biography
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| lived:
| (1916–86)
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| biography:
| Broadcaster, from Wales, UK, the son of Sir Wyn Wheldon. Partly educated in Germany, he fought in World War 2, and was awarded the MC in 1944. He joined the BBC in 1952, and was responsible for the seminal arts programme Monitor (1957–64), where the cultural life of the land was reviewed and illuminated with a rare passion and enthusiasm. He became head of documentaries and music programmes in 1963, controller of programmes for BBC-TV in 1965, and the Corporation's managing director (1968–75). Afterwards he returned to active programme-making as the co-writer and presenter of Royal Heritage (1977), before serving as the president of the Royal Television Society (1979–85). |
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