Mark Cooper
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- November 14, 1952 (age 74)
Biography
Mark Cooper was Head of Music at the BBC and lately BBC Studios for 20 years until July 2019, leading the team that created some of the BBC’s most popular music documentaries and shows. He is the founding producer of Later… with Jools Holland and the annual Hootenanny show working with Jools Holland and Director Janet Fraser Crook. He has led on BBC TV’s coverage of Glastonbury since it began in 1997 overseeing its growth on the BBC’s digital channels and developing it as the main televisual event it is today. Between 2013 and 2018 Mark oversaw the TV coverage of The Proms, curating both the David Bowie and Stax Proms and was executive producer on a number of classical and dance films from Pappano’s Classical Voices to Good Swan, Bad Swan: Dancing Swan Lake with Tamara Rojo. Producing multiple hours of documentaries on some of the biggest names in music, he has also been responsible for series that explore musical origins like Reginald D Hunter’s Songs of the South as well as leading the strands Britannia, which contains 25 films on the evolution of music genres in the UK, The Joy Of Abba, Easy Listening and Country and America - Rock & Roll, Blues and Tap. Mark continues to work with the BBC as an Executive Producer on special projects. Biography adapted from BBC Press Release
Known For
The White Crow
The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill
Classic Albums: Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany
Jeff Lynne's ELO at Hyde Park
George Michael: A Different Story
Kate Bush at the BBC
Amy Winehouse: BBC One Sessions Live At Porchester Hall
Agnetha: ABBA & After
Introducing Jodea
Cilla at the BBC
Annie Lennox & the BBC Concert Orchestra | Live at St Luke's
Filmography
Glastonbury: 50 Years and Counting
Movie · Executive Producer
Jazz Horns Gold
Movie · Executive Producer
Introducing Jodea
Movie · Producer
Soul America
TV · Executive Producer · 3 eps
James Galway at the BBC
Movie · Executive Producer
Pappano's Greatest Arias
Movie · Executive Producer
Fleetwood Mac's Songbird: Christine McVie
Movie · Executive Producer
The White Crow
Movie · Co-Producer
Classic Albums: Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
Movie · Executive Producer
Stunning Soloists at the BBC
Movie · Executive Producer
Tom Jones and Beverley Knight’s Gospel Christmas
Movie · Executive Producer
Giselle: Belle of the Ballet
Movie · Executive Producer
Kiri Te Kanawa at the BBC
Movie · Executive Producer
Classic Quartets at the BBC
Movie · Executive Producer
Virtuoso Violinists at the BBC
Movie · Producer
Tom Jones's 1950s: The Decade That Made Me
Movie · Executive Producer
Pierre Boulez at the BBC: Master and Maverick
Movie · Executive Producer
Classic Cellists at the BBC
Movie · Executive Producer
The Joy of Rachmaninoff
Movie · Executive Producer
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
Movie · Executive Producer
Cilla at the BBC
Movie · Executive Producer
Indie Classics at the BBC
Movie · Producer
Girls in Bands at the BBC
Movie · Executive Producer
Tales from the Tour Bus: Rock 'n' Roll on the Road
Movie · Executive Producer
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: Rock 'n' Roll at the BBC
Movie · Executive Producer
Simon Rattle: The Making of a Maestro
Movie · Executive Producer
Roy Orbison: One of the Lonely Ones
Movie · Executive Producer
Pappano's Classical Voices
TV · Executive Producer · 4 eps
The Genius of Bert Jansch: Folk, Blues & Beyond
Movie · Executive Producer
Kate Bush at the BBC
Movie · Executive Producer
Country Queens at the BBC
Movie · Executive Producer
The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill
Movie · Executive Producer
Jeff Lynne's ELO at Hyde Park
Movie · Executive Producer
The Heart of Country: How Nashville Became Music City USA
Movie · Executive Producer
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
Movie · Executive Producer
Agnetha: ABBA & After
Movie · Executive Producer
Jazz Divas Gold
Movie · Executive Producer
The Joy of ABBA
Movie · Executive Producer
ABBA at the BBC
Movie · Executive Producer
Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain
Movie · Executive Producer
Jazz Piano Gold
Movie · Executive Producer
Slade at the BBC
Movie · Executive Producer
Duets at the BBC
Movie · Executive Producer
Jools Holland: London Calling
Movie · Executive Producer
Amy Winehouse: At the BBC - A Tribute to Amy Winehouse
Movie · Executive Producer
Amy Winehouse Tribute
Movie · Executive Producer
The Santana Story: Angels and Demons
Movie · Executive Producer
The Joy of Easy Listening
Movie · Executive Producer
Country at the BBC
Movie · Executive Producer
The Kinks at the BBC
Movie · Executive Producer
Easy Listening Hits at the BBC
Movie · Executive Producer
Elton John at the BBC
Movie · Executive Producer
Metal at the BBC
Movie · Executive Producer
Herb Alpert, Tijuana Brass and Other Delights
Movie · Executive Producer
The Making of Elton John: Madman Across the Water
Movie · Executive Producer
Blues Britannia: Can Blue Men Sing the Whites?
Movie · Executive Producer
Annie Lennox & the BBC Concert Orchestra | Live at St Luke's
Movie · Executive Producer
Motown at the BBC
Movie · Executive Producer
Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany
Movie · Executive Producer
...Sings the Beatles
Movie · Executive Producer
Neil Young: Don't Be Denied
Movie · Executive Producer
Paul Weller: BBC Four Sessions
Movie · Executive Producer
Folk Hibernia at the BBC
Movie · Executive Producer
If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story
Movie · Executive Producer
Amy Winehouse: BBC One Sessions Live At Porchester Hall
Movie · Executive Producer
Elvis Costello: Live: A Case for Song
Movie · Producer
The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen'
Movie · Executive Producer
Girls and Boys - Sex and British Pop
TV · Executive Producer · 4 eps
George Michael: A Different Story
Movie · Executive Producer
Later... with Jools Holland: Cool Britannia
Movie · Producer
Johnny Cash: The Last Great American
Movie · Executive Producer
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
Movie · Executive Producer
Top of the Pops: The True Story
Movie · Executive Producer
Manic Street Preachers: From There to Here
Movie · Producer
Richard Lester!
Movie · Producer
Vivian Stanshall: The Early Years
Movie · Producer