Andreas whittam smith biography

The successor to Lord Harewood as President of the British Board of Film Classification was Andreas Whittam Smith, a distinguished journalist whose achievements included the founding of The Independent newspaper, of which he was its first editor (1986 to 1994).

He was a surprise choice, as up to that point he had shown no particular interest in film and video issues (indeed, he rarely watched films), though this meant that he had not developed any fixed ideas before taking up the post.

He once memorably described an encounter with pornography distributors:

"I said to them: 'This Office Tart movie - it's got no artistic merit whatsoever, has it?

Sir Andreas Whittam Smith, CBE (born 13 June ) is an English financial journalist, who was one of the founders of The Independent newspaper, which began.

Sir Andreas Whittam Smith, CBE (born 13 June ) is an English financial journalist, who was one of the founders of The Independent newspaper, which began.

Sir Andreas Whittam Smith, CBE is an English financial journalist, who was one of the founders of The Independent newspaper, which began publication in October with Whittam Smith as editor.

Andreas Whittam Smith was.

The successor to Lord Harewood as President of the British Board of Film Classification was Andreas Whittam Smith, a distinguished journalist whose.

Former President of the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) , succeeded by a Sir Quentin Thomas.

It's not meant for anything other than sheer titillation, is it?' They said: 'No, that's right.' I immediately thought to myself: 'I can work with these people'. What I liked about them is that they had absolutely no cant. That seemed so refreshing."

The Whittam Smith era was characterised by greater openness, in stark contras