Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Franc Roddam is the creator of MasterChef, which is today watched by 300 million people worldwide - Clara Molden It began as a ...

Pioneering producer Franc Roddam has built a TV empire with his populist touch. Can he weather the storm engulfing his biggest hit? Liam Kelly is a senior culture writer and covers the full sweep of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EXCLUSIVE: Franc Roddam, the British film and TV impresario who owns MasterChef, has said that he is pained by the presenter ...

Franc Roddam has said that he would be against a sequel to Quadrophenia. The director's classic 1979 movie is released on Blu-ray this week alongside a new 'Director's Cut' box-set of The Who album ...

Acclaimed film director, writer and producer Franc Roddam will return to Teesside University to share exclusive insight into his career journey, which took him from Norton to Hollywood. Franc, who was ...

Quadrophenia is one of the enduring classics of teen and music cinema. Based around The Who's 1973 concept of the album of the same name, Franc Roddam's 1979 movie tells the story of angsty Mod Jimmy, ...

Franc Roddam has directed award-winning documentaries and dramas for British television and mini-series for US television, and is the founder and chairman of Ziji Publishing, whose roster includes the ...

What did director Franc Roddam do after Quadrophenia? He moved to LA, tried to woo Robert Redford – and ended up making MasterChef. 'You go to Hollywood," says Franc Roddam, "and the better you are at ...

Franc Roddam (born 29 April 1946, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham) is an English film director, screenwriter, TV producer, format creator and book publisher. He is married to photographer, ...

The creator of MasterChef, Quadrophenia and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet on how he turned his humble home cookery show into a global TV brand William Sitwell is the restaurant critic and a columnist for The ...

EXCLUSIVE: Franc Roddam, the British film and TV impresario who owns MasterChef, has said that he is pained by the presenter misconduct scandal that has engulfed the UK series. Roddam, who rarely ...