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Richard Hugh Burnett (21 July 1924 – 25 November 2011) was a British television producer and cartoonist.
Biography
Born in Sheffield, the son of a journalist who eventually became editor of the ''
Methodist Recorder'', Burnett studied at the
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is a public university, public research university located in London, England and a constituent college of the federal University of London. Founded in 1895 by Fabian Society members Sidn ...
.
After finishing his
National Service
National service is the system of voluntary government service, usually military service. Conscription is mandatory national service. The term ''national service'' comes from the United Kingdom's National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939.
The ...
serving in India with the
Intelligence Corps, Burnett joined the
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's Far Eastern Service at
Bush House
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in 1949.
''Personal Call'', a radio series in which Burnett visited public figures of the day, was later developed into the series he produced for television, ''
Face to Face'', which consisted of interviews by
John Freeman with prominent people from around the world.
Later, he became a documentary maker and made a sequence of films, often shot secretly, about
apartheid
Apartheid (, especially South African English: , ; , "aparthood") was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. Apartheid was ...
: ''South Africa Loves Jesus'' (1971), outlining the attitudes of Christian denominations to the South African government's race policies, and ''The Colour Line'' (1971), in which a blood bank labels its stock according to the race of the donor.
During the 1970s, he made three programmes about the supernatural and ghostly occurrences. These were ''The Ghost Hunters'' (1975), ''The Mystery of Loch Ness'' (1976) and ''Out of This World'' (1977), about
UFOs
An unidentified flying object (UFO), more recently renamed by US officials as a UAP (unidentified aerial phenomenon), is any perceived aerial phenomenon that cannot be immediately identified or explained. On investigation, most UFOs are ide ...
.
His cartoons appeared in magazines such as the ''
New Statesman
The ''New Statesman'' is a British Political magazine, political and cultural magazine published in London. Founded as a weekly review of politics and literature on 12 April 1913, it was at first connected with Sidney Webb, Sidney and Beatrice ...
'', ''
Private Eye'', and ''
The Oldie
''The Oldie'' is a British monthly magazine written for older people "as a light-hearted alternative to a press obsessed with youth and celebrity", according to its website. The magazine was launched in 1992 by Richard Ingrams, who was its edit ...
''. The depiction of monks was a speciality;
anthologies of his cartoons were published in the 1960s and 1970s in paperback under titles such as "Top Sacred" (1960), "Sacred and Confidential", and "Beware of the Abbot".
Hugh Burnett died on 25 November 2011 in Richmond, London, England.
He was 87 and was predeceased by his wife, Simone Le Court de Billot (married in 1951) and their three sons.
References
1924 births
2011 deaths
Alumni of the London School of Economics
BBC television producers
British cartoonists
Private Eye contributors
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