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Mark Cooper

Overview

Mark Cooper was Head of Music at the BBC and lately BBC Studios for 20 years until July 2019, leading the team that created some of the BBC’s most popular music documentaries and shows. He is the founding producer of Later… with Jools Holland and the annual Hootenanny show working with Jools Holland and Director Janet Fraser Crook. He has led on BBC TV’s coverage of Glastonbury since it began in 1997 overseeing its growth on the BBC’s digital channels and developing it as the main televisual event it is today.

Between 2013 and 2018 Mark oversaw the TV coverage of The Proms, curating both the David Bowie and Stax Proms and was executive producer on a number of classical and dance films from Pappano’s Classical Voices to Good Swan, Bad Swan: Dancing Swan Lake with Tamara Rojo.

Producing multiple hours of documentaries on some of the biggest names in music, he has also been responsible for series that explore musical origins like Reginald D Hunter’s Songs of the South as well as leading the strands Britannia, which contains 25 films on the evolution of music genres in the UK, The Joy Of Abba, Easy Listening and Country and America - Rock & Roll, Blues and Tap. Mark continues to work with the BBC as an Executive Producer on special projects.

Biography adapted from BBC Press Release

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2022 Glastonbury: 50 Years and Counting Production Executive Producer 59
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2021 Introducing Jodea Production Producer 59
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2021 Jazz Horns Gold Production Executive Producer N/A
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2020 Soul America Production Executive Producer N/A
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2019 James Galway at the BBC Production Executive Producer N/A
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2019 Fleetwood Mac's Songbird: Christine McVie Production Executive Producer 59
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2019 Pappano's Greatest Arias Production Executive Producer N/A
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2018 David Bowie: Glastonbury 2000 Production Producer N/A
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2018 Classic Albums: Amy Winehouse - Back to Black Production Executive Producer 59
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2018 The White Crow Production Co-Producer 61
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2017 Tom Jones and Beverley Knight’s Gospel Christmas Production Executive Producer N/A
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2017 Giselle: Belle of the Ballet Production Executive Producer N/A
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2017 Stunning Soloists at the BBC Production Executive Producer N/A
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2017 Classic Quartets at the BBC Production Executive Producer N/A
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2017 Kiri Te Kanawa at the BBC Production Executive Producer 58
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2016 Classic Cellists at the BBC Production Executive Producer N/A
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2016 Tom Jones's 1950s: The Decade That Made Me Production Executive Producer N/A
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2016 Virtuoso Violinists at the BBC Production Producer N/A
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2016 Pierre Boulez at the BBC: Master and Maverick Production Executive Producer N/A
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2016 The Joy of Rachmaninoff Production Executive Producer N/A
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2015 Roy Orbison: One of the Lonely Ones Production Executive Producer 59
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2015 Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version Production Executive Producer N/A
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2015 Girls in Bands at the BBC Production Executive Producer 59
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2015 Indie Classics at the BBC Production Producer 58
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2015 Cilla at the BBC Production Executive Producer 58
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2015 It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: Rock 'n' Roll at the BBC Production Executive Producer 58
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2015 Kanye West - Live at Glastonbury Production Executive Producer N/A
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2015 Tales from the Tour Bus: Rock 'n' Roll on the Road Production Executive Producer 59
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2015 Simon Rattle: The Making of a Maestro Production Executive Producer N/A
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2014 Country Queens at the BBC Production Executive Producer 58
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2014 Jeff Lynne's ELO at Hyde Park Production Executive Producer 59
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2014 Kate Bush at the BBC Production Executive Producer 58
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2014 The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill Production Executive Producer 59
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2014 The Genius of Bert Jansch: Folk, Blues & Beyond Production Executive Producer N/A
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2013 ABBA at the BBC Production Executive Producer 58
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2013 The Joy of ABBA Production Executive Producer 59
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2013 Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain Production Executive Producer N/A
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2013 Agnetha: ABBA & After Production Executive Producer 59
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2013 Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas Production Executive Producer N/A
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2013 Jazz Divas Gold Production Executive Producer N/A
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2012 Slade at the BBC Production Executive Producer N/A
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2012 Jazz Piano Gold Production Executive Producer N/A
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2012 Duets at the BBC Production Executive Producer N/A
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2011 Country at the BBC Production Executive Producer 58
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2011 Amy Winehouse Tribute Production Executive Producer N/A
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2011 A Tribute to Amy Winehouse by Jools Holland Production Executive Producer N/A
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2011 The Kinks at the BBC Production Executive Producer 58
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2011 The Santana Story: Angels and Demons Production Executive Producer N/A
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2011 The Joy of Easy Listening Production Executive Producer N/A
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2011 Easy Listening Hits at the BBC Production Executive Producer N/A
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2010 Elton John at the BBC Production Executive Producer N/A
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2010 The Making of Elton John: Madman Across the Water Production Executive Producer 59
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2010 Herb Alpert, Tijuana Brass and Other Delights Production Executive Producer N/A
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2010 Metal at the BBC Production Executive Producer N/A
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2009 Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany Production Executive Producer 59
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2009 ...Sings the Beatles Production Executive Producer N/A
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2009 Blues Britannia: Can Blue Men Sing the Whites? Production Executive Producer N/A
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2009 Annie Lennox: BBC One Sessions Live at St Luke's Production Executive Producer 59
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2009 Motown at the BBC Production Executive Producer 58
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2008 Paul Weller: BBC Four Sessions Production Executive Producer 59
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2007 If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story Production Executive Producer 59
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2007 Elvis Costello: Live: A Case for Song Production Producer N/A
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2007 Folk Hibernia at the BBC Production Executive Producer 58
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2007 Amy Winehouse – BBC One Sessions Live at Porchester Hall Production Executive Producer 59
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2005 Girls and Boys - Sex and British Pop Production Executive Producer N/A
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2005 The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen' Production Executive Producer N/A
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2004 George Michael: A Different Story Production Executive Producer 59
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2004 Later... with Jools Holland: Cool Britannia Production Producer N/A
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2004 Johnny Cash: The Last Great American Production Executive Producer 59
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2001 Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl Production Executive Producer N/A
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1998 Manic Street Preachers: From There to Here Production Producer N/A
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1998 Richard Lester! Production Producer 59
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1991 Vivian Stanshall: The Early Years Production Producer N/A
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