Barry Brown

Barry Brown was born and educated in Australia. From 1951 onwards he worked for the Australian Broadcasting Commission where he appeared on both radio and television. He came to London and joined BBC TV in 1968 where he specialised in making magazine programs and documentaries about movies. He created The Hollywood Greats, a successful series of star profiles. In his Executive Producer role, Barry Brown instigated the popular BBC2 weekly programme about television Did You See - also the BBC1 documentary Ready When You Are, Mr. De Mille for the centenary of the birth of the Hollywood producer and director Cecil B. De Mille. In 1984 Barry Brown became Head of Purchased Programmes for BBC TV and was responsible for the purchase and scheduling of feature films and TV series until his retirement in 1990. He then became a media consultant and co-produced the TV documentary Back In The Saddle Again - The Making of a Gene Autry Western. Barry Brown is now enjoying his retirement by lecturing on cruise ships. During his BBC career he met many movie stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood. These personal memories are the basis of his lecture profiles.