Edward Mirzoeff, CVO, CBE, has directed and produced numerous documentaries for the BBC, attracting record-breaking audiences to his portrait of the Queen during her 40th anniversary (for which he was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, in the personal gift of Her Majesty), and to studies of institutions including Scotland Yard, the Royal Green Jackets, Westminster public school, the Royal Opera House, National Trust and Ritz hotel. Victoria founded the Royal Victorian Order. ... CBE can stand for: Commander of the Order of the British Empire, a grade in the Order of the British Empire Calgary Board of Education, public school board for the city of Calgary, Alberta CBE (AM), callsign of the CBC Radio One AM station in Windsor, Ontario CBE-FM, callsign...

He made a series of enduring films with the late Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman (notably Metro-land, 1973), and has edited numerous series, from the innovative Bird’s-Eye View (shot entirely from a helicopter) to the award-winning 40 Minutes documentary strand. His many honours include four BAFTA’s – among them the Alan Clarke Award for outstanding creative contribution to television – the Samuelson Award, British Film Institute Television Award, British Video Award, an International Emmy, and the awards of the Broadcasting Press Guild and the Royal Philharmonic Society. Sir John Betjeman CBE (28 August 1906 – 19 May 1984) was an English poet, writer and broadcaster who described himself in Whos Who as a poet and hack. He was born to a middle class family in Edwardian London. ... Metro-land (or Metroland) refers, broadly speaking, to the suburban areas north-west of London, in the counties of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Middlesex, served by the Metropolitan Railway, an independent company until absorbed by the London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) in 1933. ...

He was appointed CBE in 1997 for his contribution to drama.