John Watt (broadcaster)

John Watt
Birth name John Ernest Watt
Born (1901-10-27)27 October 1901
Blackheath, London, U.K.
Died 23 February 1960(1960-02-23) (aged 58)
Brighton, England, U.K.
Alma mater University College London
Show Workers' Playtime
ITMA
Network BBC Radio
Country United Kingdom
Parents Richard Watt and Minnie (née Dale)
Spouse(s)
Violette (m. 1927)

John Watt (27 October 1901 – 23 February 1960) was a British broadcaster and producer.[1]

Watt was born on 27 October 1901 at 4 Hidbrooke Park Road, Blackheath, London, to Richard Watt, a solicitor, and Minnie (née Dale)[1] He went to Cranleigh School and University College London.[1]

Among the shows he worked on as the BBC's Director of Variety were Workers' Playtime, and ITMA'.[1]

He appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 3 December 1956.[2]

Watt died on 23 February 1960 at home in Montpelier Street, Brighton.[1] His wife Violette (they married in 1927) survived him; she wrote professionally, under the pen name of Angela Jeans.[1]

Further reading

  • Jeans, Angela. The Man who was my Husband. A biography of John Watt.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Watt, John Ernest". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. OUP. January 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : John Watt". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 25 July 2014.


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