Daphne Shadwell

…sians out in the countryside.Time for me to move on to 200 Oxford Street in the BBC and working for  Forces Favourites a job called Recorded Programmes Bookings,Joined  the BBC Ari…

Royston Morley

London University degree in English. Got his first job in the BBC through a contact at London University, worked in radio and after his first six months was told by Sir John Reith that he was anow acc…

Bill Cotton

…big band leader Billy Cotton. He spent almost his entire career working for the BBC, initially as a producer  working on various programmes including his father’s Billy Cotton Band Show, and the …

John Read

… Unit at the government's Central Office Of Information. He tmoved ito the BBC in 1949 and in 1951 he directed the Corporation’s first ever film about a living artist, Henry Moore. This half…

Sydney Newman

…ead of ABC (Associated British Corporation) Drama (1958 - 1962) and the head of BBC Drama (1962 - 1967).While at the BBC, he recommended actor Barry Letts for a directors' training course. T…

David Prosser

…DFORD’ in British Movietone News No.971A of January 1948. In the same month the BBC launched its own Television Newsreel, and Prosser was recruited as one of its five cameramen. In 1951 he left the BB…

June Hudson

…) before joining ATV studios in Hertfordshire in 1962. WikipediaThen joined the BBC in 1965 and became an in-house designer. WikipediaKey Career Highlights & Notable WorksJune Hudson is especially…

Waseem Mahmood

… Waseem Mahmood OBE is an award-winning broadcaster who began his career at the BBC, producing for both television and radio. He was one of five producers in the Asian Programmes Unit at BBC Pebble Mi…

Ken Westbury

…n Ken is a Cinematographer whose career spanned over sixty years both as a BBC staff Cameraman as well as a freelance Director of Photography.His IMDB entry lists 109 credits under camera and ele…