Douglas Ritchie
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Douglas Ritchie (1905-1967)[1][2] was a news editor at the BBC.
World War II
Ritchie, at the time an assistant news editor, broadcast to German-occupied countries during the war. He adopted the moniker "Colonel Britton",[3] and his identity was a closely guarded secret until after the war.[4]
He was in charge of the BBC's wartime "V for Victory" campaign.
He created the "Continental V Army".[5]
By the time of the disclosure of his identity in 1945 he was director of the European news department of the BBC.[6]
Post war
After the end of the war Ritchie rose to the position of head of publicity at the BBC. At the age of 50 he suffered a stroke.[7]
His book Stroke (Faber & Faber, 1960) was hailed by John O'Londons as "A triumph of the highest order".[8]
See also
References
- ^ http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FNERI Papers of Douglas E Ritchie and Noel Newsome
- ^ http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp76000/douglas-ernest-ritchie National Portrait Gallery listing
- ^ Ronald Seth (1969). The truth-benders: psychological warfare in the Second World War. Frewin. p. 129.
- ^ Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 27.
- ^ Helena Hall (2014). A Woman in the Shadow of the Second World War: Helena Hall's Journal from the Home Front. Pen and Sword. p. 266. ISBN 9781473823259.
- ^ "The Illustrated London News". Illustrated London News. Vol. 206. 1945. p. 619.
- ^ Monnica Charlotte Stewart (1968). My brother's keeper?. Health Horizon. p. 19.
- ^ "Out of the Pit". John o'London's. 3: 132. 1960.
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