Mary Adams

Who was Mary Adams?

Mary Grace Agnes Adams [née Campin], was an English television producer and programme director, was a producer and administrator in the BBC. She was instrumental in setting up the BBC's television service both before and after the Second World War. She was the first female television producer for the BBC. Her daughter says, "She was a socialist, a romantic communist, and could charm with her charisma, spontaneity, and quick informed intelligence. She was a fervent atheist and advocate of humanism and common sense, accepting her stance without subjecting it to analysis."