Dennis Marks (1948 ‒ 2015)

Having graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge with a first in English, Marks joined the BBC as a researcher in the arts documentary unit in Kensington House to which a lot of bright young programme makers were gravitating. There he directed his first film at the age of 24 for the series Writers’ Houses in which a living writer presented a programme from the home of a dead writer. Marks persuaded Michael Frayn to write and present his film on Laurence Sterne from Shandy Hall. He then went on to work on such prestigious series as Omnibus and Arena… Keep reading on Classical Music Magazine