In 1952, he was appointed by Laurence Olivier as the Financial Times' newly launched arts pages' first drama critic. In 1958, he worked as a researcher for
Granada Television and was the head of plays (1958–61) for Granada Television. As the second producer of
Coronation Street (1961–1962), a seven-month strike by Equity members meant that only 13 actors on long-term contracts could appear. When Granger’s ruse of using tall children to deliver milk and post failed to impress the union, he put Dennis Tanner (played by
Philip Lowrie), one of
Coronation Street's characters in charge of a theatrical agency and filled out scenes with snakes, sea lions, pigeons, dogs and a chimp. From 1969 to 1972, Granger was Olivier's, who was artistic director at the National Theatre, literary consultant. He then made the Bafta award-winning
Country Matters (1972–73), based on stories by
H. E. Bates and
A. E. Coppard, the anthology series
Laurence Olivier Presents (1976–78) for Granada, which he co-produced with Olivier, featuring six plays of the actor’s choice, all but one starring him. They included
Tennessee Williams’s
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and
Harold Pinter’s
The Collection. He made in 1981,
Brideshead Revisited starring
Jeremy Irons and Laurence Olivier. He made two literary film adaptations with Sturridge such as
A Handful of Dust (1988) and
Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991) after leaving Granda in 1982. == Later life and death ==