Everything about Robin Scott Bbc totally explained
Robin Scott (24 October 1920 - 7 February 2000) was a BBC controller, the launch controller
BBC Radio 1 in 1967, and of
BBC2 television from 1969 to 1974.
Early career
Born Robin Hugh Scutt, he was schooled at
Bryanston and read modern languages at
Cambridge University before joining the intelligence corps. He was discharged through illness in 1942, and joined the
BBC. While in the French Service, he commented on major events including
VE day and
VJ day. During this time, he changed his name to Scott, as his French contacts found his original name difficult to say. Moving into television in the late 1950s, he produced programmes including
Miss World,
Come Dancing, and
It's a Knockout. During this time, he wrote the song
Softly Softly, a British number one hit for
Ruby Murray. In 1958, he moved to the BBC Paris bureau, and was seconded to Trans-Europe Television between 1964 and 1966.
Controller of Radio
He was appointed the Controller of the
Light Programme in March 1967, and devised a format for the corporation's new popular music programme. His vision deliberately echoed the
pirate radio broadcasters that would be outlawed by the Marine Broadcast Offences Act in August 1967. This pop station, BBC Radio 1, launched on 30 September 1967, with a signature tune commissioned by Scott,
Theme One, recorded by
George Martin. He was also Controller of
BBC Radio 2, the successor to the Light Programme.
He was succeeded as Controller of Radio 2 and Radio 1 by
Douglas Muggeridge.
Controller of BBC2
Robon Scott was appointed Controller of
BBC2 television in 1968, succeeding
David Attenborough. During his five years in post, his aim was to secure 15% of the overall viewing audience by balancing highbrow and populist programming. To achieve this aim, he commissioned such memorable programmes as
Elizabeth R,
The Pallisers, an adaptation of
War and Peace, and documentary series including
Alistair Cooke's America and
Dr. Jacob Bronowski's
The Ascent of Man.
Later career
In 1974, Scott was made the head of the forward-planning department Development in Television, a remit that included the prospect of satellite broadcasting. He later became the Deputy Managing Director of Television, the second most-senior post in television.
After retiring from the BBC in October 1980, he was part of one an unsuccessful submission to broadcast breakfast television on
ITV. He subsequently joined the board of
London Weekend Television, and produced television versions of opera and ballet productions for the National Video Corporation.
He was appointed
CBE in 1976.
Sources
- The Guardian newspaper, 9 February 2000, p22
- Radio Rewind
- The Times newspaper, 9 February 2000, p23
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