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As a presenter, a producer and an executive, Huw Wheldon had an immense influence on a generation of broadcasters. A passionate spokesman for the public funding of the BBC (and the arts in general), Wheldon, cast from the Reithian mould, was a corporation man through and through.
Huw weldon orson welles biography
Once he had joined the BBCWheldon never left, despite numerous offers from ITV, becoming the first television presenter/producer to rise to the ranks of the executive.
He joined BBC Television as a publicity officer in January 1952, following a period between 1946 and 1949 as the Arts Council director for Wales, and having served on the directorate of the Festival of Britain (for which he was awarded an OBE in 1952).
However, Wheldon was more interested in involving himself in television production rather than in marketing.
He received his first opportunity after a chance meeting with Freda Lingstrom, head of children's programmes, who needed to fill a gap in the schedules. Wheld