Charles Hill, Baron Hill of Luton (15 January 1904 —22 August 1989) M.D., was an English administrator, doctor and television executive. January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1904 (MCMIV) is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The word physician should not be confused with physicist, which means a scientist in the area of physics. ... The English are an ethnic group originating in the lowlands of Great Britain and are descendent primarily from the Anglo-Saxons, the Celts with minor influences from the Scandanavians and other groups. ... Look up administrator in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Television is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance. ...

Charles Hill was born in Luton, Bedfordshire and was educated at the St Olave's in Southwark. He won a scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge where he gained a first class degree. He continued his mediacl studies at the London Hospital gaining MRCS and MRCP in 1927 and later he gained MB, BCh and MD. He became Deputy Medical Officer of Oxford in 1930. He became Assistant Secretary of the British Medical Association from 1932 and Secretary from 1944 to 1950. Luton is a town and local government district in England, located 50km north of central London. ... Bedfordshire is a county in England and forms part of the East of England region. ... St Olaves Grammar School St. ... The Borough of Southwark(e) (pronounced ) is the area of London immediately south of London Bridge and part of the larger London Borough of Southwark. ... Full name The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity Motto Virtus vera nobilitas Virtue is true Nobility Named after The Holy Trinity Previous names Kings Hall and Michaelhouse (until merged in 1546) Established 1546 Sister College(s) Christ Church Master The Lord Rees of Ludlow Location Trinity Street... Part of the front of the Royal London Hospital The Royal London Hospital, formerly the London Hospital, is a hospital in Whitechapel, London. ... MRCS is a professional qualification for surgeons in the UK and Ireland It means Member of the Royal College of Surgeons. ... MRCP can stand for: Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP), an MRI alternative for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). ... MB may mean: MegaByte or Megabit Bachelor of Medicine, an academic degree (Latin Medicinae Baccleureus) Honda MB, a Honda 50 cc motorcycle from the early 1980s Manitoba, Canada: postal code Manned Base, in military parlance Marching Band, a group of people that play instruments while marching in unison to form... MD or md may stand for: Air Madagascar IATA code make dir (Microsoft DOS) or meta device (UNIX) in computing Managing Director, or CEO Maryland state code McDonnell Douglas aircraft McDonalds, a fast food restaurant Medicinæ Doctor, Doctor of Medicine (academic degree) Mendelevium (Md), symbol for the chemical element... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The logo of the association. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) is a leap year starting on Friday. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

During the Second World War, the Ministry of Health had wanted BBC to infiltrate health messages into ordinary programmes rather than have dedicated programmes like Ministry of Food, but the BBC warned that this would not be effective and would be viewed by listeners as patronising. Consequently Hill's role as the "Radio Doctor" became part of the Ministry of Food's programme, "Kitchen Front", every morning from 1942. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... This article is about the year. ...

Hill was still Secretary when the National Health Service was introduced in 1948. He negoatiated with Aneurin Bevan and ensured that general practitioners did not simply become salaried employees. He stood for Parliament for Cambridge University in 1945 as an independent. He was successful in 1950 becoming MP for Luton as a Conservative and Liberal. The logo of the NHS for England. ... not to be confused with Ernest Bevin Aneurin Bevan, usually known as Nye Bevan (November 15, 1897–July 6, 1960) was a Welsh Labour politician regarded as a hero of the left, primarily for his role in the formation of the National Health Service. ... A general practitioner (GP) or family physician (FP) is a physician/medical doctor who provides primary care. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with one of the most selective sets of entry requirements in the United Kingdom. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre in the United Kingdom. ...

