D G Bridson

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Nationality United Kingdom Books The quest of Gilgamesh Died October 19, 1980		Role Radio producer Name D. Bridson
Born 21 August 1910 ( 1910-08-21 ) Heaton Norris, Stockport, Cheshire, England Occupation Radio producer and author

Douglas Geoffrey Bridson (21 August 1910 – 19 October 1980), commonly known as D. G. Bridson, was a radio producer and author who became the "cultural boss of the BBC".

Douglas Bridson (he was known to all as Geoffrey) started as a freelance writer then joined BBC radio as a Feature Programmes Assistant for their North Region in 1935. He became the influential Programme Editor for Arts, Sciences, and Documentaries (Sound) from 1964 to 1967 and retired in 1969, having written or produced more than 800 programmes during his career.

Works

The March of the 45 (1936)

The Bomb (1954), a documentary on the consequences of a nuclear war.

My People and Your People (1959), a "West Indian Ballad Opera" written with additional material from Jamaican writer Andrew Salkey

The Negro in America (1964)

America since the Bomb (1966)

References

D. G. Bridson Wikipedia

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