APPENDIX A GOVERNMENTS AND MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR BROADCASTING, 1954-80 Party Prime Minister Date of Appointment Postmaster-General Date of Appointment Conservative Sir Winston Churchill 26 October 1951 Earl De La Warr 5 November 1951 Sir Anthony Eden 6 April 1955 Dr Charles Hill 7 April 1955 Harold Macmillan 10 January 1957 Ernest Marples 16 January 1957 Reginald Bevins 22 October 1959 Sir Alec Douglas-Home 18 October 1963 Vl 0 Labour Harold Wilson 16 October 1964 Anthony Wedgwood Benn 19 October 1964 0- Edward Short 4 July 1966 Roy Mason 6 April 1968 John Stonehouse 1 July 1968 Minister of Posts and Telecommunications John Stonehouse 1 October 1969 Conservative Edward Heath 19 June 1970 Christopher Chataway 24 June 1970 Sir John Eden 7 April 1972 Labour Harold Wilson 4 March 1974 Anthony Wedgwood Benn 7 March 1974 Home Secretary Roy Jenkins 30 March 1974 Merlyn Rees 10 September 1976 James Callaghan 5 April 1976 Conservative Margaret Thatcher 4 May 1979 William Whitelaw 5 May 1979 APPENDIX B MEMBERS OF THE AUTHORITY, 1954-80 Chairmen Terms of Office Background Sir Kenneth Clark KCB 4 August 1954-31 August 1957 Former Director of the National Gallery and Surveyor (later Lord Clark OM,CH) of the King's Pictures; Chairman, Arts Council of Great Britain Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick GCB,GCMG 7 November 1957-6 November 1962 Former UK High Commissioner for Germany; former Permanent Under-Secretary, Foreign Office Rt Hon. Lord Hill of Luton PC 1 July 1963-30 August 1967 Former Secretary, British Medical Association; former Postmaster-General; former Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster; former Minister of Housing & Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs Rt Hon. Lord Aylestone 1 September 1967-31 March 1975 Former President of the Council and Leader of the PC,CH,CBE House of Commons; former Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs Lady Plowden DBE 1 April 1975-31 December 1980 Former Governor and Vice-Chairman of the BBC; former Chairman of Central Advisory Council for Education (England); President, Pre-School Playgroups Association ~ ~ Deputy Chairmen Term of Office Background Vol ~ Sir Charles Colston 4 August 1954-9 December 1954 Former Chairman and Managing Director, Hoover Ltd Sir Ronald Matthews JP, D L 3 January 1955-1 July 1959 Chairman & Managing Director, Turton Bros & (Acting Chairman 1 September Matthews Ltd; Director, Thos. Cook & Son 1957-6 November 1957) Sir John Carmichael KBE 8 January 1960-29 July 1964 Former Member of Sudan Government Civil Service; (Deputy Chairman 22 June 1960- Member, Scottish Gas Board 29 July 1964; Acting Chairman 7 November 1962-30 June 1963) Sir Sydney Caine KCMG 4 August 1960-30 June 1967 Director, London School of Economics (Deputy Chairman 30 July 1964- 30 June 1967) Sir Ronald Gould 1 July 1967-30 June 1972 General Secretary, National Union of Teachers Mr Christopher Bland 1 July 1972-31 December 1979 Chairman, Sir Joseph Causton & Sons Ltd; former Member, GLC; former Chairman of Bow Group Rt Hon. Lord Thomson of 1 February 1980-31 December 1988 Former Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster and Minister Monifieth KT, PC (Chairman for Europe; former Secretary of State for from 1 January 1981) Commonwealth Affairs; former EEC Commissioner; former Chairman, Advertising Standards Authority Members for Scotland Terms of Office Background Dr T. J. Honeyman JP 4 August 1954-3 August 1958 Former Director, Glasgow Art Gallery; Rector, Glasgow University Professor David Talbot Rice MBE 4 August 1958-3 August 1963 Watson-Gordon Professor of History of Fine Art, Edinburgh University Mr W. Macfarlane Gray OBE, JP 22 January 1964-21 January 1970 Senior Partner, Macfarlane Gray & Co. (accountants); Han. Sheriff for Stirling and Clackmannan Dr T. F. Carbery 22 January 1970-31 July 1979 Head of the Department of Office Organisation, Strathc1yde University Rev. Dr W. J. Morris JP 1 August 1979-31 December 1984 Minister of Glasgow Cathedral and a Chaplain to HM The Queen in Scotland Members for Wales Lord Aberdare of Duffryn GBE 4 August 1954-3 August 1956 Former Chairman, National Advisory Council for Physical Training & Recreation; Chairman, National Association of Boys' Clubs Mr J. Alban Davies 4 August 1956-29 July 1964 Director, Hitchman's Dairies; former High Sheriff of Cardiganshire Sir Ben Bowen Thomas 30 July 1964-29 July 1970 Former Permanent Secretary, Welsh Department, Ministry of Education; Member, Welsh panel of British Council Mr T. Glyn Davies CBE 10 October 1970-9 October 1975 Former Director of Education for Denbighshire; former Chairman, Schools Broadcasting Council for Wales; Chairman, Welsh Committee, Central Council of Physical Education Professor Huw Morris-Jones 25 March 1976-24 March 1982 Former member of BBC Broadcasting Council for Wales; Professor of Social Theory and Institutions, University College of North Wales, Bangor Members for Northern Ireland Lt-Col. Arthur Chichester 4 August 1954-31 December 1959 