After much overseas broadcasting work both before and during the war,
became Assistant Controller of Overseas Service for the BBC in the
1950s, and Director General of the BBC in 1960 until 1968.
Parents with Helga Connollly of Graham Carleton Greene (Berlin, 10 June1936-UK, 10 October 2016), Publisher (Jonathan Cape 1966-1988) and chairman of the Trustees at the British Museum 1996-2002.