What is Anthony Smith (producer)?
[[File:Anthony Smith on After Dark 5th June 1987.jpg|340px|right|thumb|Appearing on television discussion programme ''[[After Dark (TV series)|After Dark]]'' in 1987]] Professor '''Anthony Smith''' [[CBE]] (14 March 1938 &ndash; 28 November 2021) was a [[British people|British]] [[Broadcasting|broadcaster]], [[author]] and [[academia|academic]]. He was President of [[Magdalen College, Oxford]], between 1988 and 2005. He worked for the [[Annan Committee]] on The Future of Broadcasting, and became engaged in the national debate which led to the foundation of the UK's [[Channel 4]].<ref name=Catterall1999 >{{citation | last=Catterall | first=Peter | year=1999 | title=The making of Channel 4 | publisher=Routledge | isbn=978-0-7146-4926-9 | page=1 }}</ref> Smith died on 28 November 2021 in London from [[renal failure]], aged 83.<ref>[https://www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/anthony-smith-cbe-1938-2021/ Anthony Smith CBE (1938–2021) President of Magdalen College 1988–2005]</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Anthony Smith obituary |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/anthony-smith-obituary-9xjfh0xst |access-date=1 December 2021 |work=The Times |date=1 December 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Anthony}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Academics of the University of Oxford]] [[Category:Writers from London]] {{bio-stub}}