Gerald Beadle

Gerald Beadle

Sir Gerald Clayton Beadle (1899–1976) was a BBC Radio announcer and administrator, and later Director of BBC Television.

Life

Beadle was born on 17 April 1899.[1]

He joined the BBC in 1923, as a radio announcer,[1] left in 1924 and rejoined in 1926 as station director in Belfast.[1] He moved to the television team in 1936.[2] He was instrumental in establishing the BBC's Television Centre, in London.[2]

He was knighted in December 1960.[2]

He appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 30 October 1961.[3]

His portrait, a 1961 photograph by Walter Bird, is in the National Portrait Gallery.[4]

He died on 6 November 1976.[1]

Bibliography

  • —— (1963). Television: a critical review. George Allen and Unwin.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Doctor, Jennifer Ruth (1999). The BBC and Ultra-Modern Music, 1922-1936: Shaping a Nation's Tastes. p. 391. ISBN 9780521661171.
  2. 1 2 3 "Cactus Pryor Interviews Sir Gerald Beadle". Cactus Pryor Show. November 23, 1961. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Sir Gerald Beadle". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "National Portrait Gallery - Portrait - NPG x163970; Sir Gerald Clayton Beadle". Retrieved 28 July 2014.


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