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Ernest Maxin. Copyright: BBC
Ernest Maxin

Ernest Maxin

  • British
  • Director, producer, choreographer and composer

Ernest Maxin features

Dave King Features

Comedy Chronicles: He who downed the crown - The strange career of Dave King

Sunday 18th May 2025

Dave King was built from almost nothing by producer Ernest Maxin and took the world by storm. Then he all but disappeared. This is his story.

Ernest Maxin. Copyright: BBC Features

Comedy Chronicles: But while there's moonlight... The magic of Ernest Maxin

Sunday 1st May 2022

Intoxicated by the glamour and spectacle of mid-century Hollywood, the outrageously multi-talented Ernest Maxin became one of the BBC's most reliable comedy and light entertainment producers through the 1950s, 60s and 70s.

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