D. G. Bridson

Douglas Geoffrey Bridson (21 August 1910 – 19 October 1980), commonly known as D. G. Bridson, was a radio producer and author who became the "cultural boss of the BBC". Many of his radio plays featured music by Norman Fulton.

In his poems he made frequent reference to the Isle of Man where he had family.

Of interest to all theatre people is the close relationship he had with Joan Littlewood.

He died on 19 October 1980 and his ashes are buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery to the right of the war memorial in the courtyard.

Works The March of the 45 (1936) The Bomb (1954), a documentary on the consequences of a nuclear war. My People and Your People (1959), a "West Indian Ballad Opera" written with additional material from Jamaican writer Andrew Salkey The Negro in America (1964) America since the Bomb (1966)