Sheridan Morley

Sheridan Morley 5 December 1941 Ascot Berkshire 16 February 2007 London was an English author biographer critic and broadcaster His bestknown work was the biography of Noël Coward A Talent to Amuse first published in 1969 Sheridan Morley worked as a latenight newscaster for ITN from 1965 before moving to the BBC to present Late Night LineUp for BBC 2 from 1967 to 1971 alongside Joan Bakewell and Tony Bilbow He also presented Film Night for BBC 2 in 1971 and 1972 He presented Kaleidoscope for BBC Radio 4 and an innovatory arts programme for BBC Radio 2 from 1990 to 2004 He had begun The Radio Two Arts Programme in April 1990 He then moved to a new programme format of Melodies For You in 2004 again on BBC Radio 2 He broadcast his last Melodies programme in November 2006 three months before his death in February 2007 He also made frequent appearances as the guest in the Dictionary Corner for the Channel 4 game show Countdown Morley wrote many biographies including Oscar Wilde 1976 Katharine Hepburn 1984 Elizabeth Taylor 1988 Gene Kelly 1996 and Marilyn Monroe 1998 Description above from the Wikipedia article Sheridan Morley licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia