Maxwell was born in Fife, Scotland and after attending Edinburgh Academy went to university to study law and qualified as a solicitor.
With the outbreak of the Second World War, IBC set up Radio International Fécamp and Maxwell worked as one of the presenters until the station went off the air in January 1940.
Muir felt that the load would be too much for one person and suggested Denis Norden might be a suitable co-writer.
[1] Maxwell also produced the BBC Variety special for the Festival of Britain broadcast in May 1951 starring Danny Kaye and Gracie Fields.
[4] In 1966 Maxwell was appointed as Chief Producer of Light Entertainment at BBC Radio 4 and was the commissioning producer for another long running series, I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again, that launched the careers of people like John Cleese, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-Taylor.