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The Brains Trust was an informational BBC radio and later television programme popular in the United Kingdom during the 1940s and 1950s, on which a panel of experts tried to answer questions sent in by the audience. History. The series was created by BBC producers Howard Thomas and Douglas Cleverdon. [1] .
The Brains Trust: Created by Howard Thomas. With Norman Fisher, Jacob Bronowski, Alan Bullock, Julian Huxley. Series in which eminent people of the time gave spontaneous answers to questions of the day.
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- Norman Fisher, Jacob Bronowski, Alan Bullock
The Brains Trust - the panel of five experts who answered questions sent in by listeners - began on 1 January 1941. The series was first called Any Questions, but it was renamed The Brains...
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Rexford Guy Tugwell. James F. Byrnes. Brain Trust, in U.S. history, group of advisers to Franklin D. Roosevelt during his first campaign for the presidency (1932). The term was coined by journalist John F. Kieran and gained national currency at once.
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Brain trust was a term that originally described a group of close advisers to a political candidate or incumbent; these were often academics who were prized for their expertise in particular fields. The term is most associated with the group of advisers of Franklin D. Roosevelt during his presidential administration.
The Brains Trust ran from 1941 to 1961 and was a celebrated discussion programme that at the height of its popularity regularly drew audiences in excess of 10 million.
The Brains Trust, a term coined by James Kieran, a New York Times reporter, refers to the group of academic advisers that FDR gathered to assist him during the 1932 presidential campaign. Initially, the term applied to three Columbia University professors: Raymond Moley, Rexford Guy Tugwell, and Adolph A. Berle, Jr.
