Howard Goodall

Almost everyone knows at least one of Howard Goodall's popular TV themes for Blackadder, Mr Bean, Red Dwarf, The Catherine Tate Show, Q.I. or The Vicar of Dibley. Other television scores include The Borrowers and his BAFTA-nominated The Gathering Storm.

In the theatre his musicals, from The Hired Man (1984) to Two Cities (2006) have been performed and won awards throughout the world.

He is one of the UK's leading composers of choral music and has contributed songs to several platinum-selling recordings; his latest CD, Winter Lullabies, featuring the choristers of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford with Catrin Finch on harp, has just been released.

As well as presenting the BBC's Choir of the Year, Chorister of the Year and Young Musician of the Year, he has written and presented his own highly-acclaimed music documentaries for Channel 4. Howard Goodall's Organ Works won him an RTS Award in 1998, Howard Goodall's Big Bangs won in 2000 the prestigious BAFTA Huw Wheldon Award in the UK, a Peabody Award (USA) for Journalism & Mass Communication, and an IMZ TV award for Best Documentary (Austria).

Howard Goodall's Great Dates in 2002 was BAFTA-nominated. His 2004 series for Channel 4, Howard Goodall's 20th Century Greats, won an RTS Award for Education and was nominated for a BAFTA Award and an International Rose d'Or.

In July 2006 Howard was honoured with a Doctorate of Music from Bishop Grosseteste University College, Lincoln in recognition of his contribution to music education and in October was awarded a British Academy of Composers & Songwriters Gold Badge Award for exceptional work in support of his fellow composers. He is chair of the National Vocal Strategy on behalf of Youth Music and the Music Manifesto and is to be the recipient of the 2007 Making Music/Sir Charles Grove Prize for Outstanding Contribution to British Music.

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