Cecil Madden

[3] Radio Times commented the following year, "A characteristic of Cecil Madden's Picture Page that has made it a distinctive part of television programmes has been its unfailing topicality".

[4] Madden secured a wide range of guests, ranging from the Sultan of Zanzibar to the conductors Wilhelm Furtwängler and Fritz Reiner, the contract bridge expert Ely Culbertson, the educator Maria Montessori, the theatre director Sir Barry Jackson, politicians, sportsmen and women and others.

[4] Until television shut down in September 1939 for the duration of the Second World War, Madden organised and produced live programmes of variety, ballets, and drama.

[1] He presented the American Eagle in Britain programme from 17 November 1940 to 9 September 1945; The Times commented that it earned Madden the title of the "GI's friend".

[2] Madden's artists included Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, Marlene Dietrich, Gertrude Lawrence, and George Raft; Glenn Miller conducted the band.