 4 'idents' dies|publisher = BBC News|date = 28 December 2020|accessdate = 28 December 2020|archive-date = 29 December 2020|archive-url = https://archive.today/20201229085605/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55465330|url-status = live}}

Awards

Lambie-Nairn was an RDI (Royal Designer for Industry),{{Cite web|url=http://www.thersa.org/projects/design/rdi/current-royal-designers|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827064215/http://www.thersa.org/projects/design/rdi/current-royal-designers|url-status=dead|title=RSA – Current Royal Designers|archivedate=27 August 2012}} Fellow of the Royal Television Society,{{cite web|url=http://www.rts.org.uk/Info_page_two_pic_2_det.asp?id=7521&sec_id=3572|title=RTS Archives – People – About – Fello|publisher=Royal Television Society }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and an ex-president of D&AD. He received the D&AD President's Award, Prince Philip Design Prize, Promax Lifetime Achievement Award{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/inside-story-martin-lambienairn--king-of-the-idents-760463.html|title=Inside Story: Martin Lambie-Nairn – King of the idents|website=Independent.co.uk |date=26 November 2007|access-date=4 September 2017|archive-date=25 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925092047/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/inside-story-martin-lambienairn--king-of-the-idents-760463.html|url-status=live}} and Promax Hall of Fame (USA). He also received a Gold D&AD for his work for Channel 4, multiple Silver D&ADs, a BAFTA{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/nominations/?year=1991|title=Television Awards|website=bafta.org|access-date=19 May 2010|archive-date=15 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815094637/http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/nominations/?year=1991|url-status=live}} for his work for BBC2 and multiple Promax Awards.

Lambie-Nairn held an honorary doctorate of Arts from the University of Lincoln,{{cite web|url=https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/news/2004/07/martinlambienairn.htm|title=UNIVERSITY HONOUR FOR 'SPITTING IMAGE' CREATOR|website=lincoln.ac.uk|access-date=28 December 2020|archive-date=28 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728110123/https://news.lincoln.ac.uk/|url-status=live}} and was a visiting professor at the Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design. He also held an honorary doctorate of Arts from the University of Northampton.{{cite web|url=https://www.northampton.ac.uk/community/alumni/honorary-and-notable-alumni/honorands-2010/|title=Honorands 2010|publisher=University of Northampton|accessdate=28 December 2020|archive-date=26 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126211017/https://www.northampton.ac.uk/community/alumni/honorary-and-notable-alumni/honorands-2010/|url-status=live}}

Bibliography

Brand Identity for Television With Knobs On, Phaidon Press, 1997 {{ISBN|978-0-7148-3447-4}}

References

External links

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Category:British satirical television show creators

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