One of the men behind TV’s Spooks and Life on Mars has become Oxford University’s News International Visiting Professor of Broadcast Media.

Television and film producer Stephen Garrett follows radio and television presenter Paul Gambaccini and will hold the post for a year.

He will give lectures at Green Templeton College on January 26 and February 2 and at St Anne’s College on February 9 and 16.

The lectures are free of charge and open to the public.

Information on how to book will be available on ox.ac.uk nearer the time.