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Milne spent his first six years living with his maternal grandparents in Morningside, until his parents returned from India. His background was in current affairs and he was a founder producer of Tonight, and became the programme's Editor in 1961.

alasdair milne biography of mahatma

They happened to be women and then I was stitched up by The Times.”

He married Sheila Kirsten Graucob in 1954, who was of Danish and Irish ancestry; she died in 1992. The licence fee is a form of hypothecated tax and, yes, it is regressive and burdens old age pensioners (who amount to one-third of all licence fee holders and who are the heaviest users of the available service), it is compulsory and, paid as a single annual payment, amounts to a good deal of money.

He was also responsible for bring a succession of Shakespeare plays to television. Hussey's lip trembled as he said: 'I am afraid this is going to be a very unpleasant interview. This intervention acts as a methodological clarification.

Alasdair Milne

Born in India to Scottish parents, Milne was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford.

Before going to university Milne did his National Service as an officer in the Gordon Highlanders.

He became Controller of BBC Scotland (1968-73), creating a separate identity for the BBC in Scotland and later expanding Gaelic programming, BBC Director of Programmes (1973-76) and Managing Director of BBC Television (1976-82). He was appointed Director-General in 1982 and found himself at the centre of a series of controversies and battles with the government, including the embarrassing questioning of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher by a member of the public over the sinking if the Argentinian ship the General Belgrano, the decision to broadcast a controversial Panorama documentary title Maggie's Militant Tendency in 1984, an interview with IRA chief Martin McGuinness in 1985, the BBC's coverage of the bombing of Libya by the USA and a documentary which again embarrassed the government over the building and cancellation of the Zircon spy satellite (1987), which resulted in the BBC being raided by the police.

I remember the blinds were drawn against the sun which was brilliant that morning. Despite expectations, he never took up other media positions and received little public recognition for his remarkable career. In an unprecedented step, Hussey convinced the Board of Governors that a change of direction was needed, and they forced Milne's resignation.

Milne wrote:

"Patricia Hodgson, the Secretary, asked me if I would go and see the Chairman.

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Alasdair Milne


1930 - 2013

Television executive, who became a controversial Director-General of the BBC. Born India, the son of a surgeon from Aberdeen and a mother who was raised in Edinburgh.

His work focuses on the collaborative systems that emerge around new technologies.

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The BBC's new Breakfast Time programme went on air on 17 January 1983, presented by Frank Bough and former ITN newscaster Selina Scott. Milne was full of praise for the show, saying: "It was a terrific start. He served as Director-General of the BBC between July 1982 and January 1987, when he was forced to resign from his post by the BBC Governors following several difficult years for the BBC, which included sustained pressure from the Thatcher government about editorial decisions which had proved controversial.

Lurking in the Gap between Philosophy of Mind and the Planetary

Authors

  • Alasdair Milne King's College London

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/aprja.v12i1.140442

Keywords:

planetary, mind, interpersonal, leverage point, advanced technologies

Abstract

This article outlines an emerging tendency prominent in the theory and practice of the art & technology domain to ‘horseshoe’ the urgencies of planetary-scale technology with questions traditionally associated with the philosophy of mind, conventionally placed at a much lower level-of-analysis.

He joined the BBC in 1954 as a graduate trainee, but quickly rose to become a respected editor and producer, responsible for programmes such as That Was the Week That Was (1962-63), Tonight (1963), The Great War (1964) and This Week (1965-66). I have nothing against women. Milne was one of the so-called "Goldie Boys", a group of producers and presenters, which included Huw Wheldon, Robin Day, David Frost, Cliff Michelmore, Ian Trethowan and Richard Dimbleby.

Milne was the first television producer to become Director-General.

When I walked into Hussey's office, Barnett and he were both there.