D. G. Bridson

Douglas Geoffrey Bridson (21 August 1910-19 October 1980), commonly known as D. G. Bridson, was a radio producer and author who became the "cultural boss of the BBC".
Douglas Bridson (he was known to all as Geoffrey) started as a freelance writer then joined BBC radio as a Feature Programmes Assistant for their North Region in 1935. He became the influential Programme Editor for Arts, Sciences, and Documentaries (Sound) from 1964 to 1967 and retired in 1969, having written or produced more than 800 programmes during his career.

• The March of the 45 (1936)
• The Bomb (1954), a documentary on the consequences of a nuclear war.
• My People and Your People (1959), a "West Indian Ballad Opera" written with additional material from Jamaican writer Andrew Salkey
• The Negro in America (1964)
• America since the Bomb (1966)

• Tim Crook (1999), Radio drama, pp. 204–205, ISBN 978-0-415-21602-9 
• ^ Hendy, David (2007). Life on Air: A History of Radio Four. Oxford University Press. p. 39. ISBN 9780199248810. 
• Stephen Bourne (19 July 2005). Black in the British Frame: The Black Experience in British Film and Television. Continuum. pp. 117—118. ISBN 978-0-8264-7898-6. 
• ^ John Haffenden (1997), W.H. Auden, p. 145, ISBN 978-0-415-15940-1