Former Clerk of Parliaments, Northern Ireland and w OBE, MC Mayor of Ballymena; Chairman, Moygashel Ltd o\0 Members for Northern Ireland Term of Office Background w ...... Sir Lucius O'Brien 1 January 1960-29 July 1965 Member, Northern Ireland Council of Social Service; o Senator, Queen's University, Belfast; Vice President, Trustee Savings Bank Association Mr D. J. T. Gilliland 8 November 1965-7 November 1970 Solicitor and farmer Mr H. W. McMullan OBE 11 July 1971-31 January 1974 Former journalist, broadcaster and Head of Programmes, BBC Northern Ireland Mr W. J. B1ease JP 10 May 1974-31 July 1979 Northern Ireland Officer of Irish Congress of Trade (later Lord B1ease of Cromac) Unions Mrs Jill Mcivor 1 January 1980-31 December 1986 Former Librarian, Department of Director of Public Prosecutions, Belfast Other Members Sir Henry Hinchcliffe JP, DL 4 August 1954-3 August 1959 Chairman, Glazebrook Steel & Co. Ltd; Director, Barclays Bank; Director, Manchester Chamber of Commerce Miss M. E. Popham CBE 4 August 1954-3 August 1956 Principal, Cheltenham Ladies' College Miss Dilys Powell 4 August 1954-3 August 1957 Film Critic, Sunday Times Mr G. B. Thorneycroft CBE 4 August 1954-3 August 1958 Former General Secretary, Transport Salaried Staffs Association Lord Layton CH, CBE 11 August 1954-3 August 1956 Chairman, The Economist; Director and Vice­ Chairman, Daily News Ltd; Deputy Leader, Liberal Party in House of Lords Miss Diana Reader Harris 4 August 1956-3 August 1960 Headmistress, Sherborne School for Girls (later Dame Diana Reader Harris DBE) Mr T. H. Summerson JP 1 February 1957-3 August 1960 Chairman and Joint Managing Director, Summerson Holdings Ltd; former High Sheriff of Co. Durham The Hon. Dame Frances Farrer 4 September 1957-3 August 1961 General Secretary, National Federation of Women's DBE Institutes Mr W. B. Beard OBE 4 August 1958-3 August 1961 General Secretary, United Pattern makers' Association; Member, TUC General Council Mrs Isabel Graham-Bryce 4 August 1960-3 August 1965 Chairman, Oxford Regional Hospital Board (later Dame Isabel Graham-Bryce DB E) Mr A. C. Cropper JP, DL 11 October 1960-29 July 1964 Chairman, James Cropper & Co. Ltd; former High Sheriff of Westmorland Lord Williamson of Eccleston 4 August 1961-29 July 1964 Former General Secretary, General and Municipal CBE, JP Workers Union Dame Anne Bryans DBE 1 September 1961-31 August 1966 Deputy Chairman, British Red Cross Society Baroness Burton of Coventry 30 July 1964-29 July 1969 Former Labour MP for Coventry South Sir Patrick Hamilton Bt 30 July 1964-29 July 1969 Director, Simon Engineering Ltd; Chairman, Expanded Metal Co. Ltd Professor Hugh Hunt 30 July 1964-29 July 1969 Professor of Drama, Manchester University Professor Sir Owen Saunders 30 July 1964-29 July 1969 Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College, London; Dean, City and Guilds College Sir Vincent Tewson CBE, MC 30 July 1964-29 July 1969 Former General Secretary, TUC Mrs Mary Adams OBE 1 June 1965-31 May 1970 Former Assistant to Controller of Television Programmes, BBC; Deputy Chairman, Consumers' Association VJ ..... ..... w ..... Other Members Term of Office Backgrou'ld N Baroness Plummer JP I Mareh 1966-2H February 1971 Widow of Sir Leslie Plummer MP Baroness Sharp of Hornsey GBE I October 1966-30 September 1973 Former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Local Government Sir Frederiek Hayday CBE 30 July 1969-29 July 1973 National Industrial Officer, National Union of General and Municipal Workers; Member, TUC General Council Mr Stephen Keynes 30 July 1969-29 July 1974 Director, Charterhouse Japhet Ltd and Charterhouse Finance Corporation Professor J. M. Meek 30 July 1969-29 July 1974 David Jardine Professor of Electrical Engineering, Liverpool University; President, Institution of Electrical Engineers 1968-69 Mr A. W. Page MBE I August 1970-31 July 1976 Chairman and Managing Director, Metal Box (later Sir Alex Page) Company Ltd Baroness Macleod of Borve JP I March 1971-31 December 1975 Widow of Rt Hon. Ian Macleod MP Mr W. C. Anderson CBE 30 July 1973-29 July 197H Former General Secretary, NALGO; former Member, TUC General Council Mrs Mary Warnoek 17 December 1973-31 December 1981 Former Headmistress, Oxford High School; Chairman, (later Baroness Warnoek) Committee of Inquiry into Special Education Professor James Ring 2 September 1974-31 December 19HI Professor of Physics, Imperial College, London; former member and Chairman, IBA General Advisory Council Baroness Stedman OBE 25 June 1975-4 December 1975 Vice-Chairman, Cambridgeshire County Council; Member, Peterborough Development Corporation Board The Marchioness of Anglesey CBE 1 January 1976-31 December 1981 Former Chairman, National Federation of Women's Institutes; Chairman, Welsh Arts Council Mrs Ann Coulson 1 January 1976-31 December 1980 Assistant Director, N. Worcestershire College of Higher and Further Education; Member, Birmingham District Council Mr A. J. R. Purssell 1 October 1976-30 September 1981 Managing Director, Arthur Guinness Son & Co.