Desert Island Discs: Archive 1981-1985 - Sir Hugh Greene

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Sir Hugh Greene began his career as a foreign correspondent. During the war, he joined the BBC and was in charge of wartime broadcasts to Germany. After a variety of jobs, including that of Head of Emergency Information Services in Malaya conducting psychological warfare against the Communist guerrillas in the jungle, he was appointed Director-General of the BBC.

In conversation with Roy Plomley, he talks about his fascinating life and chooses the eight records he would take to the mythical island.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Forefathers by Edmund Blunden
Book: The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Luxury: Portable typewriter and lots of paper

Published on Saturday, 19th November 1983.

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