David Hatch
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
| - | Cambridge graduate and Footlights comedy performer who appeared in the knockabout sketch show ''I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again'' with John Cleese and The Goodies, | + | Cambridge graduate and Footlights comedy performer who appeared in the knockabout sketch show ''I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again'' with John Cleese and The Goodies, also producing the later series. He went on to produce and commission many other light entertainment shows including [[Just a Minute]], and became controller of Radios 2 and 4 and later head of BBC Radio. |
He died in 2007 after a long illness. | He died in 2007 after a long illness. | ||
Revision as of 16:59, 13 June 2007
Biography
Cambridge graduate and Footlights comedy performer who appeared in the knockabout sketch show I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again with John Cleese and The Goodies, also producing the later series. He went on to produce and commission many other light entertainment shows including Just a Minute, and became controller of Radios 2 and 4 and later head of BBC Radio.
He died in 2007 after a long illness.
Trivia
Having left the BBC in 1996, he was knighted in 2003 for his work on the Parole Board and other parts of the criminal justice system.
