Name Douglas Rae Role Television producer | TV shows Magpie | |
Nominations BAFTA Award for Best British Film Movies Nowhere Boy, Becoming Jane, A Royal Night Out, Diana, The Water Horse: Legend o Similar People Kevin Loader, Julian Jarrold, Matt Greenhalgh, Kevin Hood, Sam Taylor‑Johnson | ||
Organizations founded Ecosse Films | ||
Douglas Rae (born 22 June 1947, Edinburgh) is a Scottish television producer and executive, and a former children's television presenter.
Rae presented the long-running Thames Television children's series Magpie, taking over from Pete Brady in 1969 and remaining until 1977. He then moved behind the camera, becoming an executive producer on series including the BBC serial Monarch of the Glen and 2015 Bloomsbury Group drama Life in Squares.
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