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	'''David Bell''' was a [[Scotland\|Scottish]] [[television]] producer and director in the [[light entertainment]] genre. In the mid-1980s, he became head of light entertainment at [[LWT]]. [[Live From Her Majesty's]], [[Copy Cats (TV series)\|Copy Cats]] and ''[[The Stanley Baxter Show]]'' number amongst his successes. He died of [[AIDS]], aged 52.		'''David Bell''' was a [[w:Scotland\|Scottish]] [[w:television\|television]] producer and director in the [[w:light entertainment\|light entertainment]] genre. In the mid-1980s, he became head of light entertainment at [[w:LWT\|LWT]]. [[w:Live From Her Majesty's\|Live From Her Majesty's]], [[w:Copy Cats (TV series)\|Copy Cats]] and ''[[The Stanley Baxter Show]]'' number amongst his successes. He died from complications of [[w:AIDS\|AIDS]], aged 52.

	In 1978 Bell was involved with Michael Grade's move bringing Bruce Forsyth to ITV to present a Saturday night spectacular. On the back of his mammoth success with The Generation Game, Forsyth was never settled with ITV's two-hour multi-format evening of glitz, mini-soaps, game shows and gags. None of which was for want of trying by David Bell, whose biting wit and flair meant he enjoyed the respect of all in his production team.		In 1978 Bell was involved with Michael Grade's move bringing Bruce Forsyth to ITV to present a Saturday night spectacular. On the back of his mammoth success with The Generation Game, Forsyth was never settled with ITV's two-hour multi-format evening of glitz, mini-soaps, game shows and gags. None of which was for want of trying by David Bell, whose biting wit and flair meant he enjoyed the respect of all in his production team.

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'''David Bell''' was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[television]] producer and director in the [[light entertainment]] genre. In the mid-1980s, he became head of light entertainment at [[LWT]]. [[Live From Her Majesty's]], [[Copy Cats (TV series)|Copy Cats]] and ''[[The Stanley Baxter Show]]'' number amongst his successes. He died of [[AIDS]], aged 52.
In 1978 Bell was involved with Michael Grade's move bringing Bruce Forsyth to ITV to present a Saturday night spectacular. On the back of his mammoth success with The Generation Game, Forsyth was never settled with ITV's two-hour multi-format evening of glitz, mini-soaps, game shows and gags. None of which was for want of trying by David Bell, whose biting wit and flair meant he enjoyed the respect of all in his production team.

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