Peter Eton

Eton at a Goon Show recording

Peter Randolph Eton (28 May 1917 – December 1979) was a producer for BBC radio and television. He was invalided out of the navy after being wounded during the Dunkirk evacuation and joined the BBC.

He worked at the Variety Department of the BBC from 1951 onwards and oversaw a number of radio series, notably The Goon Show.

He died in December 1979, at the age of 62.[1][2]

  1. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
  2. ^ New Society. New Society Limited. 1981. p. 442. Ironically, both Jack Pulman and Peter Eton died in 1979 – Pulman in July, Eton in December.