Gerard Mansell

Gerard Mansell
CBE
Born
Gerard Evelyn Herbert Mansell

(1921-02-16)16 February 1921
Died18 December 2010(2010-12-18) (aged 89)
EmployerBBC
SpouseDiana Sherar
Children2
Awards
  • Croix de Guerre
  • Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Gerard Evelyn Herbert "Gerry"[1] Mansell CBE (16 February 1921 – 18 December 2010)[2] was a BBC executive, most famous for reorganising BBC Radio into Radio 2, 3 and 4 as controller of the BBC Home Service, and for a political conflict early in Margaret Thatcher's tenure as Prime Minister.

  1. ^ Hodgson, Paul (19 January 2011). "Obituary: Gerry Mansell 1921–2010". Association of European Journalists. Archived from the original on 10 April 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Gerard Mansell". TV & Radio Obituaries. 27 December 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2013.