John Watt (broadcaster)

John Watt
Born
John Ernest Watt

(1901-10-27)27 October 1901
Blackheath, London, England
Died23 February 1960(1960-02-23) (aged 58)
Brighton, England
Spouse
Violette
​
(m. 1927)​
Career
Show
NetworkBBC Radio

John Watt (27 October 1901 – 23 February 1960) was a British broadcaster and producer.[1][2]

Watt was born on 27 October 1901 at 4 Hidbrooke Park Road, Blackheath, London, to Richard Watt, a solicitor, and Minnie (née Dale).[1] He went to Cranleigh School and University College London.[1]

Among the shows he worked on as the BBC's Director of Variety were Workers' Playtime and ITMA.[1]

He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 3 December 1956.[3]

Watt died on 23 February 1960 at home in Montpelier Street, Brighton.[1] His wife Violette (they married in 1927) survived him; she wrote professionally, under the pen name of Angela Jeans.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Somerville, Neil (January 2011). "Watt, John Ernest". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). OUP. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/65822. Retrieved 25 July 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ "John Watt". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : John Watt". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 25 July 2014.