Alasdair Milne
TV Producer
1930 – 2013
64 Views
Who was Alasdair Milne?
Alasdair David Gordon Milne was Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation between July 1982 and 1987. Earlier in his career Milne was a BBC producer involved in founding Tonight in 1957. Later, after a period outside the BBC, he became Controller of BBC Scotland, and BBC Television's Director of Programmes. In January 1987, Milne was forced to resign from his post as DG by the BBC Governors following several difficult years for the Corporation and sustained pressure from the Thatcher government.
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
- Born
- Oct 8, 1930
India - Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Winchester College
- New College, Oxford
- Employment
- British Broadcasting Corporation
- Died
- Jan 9, 2013
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
Citation
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Alasdair Milne." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 29 Apr. 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/alasdair_milne>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss this Alasdair Milne biography with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In