John Watt (broadcaster)
John Watt (1901–1960) was a 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Watt, John Ernest". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. OUP. January 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ↑ "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : John Watt". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 25 July 2014.