Reith Remembered
The first of two programmes. John Charles Walsham
Reith was born on 20 July 1889. In 1922 he joined the BBC as its General
Manager. When he left 16 years later, as the first Director General of the BBC, it was a 'frightful mistake'.
Frank Gillard traces
Lord Reith's life from his childhood in Glasgow, through the First World War and on to the BBC.
Producer CHRISTOPHER STONE
0 See David Gillard , right