Derek Granger Cause of Death

Coronation Street producer, Derek Granger has died at the age of 101. He died on November 29, 2022. The cause of his death is unknown.

Granger produced ITV’s long-running soap, Coronation Street from 1961-1962, after it began in 1960, when he worked at Granada Television, now ITV Granada.

Granger previously wrote theatre reviews for the Brighton Evening Argus before moving to the Financial Times to become the paper’s first drama critic at the suggestion of the late veteran actor, Laurence Olivier.

He later became the head of drama at Granada Television, working on a variety of popular dramas including Country Matters and the 1976 production of Cat on a Hot Tin Rood with Oliver, Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner.