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'''Sir David Edwin Hatch''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|CBE}} {{postnominals|country=GBR|JP}} (7 May 1939 – 13 June 2007)<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1554672/Sir-David-Hatch.html Obituary], ''Daily Telegraph'', 17 June 2007. Retrieved on 18 June 2007.</ref><ref name=just-a-min-obit>[http://justaminutesite.blogspot.com/2007/06/david-hatch-obituaries.html Obituary], "''Just a Minute''" site</ref> was an English broadcaster, involved in production and management at [[BBC Radio]] where he held many executive positions, including Head of Light Entertainment (Radio), Controller of [[BBC Radio 2]] and [[BBC Radio 4]] and later managing director of BBC Radio.<ref name="Stevens"/>

==Education==
Born in [[Barnsley]], he attended [[St John's School, Leatherhead]] and [[Queens' College, Cambridge]], where he arrived to study theology but switched to history, and joined the Cambridge [[Footlights]] Club.<ref name="fringe">''From Fringe to Flying Circus'' – 'Celebrating a Unique Generation of Comedy 1960–1980' – Roger Wilmut, Eyre Methuen Ltd, 1980, {{ISBN|0-413-46950-6}}.</ref> He was a member of the cast of the 1963 Footlights revue ''A Clump of Plinths'', which was so successful during its run at the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]] that the revue transferred to the West End of London under the title of ''[[Cambridge Footlights Revue|Cambridge Circus]]'' and later taken on tour to both [[New Zealand]] and Broadway in September 1964. Hatch was later a student teacher at [[Bloxham School]], Oxfordshire.<ref>'A Shining Light', A history of Bloxham School (Simon Batten, 2010), p.79</ref>

==BBC work==
A BBC Radio production of ''Cambridge Circus'', entitled ''[[I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again]]'', launched many of the show's cast, including Hatch, into a radio comedy series of the same name. Meanwhile, he was responsible for the radio versions of ''[[Doctor in the House (radio)|Doctor in the House]]'', ''[[Doctor at Large (radio)|Doctor at Large]]'', ''[[Brothers in Law (TV series)|Brothers in Law]]'' and ''[[All Gas and Gaiters]]''. Hatch co-devised the satirical show ''[[Week Ending]]'' and produced other comedy radio shows such as ''[[Just a Minute]]'', ''[[Hello, Cheeky!]]'', ''[[The Burkiss Way]]'', ''[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1d554fbcdde04191b30db1e0717080f8 From Us To You]'', ''[[Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves]]'', ''[[Frankie Howerd|The Frankie Howerd Show]]'' (1974) and ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue]]''.

Some of these overlapped with his earlier executive positions in the BBC: Radio Network Editor, BBC Manchester 1974–78; Head of Light Entertainment (Radio), BBC 1978–80; Controller, [[BBC Radio 2]] 1980–83; Controller, [[BBC Radio 4]] 1983–86; Director of Programmes, BBC Radio (later Network Radio, BBC) 1986–87, managing director 1987–93; Vice-Chairman, BBC Enterprises 1987–93; Adviser to the Director-General, BBC 1993–95.<ref name=just-a-min-obit/> In 1990, he created [[BBC Radio 5 (former)|the original Radio 5]]. He was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]] in the [[1994 Birthday Honours]] for services to radio broadcasting.<ref>{{London Gazette |date=10 June 1994 |supp=y |issue=53696 |page=9 }}</ref>

Hatch was a regular chairman of the radio panel quiz game ''Wireless Wise'' (1999–2003), made for BBC Radio 4 by Testbed Productions, and presented or appeared in other programmes including an edition of ''Radio Heads'' (2003), a three-hour omnibus collection of his radio programmes on [[BBC 7]], and a Radio 4 ''Archive Hour'' (2006) celebration of the BBC's [[Broadcasting House]] building in London.

==Later career==
Hatch left the Corporation and became Chairman of the [[National Consumer Council]] (1996–2000) and later of the [[Parole Board]] (2000–2004) for England and Wales, for which he was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in the [[2004 New Year Honours]]..<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=57155 |date=31 December 2003 |page=1 |supp=y }}</ref> <ref name="Stevens">{{cite book
|last= Stevens
|first= Christopher
|title= Born Brilliant: The Life Of Kenneth Williams
|publisher= John Murray
|year= 2010
|isbn = 978-1-84854-195-5
|page=395
}}</ref> In the latter role in 2003, he described [[Tony Martin (farmer)|Tony Martin]], the farmer convicted of manslaughter, as a "very dangerous man" in an interview for ''[[The Times]]''. Hatch's comments were criticized by Martin's supporters.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ford|first=Richard|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1136392.ece|title="Tony Martin is a dangerous man, says parole chief|work=The Times|date=27 May 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523141706/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1136392.ece|archive-date=23 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/2939490.stm|title=Tony Martin 'a dangerous man'|work=BBC News|date=27 May 2003|access-date=16 June 2007}}</ref>

Hatch was also the chairman of SSVC (the [[Services Sound and Vision Corporation]]) between 1999 and 2004. After retiring, he retained the position of Life Vice-President on the SSVC Board of Trustees. SSVC operated many facilities on behalf of the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|MoD]] including [[BFBS]] Radio and TV.

Hatch was a Fellow of The [[Radio Academy]].<ref>The Radio Academy [http://www.radioacademy.org/about/fellows/ "Fellows"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024171034/http://www.radioacademy.org/about/fellows/ |date=24 October 2014 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* {{cite book|author=Wilmut, Roger|title=From Fringe to Flying Circus – celebrating a unique generation of comedy 1960–1980|publisher=Eyre Methuen Ltd|location=London|year=1980|isbn=0-413-46950-6}}
* {{cite book|author=Hewison, Robert|title=Footlights! – a hundred years of Cambridge comedy|publisher=Methuen London Ltd|year=1983|isbn= 0-413-51150-2}}

==External links==
* {{IBDB name|99202}}
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6748675.stm Radio performer Hatch dies at 68] BBC News
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070619055057/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2655897.ece ''The Independent'' Obituary]

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