Sir Hugh Carleton Greene OBE KCMG
(1910-1987)
Chairman of the BBC Board of Governors, Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Knight Commander of The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, and Director-General of the BBC (1960-1969)
Died aged 76
Wikidata WikipediaSir Hugh Carleton Greene KCMG OBE (15 November 1910 – 19 February 1987) was a British television executive and journalist. He was director-general of the BBC from 1960 to 1969. After working for newspapers in the 1930s, Greene spent most of his later career with the BBC, rising through the managerial ranks of overseas broadcasting and then news for the main domestic channels. He encountered opposition from some politicians and activists opposed to his modernising agenda, but under his leadership the BBC was recognised to be outperforming its commercial rival, ITV, and was awarded a second television channel (BBC 2) by the British government and authorised to introduce colour television to Britain. After retiring from the BBC, Greene published several books, including a collaboration with his brother, the novelist Graham Greene, and made television programmes both for the BBC and its commercial rival.
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Sir Hugh Carleton Greene 1910-1987 journalist and Director General of the BBC lived here 1956-1967
25 Addison Avenue, London, United Kingdom where they lived (1956-1967)