Author, broadcaster, director and producer. First Head of Music and Arts for BBC Television 1965-1967. Resumed the position again from 1975-1981 after an eight year absence in commercial television as a founder-member of London Weekend Television. For his work as a director, he has won four Emmy Awards, two British Academy Awards and as a presenter received the Royal Television Society Silver medal and Sony Gold Award.
He was awarded the CBE in the 2000 Queens Millennium Honors List for his services to Music and Broadcasting.
His wife Christina was a Swedish newsreader and photographer
Father of Clemency Burton-Hill.
(June 2008) London W14, England
(May 2009) Barons Court, London, England
