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Alasdair Milne (1930–2013)

Alasdair Milne worked at the BBC for 34 years and rose through the ranks to achieve the top job as Director-General. He was educated at Winchester College and Oxford University. He joined the BBC as a general trainee and worked on the current affairs series Tonight, the groundbreaking satire That Was the Week That Was and The Great War... See full bio »

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(age 82) in UK

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Filmography

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1966 The Discovery of Television (TV documentary) (producer)
 
1966 The Last Invasion (TV movie) (producer)
 
1965-1966 This Week (TV series) (producer - 7 episodes)
Mines (1966) (producer)
Economy (1966) (producer)
James Cameron's Year (1965) (producer)
Poor Families (1965) (producer)
The Plowden Report (1965) (producer)
 
1964 The Great War (TV series documentary) (executive producer)
 
1962-1963 That Was the Week That Was (TV series) (executive producer - 37 episodes)
That Was the Year That Was (1963) (executive producer)
Dick Whittington and His Fascist Hyena (1963) (executive producer)
Episode #2.12 (1963) (executive producer)
Episode #2.11 (1963) (executive producer)
Episode #2.10 (1963) (executive producer)
 
1963 Tonight Railways (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
Tonight (TV series documentary) (producer - 6 episodes, 1959) (associate producer - 3 episodes, 1960)
Episode dated 10 June 1960 (1960) (associate producer)
Episode dated 22 April 1960 (1960) (associate producer)
Episode dated 20 April 1960 (1960) (associate producer)
Episode dated 29 May 1959 (1959) (producer)
Episode dated 28 May 1959 (1959) (producer)
 
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1961-1965 Tonight (TV series documentary)
 
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1997 Auntie: The Inside Story of the BBC (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
Growing Pains: 1945-1960 (1997) … Himself
 
1985-1986 The Richard Dimbleby Lecture (TV series documentary)
Himself - Host
Does Industry Matter? (1986) … Himself - Host
Teacher, Teach Thyself (1985) … Himself - Host
 
1980 Look Here (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.6 (1980) … Himself
Episode #2.2 (1980) … Himself
 
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2004 Arena (TV series documentary)
 
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Personal Quote:

I turned it off after 15 minutes because it's rubbish, historically inaccurate and done simply to titillate American taste. (On Rome) See more »

Trivia:

Director General of the BBC, 1982-1987. He was forced to resign in January of 1987 after a period of pressure from the Conservative government, who perceived a left-wing bias in the corporation's direction and programming content during his tenure. See more »

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