Derek Ivor Breashur McCulloch OBE (18 November 1897 – 1 June 1967) was a BBC Radio producer and presenter.
He served until 1921 with the infantry, where he was commissioned into the Green Howards, and in the Royal Flying Corps as an equipment officer, including a spell on HMS Valiant.
He was working for Central Argentine Railway when his health deteriorated, and he returned to England where a bullet was extracted from his lung.
[4] His health worsened while working for the Belfast station in 1929 but a job was found for him in Children's Hour.
[1] He regarded the department as a microcosm of all broadcasting, stating: "Nothing but the best is good enough for children ... our wish is to stimulate their imaginations, direct their reading, encourage their various interests, widen their outlook and inculcate the Christian virtues of love of God and their neighbours.
[3] One of the favourite segments of Children's Hour was Sydney George Hulme Beaman's Toytown playlets, in which McCulloch played the central role of Larry the Lamb.
He was awarded an OBE in 1964, and died at St Francis Hospital, Haywards Heath on 1 June 1967, aged 69.