Michael Hurll

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|10|7|df=yes}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|9|18|1936|10|7|df=yes}}

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| nationality = British

| employer = BBC, LWT

| occupation = Television producer

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Michael Hurll (7 October 1936 – 18 September 2012) was a British television producer who specialized in the comedy and light entertainment genres. He produced many British TV shows including The Two Ronnies, Top of the Pops, and Blind Date.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/sep/20/michael-hurll|title=Michael Hurll obituary|work=The Guardian|author=Anthony Hayward|date=20 September 2012|accessdate=20 September 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/people/comedy-veteran-michael-hurll-dies-aged-75/5046795.article|title=Comedy veteran Michael Hurll dies aged 75|author=Michael Rosser|publisher=Broadcast|date=20 September 2012|accessdate=20 September 2012}} He was for many years a producer for the BBC,{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19662332|title=BBC comedy producer Michael Hurll dies|work=BBC News|date=20 September 2012|accessdate=21 September 2012}} and later worked for LWT and as an independent producer. He also had a long association with television hosts Cilla Black and Noel Edmonds.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/the-man-who-has-kept-britain-laughing-for-half-a-century-431189.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/the-man-who-has-kept-britain-laughing-for-half-a-century-431189.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=The man who has kept Britain laughing for half a century|author=Tim Cooper|work=The Independent|date=8 January 2012|accessdate=20 September 2012}} At the BBC, he was the producer of The Eurovision Song Contest twice, taking charge of the 1974 contest in Brighton (won by Abba) and again in 1982 in Harrogate.

He was the originator of the British Comedy Awards,{{cite web|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2012/09/20/16174/rip_michael_hurll|title=RIP Michael Hurll|publisher=Chortle|date=20 September 2012|accessdate=20 September 2012}} and for many years produced them, through his company Michael Hurll Television.

He died of Parkinson's disease in 2012, aged 75.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/20/michael-hurll-dies-television-producer|title=Top of the Pops and Two Ronnies producer Michael Hurll dies aged 75|author=Jason Deans|date=20 September 2012|accessdate=20 September 2012|work=BBC News}}