- Harman Grisewood
Harman Grisewood (1903-1997) was an English radio actor, radio and television executive, novelist and non-fiction writer. He acted as
literary executor to the poet David Jones, a lifelong friend.He was educated at
Ampleforth College andWorcester College, Oxford . He joined the young BBC not long after graduating in 1927. [ [http://library.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/cl131.htm Georgetown University - Harman Grisewood Papers: Collection Description ] ]He was controller of the BBC
Third Programme from 1948 to 1952. He is credited with the idea in 1966 for "The Money Programme " [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4772275.stm BBC NEWS | Business | Forty years of The Money Programme ] ] .The BBC presenter
Freddie Grisewood was a cousin.Works
*"Broadcasting and Society: Comments from a Christian Standpoint" (1949)
*David Jones, "Epoch and Artist: Selected Writings" (1959) editor
*"The Recess" (1963) novel
*"The Last Cab on the Rank" (1964) novel
*"David Jones: Writer and Artist" (1965)
*"One Thing at a Time" (1968) autobiography
*"The Painted Kipper: A Study of the Spurious in the Contemporary Scene" (1970)
*David Jones, "The Dying Gaul and Other Writings" (1978) novel
*David Jones, "The Roman Quarry and Other Sequences" (1981) editor with René Hague
*"Strategem" (1987) novelNotes
External links
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19970120/ai_n9644684 Obituary]
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