Roy Rich
Biography
Presenter and manager whose career spanned radio, TV, theatre and film. His first job was as an actor in rep but he swiftly rose through the ranks to become a theatre manager before joining the BBC as assistant head of presentation in 1938. He made his radio debut as a DJ on the Forces' Programme (forerunner of the Light Programme) in 1940 before joining the RAF, and after the war joined Gainsborough Films as a director. He would go on to become Controller of Programmes for Southern TV before moving back to the BBC to become head of Light Entertainment, a job he kept until his death in 1970 at the age of 57.