Brian Tesler was born on February 19, 1929 in London, England. He is a producer and director, known for The Wakey Wakey Tavern (1956), The Howerd Crowd (1957) and Secombe and Friends (1959).
Director of Programmes, Thames Television 1968-1974.
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Light Entertainment Producer for the BBC 1952-1957.
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Produced Benny Hill's first special for ATV in 1957; twelve years later, as a senior executive at Thames Television, was involved in the negotiations to bring Hill to Thames.
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Alice Through the Looking Box
1960
TV Movie producer
Sammy Davis Jr Meets the British
1960
TV Movie producer
New Look
1958-1959
TV Series producer - 6 episodes
Secombe and Friends
1959
TV Mini-Series producer
Spectacular
1958
TV Series producer - 1 episode
A Santa for Christmas
1957
TV Movie producer
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium
1957
TV Series producer - 1 episode
The Benny Hill Show
1957
TV Series producer - 1 episode
The Howerd Crowd
1957
TV Movie producer
Billy Cotton Band Show
1956
TV Series producer - 15 episodes
The Great Little Tilley
1956
TV Movie producer
Fast and Loose
1955
TV Series producer - 5 episodes
Bath-Night with Braden
1955
TV Series producer - 6 episodes
The Centre Show
1955
TV Series producer - 1 episode
And So to Bentley
1954
TV Series producer - 6 episodes
The Name's the Same
1953-1954
TV Series television presentation - 26 episodes
Stand-In
1954
TV Movie producer
Barbara with Braden
1953
TV Movie producer
Why?
1953
TV Series producer - 3 episodes
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sammy Davis Jr Meets the British
1960
TV Movie
Secombe and Friends
1959
TV Mini-Series
A Santa for Christmas
1957
TV Movie
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium
1957
TV Series 1 episode
The Benny Hill Show
1957
TV Series
The Howerd Crowd
1957
TV Movie
Barbara with Braden
1953
TV Movie uncredited
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
New Look
1959
TV Series deviser - 4 episodes
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Stand-In
1954
TV Movie words and music by
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bob Monkhouse... The Million Joke Man
2015
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
The Fight for Saturday Night
2014
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Director of Programmes, Thames Television, 1968-1974 / Managing Director, LWT, 1976-1984 (as Brian Tesler CBE)
The Unforgettable Hughie Green
2012
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Director of Programmes, Thames TV, 1968-1974
$1 Million