Mary Adams (broadcaster)

Mary Grace Agnes Adams (née Campin OBE; 10 March 1898 – 15 May 1984) was an English television producer, programme director and administrator who worked for the BBC.

She was a fervent atheist and advocate of humanism and common sense, accepting her stance without subjecting it to analysis.

She created the Home Intelligence division, and in 1940 set up a system for monitoring the public mood regarding the war effort.

[6] When the television service resumed in 1946 she returned to working for it – producing programmes on all subjects apart from drama and light entertainment.

He was an early anti-Nazi, and a radical reformer; he was one of only two Conservative MPs to oppose the Munich agreement with Hitler in 1938.