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	'''Charles Chilton''' [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire\|MBE]] (15 June 1917 – 2 January 2013) was a British presenter, writer and producer who worked on [[BBC Radio]]. He created the 1950s radio serials ''Riders of the Range'' and ''[[Journey into Space]]'', and also inspired the stage show and film ''[[Oh, What a Lovely War!]]''.<ref>{{cite news\| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9778926/Charles-Chilton.html \| location=London \| work=The Daily Telegraph \| title=Charles Chilton \| date=3 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/charles-chilton-producer-and-writer-who-created-classic-bbc-radio-shows-and-inspired-oh-what-lovely-war-8439157.html \| title= Charles Chilton: Producer and writer who created classic BBC radio shows and inspired 'Oh, What A Lovely War!' \| work=The Independent \| first=Cy \| last=Young \| date=4 January 2013 \| accessdate=28 September 2020}}</ref>		'''Charles Chilton''' [[w:Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire\|MBE]] (15 June 1917 – 2 January 2013) was a British presenter, writer and producer who worked on [[BBC Radio]]. He created the 1950s radio serials ''Riders of the Range'' and ''[[Journey into Space]]'', and also inspired the stage show and film ''[[Oh, What a Lovely War!]]''.<ref>{{cite news\| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9778926/Charles-Chilton.html \| location=London \| work=The Daily Telegraph \| title=Charles Chilton \| date=3 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/charles-chilton-producer-and-writer-who-created-classic-bbc-radio-shows-and-inspired-oh-what-lovely-war-8439157.html \| title= Charles Chilton: Producer and writer who created classic BBC radio shows and inspired 'Oh, What A Lovely War!' \| work=The Independent \| first=Cy \| last=Young \| date=4 January 2013 \| accessdate=28 September 2020}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==

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	His first role as a producer was for ''I Hear America Singing'', after which he moved to the BBC variety department. He then presented his own show between 11pm and midnight called ''Swing Time'', and a weekly jazz programme called ''Radio Rhythm Club''. Next came five years' war service with the [[Royal Air Force\|RAF]], after which he was sent to [[Ceylon]] to run the forces radio station with broadcaster [[David Jacobs (broadcaster)\|David Jacobs]], later to participate in Chilton's radio series ''[[Journey into Space]]''.		His first role as a producer was for ''I Hear America Singing'', after which he moved to the BBC variety department. He then presented his own show between 11pm and midnight called ''Swing Time'', and a weekly jazz programme called ''Radio Rhythm Club''. Next came five years' war service with the [[Royal Air Force\|RAF]], after which he was sent to [[Ceylon]] to run the forces radio station with broadcaster [[David Jacobs (broadcaster)\|David Jacobs]], later to participate in Chilton's radio series ''[[Journey into Space]]''.

