Radio who's who (1947)

RADIO WHO'S WHO 273 POLWARTH, JOHN. Senior producer at Newcastle, b. Newcastle-on-Tyne, 15th June, 1909. Writes short stories, commentaries and features. Address: c/o B.B.C., Newcastle-onTyne. Began business career in a Newcastle shipping office. Studied accountancy and became lecturer on the subject at the Gregg School, Newcastle, and afterward principal of the school in London, S.W.16. As the result of an accident he spent three years in hospital, and on recovering became a writer and broadcaster. Writes a humorous column for a Northern Sunday newspaper. Recently did editions of " Country Magazine," and is well known for his Tyneside programmes of folk music. POOLEY, OLAF. Actor and designer. &. Dorset. Member of B.B.C. Drama Repertory Company. Address: 3, St. Mark's House, Regent's Park Road, London, N.W.I. Phone: Primrose 2989. Educated Gresham's School, University of Freiburg, and in Paris. Did decor for screen at Pinewood and Denham studios for three years, and for several theatres. Broadcast in 1946 in " Hamlet " (World Theatre), "Fellowship of the Frog" series, etc. Cycled to Rome in 1936. Hobbies: Painting in oils, and going to the Zoo. Maternal grandfather was the Director of the Theatre Royal, Copenhagen, and the original producer of Ibsen's plays. PORTER, DAVID LESLIE. Programme Controller, Cologne. 6. Belfast, 16th April, 1913. Well known in radio as a producer of fantasy, burlesque and sophisticated revue. Address: 28, Yeoman's Row, London, S.W.3. Started career as a tea planter in Kenya, then became an actor at Little Theatre, Belfast. Joined the B.B.C. in 1935 as announcer to the North Region, and the following year became Variety Producer to control studio light entertainment from Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle. Joined the Variety Department at Bristol, 1940, then entered the R.A.F. as a pilot and was shot down in 1944 while flying a Mosquito over Northern Italy. While a prisoner of war wrote libretto of opera " Messalina," which he later sold to Jack Hylton. Returned to the B.B.C. Variety Department in 1945, and left London for Germany in 1946 to take charge of the Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk as a member of the Control Commission. Recreations: Flying and swimming. POUGNET, RENE. Pianist, b. Hampstead, 30th March, 1911. Best known for two-piano broadcasting and accompanying. Address : 35, St. James's Gardens, Holland Park, London, W.ll. Phone: Park 7295. Started the piano at the age of four and played his first concerto at the age of six at the Palace Pier Concert Hall, Brighton. Performed for the Duchess of Argyll at Kensington Palace. Continued his studies at the Tobias Matthay School and the Royal Academy of Music. Joined Henry Hall in 1942, and teamed up with Tony Fones for two-piano work in 1945. Has broadcasted regularly since then. RENE POUGNET