Antony Jay

Antony Jay was born on Apr 20, 1930 in UK. Antony Jay's big-screen debut came with Our World directed by Derek Burrell-Davis in 1967. Antony Jay is known for Royal Family directed by Richard Cawston, Walter Annenberg stars as Self and King Charles III as Self. Antony Jay has got 2 awards and 1 nominations so far. The most recent award Antony Jay achieved is CableACE Awards. The upcoming new movie Antony Jay plays is Royal Family which will be released on Sep 21, 1969.

Antony Jay joined BBC Television in 1955 and became a founding member of Tonight (1957), the corporation's nightly current affairs television programme, in 1957, becoming the editor in 1962. In 1963 he was made the Head of Television Talk Features. In 1964 he left the BBC to become a freelance writer and producer. He was knighted in 1988.He is best known to television viewers as co-writer, with Jonathan Lynn, of the popular Yes Minister (1980) comedy series and its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister (1986). His other works have included editing the Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations, contributing articles for newspapers, including The Daily Mail and The Times, and writing reports for the Centre for Policy Studies.Jay is an avowed advocate of market economics and he has articulated strong views on broadcasting. In the 1970s he was a member of the government's influential Annan Committee on the future of broadcasting. His 2008 report for the Centre for Policy Studies, "How to save the BBC", advocated radically reducing the BBC to one mainstream television channel, a radio speech channel and a news department, which provoked a rebuttal from BBC Director-General Mark Thompson in the Daily Telegraph.