Sir Hugh Carleton Greene KCMG, OBE (15 November 1910 – 19 February 1987) was a British journalist and television executive. He was Director-General of the BBC from 1960 to 1969, and is generally credited with modernising an organisation that had fallen behind in the wake of the launch of ITV in 1955. He was the brother of Graham Greene, the English novelist.
Parents with Helga Connollly of Graham Carleton Greene (Berlin, 10 June1936-UK, 10 October 2016), Publisher (Jonathan Cape 1966-1988) and chairman of the Trustees at the British Museum 1996-2002.
After much overseas broadcasting work both before and during the war, became Assistant Controller of Overseas Service for the BBC in the 1950s, and Director General of the BBC in 1960 until 1968.
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Shades of Greene
1975-1976
TV Series story consultant - 17 episodes
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971-1973
TV Series creative consultant - 22 episodes
That Was the Week That Was
1963
TV Series based on an idea by - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Greene's Germany - Geschichten aus einem anderen Land