John Watt (broadcaster)

John Watt (27 October 1901 – 23 February 1960) was a British broadcaster and producer.[1][2]

John Watt
Born
John Ernest Watt

(1901-10-27)27 October 1901
Died23 February 1960(1960-02-23) (aged 58)
Brighton, England
Spouse(s)
Violette
(m. 1927)
Career
Show
NetworkBBC Radio

Watt was born on 27 October 1901 at 4 Hidbrooke Park Road, Blackheath, London, to Richard Watt, a solicitor, and Minnie (née Dale).[1] He went to Cranleigh School and University College London.[1]

Among the shows he worked on as the BBC's Director of Variety were Workers' Playtime and ITMA.[1]

He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 3 December 1956.[3]

Watt died on 23 February 1960 at home in Montpelier Street, Brighton.[1] His wife Violette (they married in 1927) survived him; she wrote professionally, under the pen name of Angela Jeans.[1]

Further reading

  • Jeans, Angela. The Man who was my Husband. A biography of John Watt.

References

  1. "Watt, John Ernest". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. OUP. January 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  2. "John Watt". BFI.
  3. "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : John Watt". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 25 July 2014.


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