Andy Lipman

Andy Lipman the television producer and writer was born on 27 January 1952. Originally trained as a lawyer, he left the legal world behind to work in video television. He made Watch Out - There's a Queer About with Oval Video, and then, with Philip Timmins, was a project coordinator of the low-budget video Framed Youth. The video won the Grierson Award for best documentary in 1984.  Lipman submitted the proposal that became The Media Show on Channel 4 and became its producer. From 1990-1992 Lipman edited and produced four series of the Channel 4 programme For Love or Money on the art and antiques' market. He also produced World in Action in 1993.  He died on 3 March 1997.