After a career as a foreign correspondent in several European countries, Hugh Greene joined the BBC in 1940 as Head of the German Service, a post he held throughout the war. After the war, he became successively Controller of Broadcasting in the British Zone of Germany, Head of the BBC East European Service, and Head of the Emergency Information Services in Malaya. In 1960 he was made Director-General of the BBC. Books to his credit include The Spy's Bedside Book, written in collaboration with his brother, Graham Greene, and The Third Floor Front: A View of Broadcasting in the Sixties.
British television executive (1910–1987)
| Born | 1910 |
| Died | 1987 |
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British television executive (1910–1987)
| Born | 1910 |
| Died | 1987 |
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British Broadcasting Corporation, Detective and mystery stories, English Detective and mystery stories, Espionage, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Spy stories, Children's fiction, Radio broadcasting, Spies, Television broadcasting, Addresses, essays, lectures, American Detective and mystery stories, American Spy stories, Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, Detective Fiction, English Spy stories, Fiction, short stories (single author), Geographical Names, Secret service, anthology, short storiesID Numbers
- OLID: OL1933370A
- ISNI: 0000000081448974
- VIAF: 64799041
- Wikidata: Q877463
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- Greene, Hugh Sir.
- Sir Hugh Greene
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