Grigsby in 1987

Over half a century of film-making, the documentary director Michael Grigsby gave a voice to the voiceless, in their own environment. "I always believed that we don't listen enough to the ordinary people," he once said. "We don't give them enough time and space to be themselves."

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Nadine Dorries MP was the first person evicted from the 2012 I'm A Celebrity... contest

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Jungle MP Nadine Dorries 'had go-ahead to be off work'

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Ofcom was right to force ITV to stop showing The Only Way is Essex before watershed, but not because of the swearing

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ITV forced to stop airing The Only Way Is Essex before watershed after Ofcom condemns 'adult themes and sexual references'

ITV took the decision to pull lunchtime repeats of The Only Way is Essex after Ofcom ruled that an episode broke scheduling rules put in place to protect children from unsuitable material

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