Hugh Greene

After a career as a foreign correspondent in several European countries, Hugh Greene joined the BBC in 1940 as Head of the German Service, a post he held throughout the war. After the war, he became successively Controller of Broadcasting in the British Zone of Germany, Head of the BBC East European Service, and Head of the Emergency Information Services in Malaya. In 1960 he was made Director-General of the BBC. Books to his credit include The Spy's Bedside Book, written in collaboration with his brother, Graham Greene, and The Third Floor Front: A View of Broadcasting in the Sixties.

British television executive (1910–1987)

Born	1910
Died	1987

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The Spy's bedside book: an anthology

by Graham Greene and Hugh Greene
First published in 1957 — 8 editions

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The American Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

by Hugh Greene, Hugh C. Weir, Rodriguez Ottolengui, Josiah Flint, Francis Walton, Jacques Futrelle, William Briggs MacHarg, Edwin Balmer, Samuel Hopkins Adams, and 6 others
First published in 1976 — 5 editions

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More rivals of Sherlock Holmes: cosmopolitan crimes

by Hugh Greene First published in 1971 — 2 editions
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Cosmopolitan Crimes: Foreign Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

by Hugh Greene First published in 1972 — 2 editions
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Crooked Counties: Further Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

by Hugh Greene First published in 1974 — 2 editions

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Victorian Villainies

by Hugh Greene First published in 1986 — 2 editions

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Victorian villanies

by Graham Greene and Hugh Greene First published in 1984 — 2 editions

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THE PENGUIN COMPLETE RIVALS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES

by Hugh Greene First published in 1983 — 2 editions

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The third floor front: a view of broadcasting in the sixties.

by Hugh Greene First published in 1969 — 2 editions

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B.B.C. as a public service: three speeches by H. Carleton Greene, Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

by Hugh Greene First published in 1960 — 1 edition

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conscience of the programme director

by Hugh Greene First published in 1965 — 1 edition

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The crooked counties: further rivals of Sherlock Holmes

by Hugh Greene First published in 1973 — 1 edition
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The further rivals of Sherlock Holmes.

by Hugh Greene First published in 1973 — 1 edition
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The future of broadcasting in Britain.

by Hugh Greene First published in 1972 — 1 edition

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Future prospects in broadcasting: the sixth Bishop Bell memorial lecture given to the Workers'Educational Association, West Sussex Federation, Chichester, 30 April, 1963.

by Hugh Greene First published in 1963 — 1 edition

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What price culture?: An examination of broadcasting finance

by Hugh Greene First published in 1966 — 1 edition

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What price culture? An examination of broadcasting finance: addressto! the Association for Literature and Art (Verein fur̈ Literatur und Kunst) in Duisburg, Germany, on 11 October 1966.

by Hugh Greene First published in 1966 — 1 edition

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The broadcaster's responsibility: a speech

by Hugh Greene First published in 1962 — 1 edition

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The conscience of the programme director

by Hugh Greene First published in 1965 — 1 edition

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Education today and tomorrow - the job of the broadcaster: the Frank Milligan Memorial Lecture, given by Sir Hugh Greene, Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation, to the National Federation of Community Associations in London on 6 December 1967.

by Hugh Greene First published in 1967 — 1 edition

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British television executive (1910–1987)

Born	1910
Died	1987

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OLID: OL1933370A
ISNI: 0000000081448974
IMDb: nm1232568
Library of Congress Names: n50033983
VIAF: 64799041
Wikidata: Q877463
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