Gerald Beadle

Sir Gerald Clayton Beadle (17 April 1899 – 6 November 1976) was a British announcer and administrator for BBC Radio, and later Director of BBC Television.

Sir Gerald Beadle
Born
Gerald Clayton Beadle

17 April 1899
Belvedere, Kent, England
Died6 November 1976 (aged 77)
Bath, Somerset, England[1]
Occupationradio announcer, administrator
EmployerBBC Radio, BBC Television

Life

Beadle was born in Belvedere, Kent, to Clayton Beadle (1868–1917), a chemist, and Helen Pears Beadle.[2][3][4]

He joined the BBC in 1923, as a radio announcer. He left in 1924 and rejoined in 1926 as station director in Belfast.[4] He moved to the television team in 1936.[5] He was instrumental in establishing the BBC's Television Centre, in London.[5]

He was knighted in December 1960.[5]

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]

He died on 6 November 1976.[4]

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

References
  1. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
  2. Bexley, Kent, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1925
  3. 1911 England Census
  4. Doctor, Jennifer Ruth (1999). The BBC and Ultra-Modern Music, 1922-1936: Shaping a Nation's Tastes. p. 391. ISBN 9780521661171.
  5. "Cactus Pryor Interviews Sir Gerald Beadle". Cactus Pryor Show. November 23, 1961. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  6. "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Sir Gerald Beadle". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  7. "National Portrait Gallery - Portrait - NPG x163970; Sir Gerald Clayton Beadle". Retrieved 28 July 2014.


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