David Hatch

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Sir David Hatch ( 7 May 1939 - 13 June 2007 ) worked as a producer and manager at BBC Radio , where he held many senior positions, including the post of Chairman of Light Entertainment (Radio), head of BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4 and later managing director of BBC Radio.

education

He attended Queen's College, Cambridge, where he was also a member of the prestigious Cambridge Footlights Club. In 1963 he was a member of the Footlights revue A Clump of Plinths , which was so successful during the season at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival that the revue was taken over by the West End in London under the title Cambridge Circus and later, in September 1964, a tour undertook both New Zealand and Broadway .

BBC

A Cambridge Circus BBC radio production called I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again became the radio comedy series of the same title , starring many of the show's cast, including Hatch . Hatch later co-invented the satirical show Week Ending and produced other radio comedy shows such as Just a Minute . He then took on senior positions at the BBC, creating BBC Radio 5 .

Later career

Hatch left the BBC and became the chairman of the National Consumer Council (1996-2000) and later the Parole Board (2000-2004) for England and Wales, for which he was knighted Bachelor in 2003 . He later caused some dismay in 2003 when, in a Times interview, he described Tony Martin, the farmer convicted of manslaughter, as a "very dangerous man".

Hatch was also the chairman of the Services Sound and Vision Corporation (SSVC) between 1999 and 2004.

Moderator

Hatch was the regular chairman of the radio quiz Wireless Wise (1999-2003) produced for Radio 4 by Testbed Productions, and moderated or spoke on other shows, including an edition of Radio Heads (2003), a three-hour comprehensive collection of his radio shows on BBC Radio 7 and in 2006 a Radio 4 Archive Hour celebration at the BBC building in London .

swell

  1. ^ Obituary , Daily Telegraph , June 17, 2007. Retrieved June 18, 2007.
  2. ^ "Tony Martin is a dangerous man, says parole chief," The Times , May 27, 2003. Retrieved June 16, 2007.
  3. ↑ "Tony Martin 'a dangerous man", BBC News, May 27, 2003. Accessed June 16, 2007.

bibliography

  • Roger Wilmut: From Fringe to Flying Circus - celebrating a unique generation of comedy 1960-1980 . London 1980. ISBN 0-413-46950-6
  • Robert Hewison: Footlights! - a hundred years of Cambridge comedy . London 1983. ISBN 0-413-51150-2

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I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
Tim Brooke-Taylor - John Cleese - Graeme Garden -David Hatch- Jo Kendall - Bill Oddie
personal data
SURNAME Hatch, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hatch, Sir David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British producer and manager
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1939
DATE OF DEATH June 13, 2007