He was appointed Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Food in 1951. He became the Postmaster-General (a non-cabinet ministerial position with responsibilities that included broadcasting) in 1955; during his period in office he publically berated the BBC for its reporting of the Suez Crisis. Hill then imposed a formal ban on BBC Television from broadcasting discussions or statements about any matter before Parliament for the 14 days before the debate and on MPs making any broadcast about any matter before either house. In the parliamentary systems of several Commonwealth countries, such as Canada and Australia, it is customary for the prime minister to appoint parliamentary secretaries (in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, parliamentary assistants) from their caucus to assist cabinet ministers with their work. ... A Postmaster General is the national politician in charge of the postal system of a country. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... Combatants Israel, France, United Kingdom Egypt Commanders Moshe Dayan (CoS of the IDF) General Sir Charles Keightley (C-in-C), Vice-Admiral Pierre Barjot (Deputy) Gamal Abdel Nasser Strength 45,000 British, 34,000 French, 175,000 Israeli 300,000 Egyptians Casualties 200 Israelis, 107 British, 43 French dead or...

From 1957 to 1961 he was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and from 1961 he was to Minister of Housing and Local Government and Welsh Affairs, but he lost his place in the Cabinet in Harold MacMillan's reshuffle in 1962. 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a sinecure office in the British government. ... The Right Honourable Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC (10 February 1894–29 December 1986), nicknamed Supermac and Mac the Knife, was a British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He was appointed as the Chairman of the Independent Television Authority in 1963, where he continued his hostility to the BBC. He was awarded a life peerage and took the title of Lord Hill of Luton. In 1967 Hill announced that the ITV contracts were all to be re-advertised. because he was concerned about the large profits being made by the major companies and their lack of regional identity. This resulted in a radical reorganisation of the network. A chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... The Independent Television Authority (ITA) was a body created by the Television Act 1954 to supervise the creation of Independent Television (ITV), the first commercial television network in the United Kingdom. ... In the United Kingdom, Life Peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as hereditary peers). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Current ITV logo. ...

He succeeded Lord Normanbrook as the Chairman of the BBC Governors (1967-1972), having been appointed by the Prime Minister Harold Wilson to “sort out" the Corporation. His appointment as BBC Chairman surprised the BBC's Governors and several resigned. This prompted the comment from Sir Robert Lusty, the acting Chairman, that "it was like inviting Rommel to command the Eighth Army on the eve of Alamein". Norman Craven Brook, Baron Normanbrook GCB (29 April 1902 - 15 June 1967) was a British civil servant. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Tuesday. ... Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister A prime minister is a politician who serves as the head of the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... The Right Honourable James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was one of the longest serving Labour Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom. ... Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel or Rommel for short ( (help· info)) (November 15, 1891 – October 14, 1944) was one of the most distinguished German Field Marshals, and perhaps one of the greatest military leaders of his time. ... The Eighth Army was one of the best-known formations in World War II, fighting in the campaigns in North Africa and Italy. ... Combatants Allies (mostly Commonwealth forces) Axis (mostly German and Italian) Commanders Bernard Montgomery Erwin Rommel Strength 200,000 men, 1,030 tanks, 900 guns, 530 aircraft 100,000 men, 500 tanks, 500 guns, 350 aircraft Casualties 13,500 dead and wounded, 710 tanks 12,000 dead and wounded, 25,000...

Prime Minister Harold Wilson encouraged Hill to be active in editorial decisions and so he had a difficult relationship with the Director-General of the BBC, Hugh Greene, and Hill eventually forced Greene to resign in 1969. Greene later described him as a “vulgarian”. He had a quieter relationship with Greene's successor, Charles Curran. He retired from the BBC in 1972 and died in 1989, aged 85. The Right Honourable James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was one of the longest serving Labour Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom. ... Sir Hugh Carleton Greene (1910-1987) was Director-General of the BBC from 1960 to 1969, and is generally credited with modernising an organisation that had fallen behind in the wake of the launch of ITV in 1955. ... Charles Curran is also the name of a dissident Catholic theologian. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century Decades: 0s BC - 0s - 10s - 20s - 30s - 40s - 50s - 60s - 70s - 80s - 90s - 100s Years: 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 Events Dacians under Decebalus engaged in two wars against the Romans from this year to AD...

He married Marion Spencer and had two sons and three daughters.