Derek Hart

Derek Osborne Hart (18 March 1925 – 23 November 1986) was a British actor, journalist and broadcaster best known for his appearances on the BBC's current affairs programme of the 1950s and 1960s, Tonight.

Hart was born in Hertfordshire and educated in Bath, England.^[1] As an interviewer, Hart's subjects included Lon Chaney Jr and John Wyndham^[2] In 1969 he interviewed Christopher Isherwood for the Omnibus documentary series.^[3] In 1968 he hosted a series of arts programmes, Tempo, in the course of which he interviewed major theatrical figures such as Michael Hordern and Sybil Thorndike. He also narrated documentaries on subjects such as The Industrial Relations Act: An Introduction (1971) and W. Somerset Maugham (1969)

Works

• A View of Venice (1972) (with Anthony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon)

References

1. ^ Old Sulians Newsletter Sept 2007
2. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/writers/12206.shtml BBC Archive]
3. ^ BBC Four Programmes

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Name	Hart, Derek
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Date of birth	18 March 1925
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Date of death	23 November 1986
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