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Cecil Charles Madden, MBE (29 November 1902 – 27 May 1987), was an English pioneer of television production. In 1936, he moved from BBC radio to its experimental television service, and was responsible for many programmes until the service was suspended during the Second World War.
Emeritus Professor, University of Sussex. One valuable feature of the BBC's Oral History interviews with its former staff, is that these recordings often tell us a great deal about the ...
Cecil Madden was born on 29 November 1902 in Essaouira, Morocco. He was an editor and writer, known for Picture Page (1936), Cabaret Cartoons (1936) and The Mysterious Mr. Davis (1940). He died in 1987.
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Cecil Madden was born on November 29, 1902 in Essaouira, Morocco. He was an editor and writer, known for Picture Page (1936), Cabaret Cartoons (1936) and The Mysterious Mr. Davis (1940). He died in 1987.
- November 29, 1902
Who was Cecil Madden? Cecil Madden joined the television service in 1936, and brought to his new job a fascinating range of experience – both inside broadcasting and out.
Its producer was Cecil Madden – a key figure in early television, since he was to be in day-to-day charge of all output until the service closed at the outbreak of war in 1939. In the interview...
Looking for a book by Cecil Madden? Cecil Madden wrote Starlight Days: The Memoirs of Cecil Madden: Wartime Radio and Television in the 1930's, which can be purchased at a lower price at ThriftBooks.com.
