Gerald Beadle
BBC administrator
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Sir Gerald Clayton Beadle CBE (17 April 1899 – 6 November 1976) was a British announcer and administrator for BBC Radio, and later Director of BBC Television.
17 April 1899
Sir Gerald Beadle CBE | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gerald Clayton Beadle 17 April 1899 Belvedere, Kent, England |
| Died | 6 November 1976 (aged 77) Bath, Somerset, England |
| Occupations | radio announcer, administrator |
| Employer(s) | BBC Radio, BBC Television |
Life
Beadle was born on 17 April 1899 in Belvedere, Kent, to Clayton Beadle (1868–1917), a chemist, and Helen Pears Beadle.[1][2][3]
He joined the BBC in 1923, as a radio announcer. He left in 1924 and rejoined in 1926 as station director in Belfast.[3] He moved to the television team in 1936.[4] He was instrumental in establishing the BBC's Television Centre, in London.[4]
He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1951 New Year Honours[5] and made a Knight Bachelor in the 1961 New Year Honours.[4]
He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 30 October 1961.[6]
His portrait, a 1961 photograph by Walter Bird, is in the National Portrait Gallery.[7]
Bibliography
- —— (1963). Television: a critical review. George Allen and Unwin.
