Charles Frederick William Chilton MBE was a British presenter, writer and producer who worked on BBC Radio.
11 Facts About Charles Chilton
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Charles Chilton was educated at St Pancras Church of England School.
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Charles Chilton left school at the age of 14, and after a brief apprenticeship making electric signs, he joined the BBC as a messenger boy.
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Charles Chilton had a passion for jazz music, and in 1937 formed the BBC Boys' Jazz band.
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Charles Chilton then presented his own show between 11pm and midnight called Swing Time, and a weekly jazz programme called Radio Rhythm Club.
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Charles Chilton was then sent to the United States to research, write and produce a number of series based on American western history.
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Charles Chilton wrote a comic-strip version of the series drawn by Frank Humphris for the Eagle which outlasted the radio version, and wrote another western series, "Flying Cloud", for the Eagle's sister comic Girl.
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Charles Chilton was briefly a producer on the comedy series The Goon Show.
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Charles Chilton spent his last years acting as a tour guide for the Original London Walks company.
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Roy Hudd told the story of Charles Chilton's ground-breaking 1961 musical documentary.
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Interviewees included satirist Ian Hislop, Charles Chilton's widow Penelope and their children Mary was born on 1951 and and David Charles Chilton was born on 1952 and and the producer was Amber Barnfather.