	Back in the BBC he wrote and produced programmes for, among others, [[Roy Plomley]], [[Michael Bentine]] and [[Stéphane Grappelli]]. He also met and married his wife, Penny, who was a secretary at the corporation. He was then sent to the United States to research, write and produce a number of series based on American western history. One of these, ''Riders of the Range'', lasted for five years until 1953. During its run, ''Riders of the Range'' attracted audiences of around 10 million.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Writer of Horse Operas Will Finally Visit West\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ys8vAAAAIBAJ&pg=6557,2917841\|newspaper=[[Ottawa Citizen\|Evening Citizen]]\|date=22 September 1950\|accessdate=11 June 2011\|page=20}}</ref> Chilton wrote a comic-strip version of the series drawn by ~~{{ill~~\|Frank Humphris~~\|fr}}~~ for the ''[[Eagle (comic)\|Eagle]]'' which outlasted the radio version, and wrote another western series, "Flying Cloud", for the ''Eagle''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s sister comic ''[[Girl (comic)\|Girl]]''.<ref name=Eagle>{{cite web \|url=http://eagle-times.blogspot.com/2008/07/eagle-writers-charles-chilton-1917.html \|title=Eagle Writers – Charles Chilton (1917 – ) \|date=30 July 2008 \|work=eagle-times.blogspot.com \|accessdate=4 January 2013}}</ref> Chilton was also briefly a producer on the comedy series ''[[The Goon Show]]''.<ref>{{cite news\|title=The Goon Show must go on – 60 years since its first broadcast\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/may/27/goon-show-60th-birthday\|work=[[The Guardian]]\|author=Jonathan Sale\|date=27 May 2011\|accessdate=11 June 2011\|location=London}}</ref>		Back in the BBC he wrote and produced programmes for, among others, [[Roy Plomley]], [[Michael Bentine]] and [[Stéphane Grappelli]]. He also met and married his wife, Penny, who was a secretary at the corporation. He was then sent to the United States to research, write and produce a number of series based on American western history. One of these, ''Riders of the Range'', lasted for five years until 1953. During its run, ''Riders of the Range'' attracted audiences of around 10 million.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Writer of Horse Operas Will Finally Visit West\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ys8vAAAAIBAJ&pg=6557,2917841\|newspaper=[[Ottawa Citizen\|Evening Citizen]]\|date=22 September 1950\|accessdate=11 June 2011\|page=20}}</ref> Chilton wrote a comic-strip version of the series drawn by [[fr:Frank Humphris\|Frank Humphris]] for the ''[[w:Eagle (comic)\|Eagle]]'' which outlasted the radio version, and wrote another western series, "Flying Cloud", for the ''Eagle''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s sister comic ''[[w:Girl (comic)\|Girl]]''.<ref name=Eagle>{{cite web \|url=http://eagle-times.blogspot.com/2008/07/eagle-writers-charles-chilton-1917.html \|title=Eagle Writers – Charles Chilton (1917 – ) \|date=30 July 2008 \|work=eagle-times.blogspot.com \|accessdate=4 January 2013}}</ref> Chilton was also briefly a producer on the comedy series ''[[The Goon Show]]''.<ref>{{cite news\|title=The Goon Show must go on – 60 years since its first broadcast\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/may/27/goon-show-60th-birthday\|work=[[The Guardian]]\|author=Jonathan Sale\|date=27 May 2011\|accessdate=11 June 2011\|location=London}}</ref>

	Major international recognition came with his science-fiction trilogy ''Journey into Space'', which he wrote and produced between 1953 and 1958.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article3670690.ece\|title=Journey into Space – Frozen in Time\|author=Paul Donovan\|date=6 April 2008\|accessdate=11 June 2011\|work=[[The Sunday Times]]\|location=London}}</ref> His interest in space travel also led him to join the [[British Interplanetary Society]].<ref name="Round Midnight">Interview with Charles Chilton, ''Round Midnight'', [[BBC Radio 2]], 1989</ref>		Major international recognition came with his science-fiction trilogy ''Journey into Space'', which he wrote and produced between 1953 and 1958.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article3670690.ece\|title=Journey into Space – Frozen in Time\|author=Paul Donovan\|date=6 April 2008\|accessdate=11 June 2011\|work=[[The Sunday Times]]\|location=London}}</ref> His interest in space travel also led him to join the [[w:British Interplanetary Society\|British Interplanetary Society]].<ref name="Round Midnight">Interview with Charles Chilton, ''Round Midnight'', [[BBC Radio 2]], 1989</ref>

	He was presented with an [[Order of the British Empire\|MBE]] in 1972.<ref>{{cite news \| url= https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/jan/14/charles-chilton \| title= Charles Chilton obituary \| work=The Guardian \| first=David \| last=Rayvern Allen \| date=14 January 2013 \| accessdate=28 September 2020}}</ref>		He was presented with an [[Order of the British Empire\|MBE]] in 1972.<ref>{{cite news \| url= https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/jan/14/charles-chilton \| title= Charles Chilton obituary \| work=The Guardian \| first=David \| last=Rayvern Allen \| date=14 January 2013 \| accessdate=28 September 2020}}</ref>

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'''Charles Chilton''' [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (15 June 1917 – 2 January 2013) was a British presenter, writer and producer who worked on [[BBC Radio]]. He created the 1950s radio serials ''Riders of the Range'' and ''[[Journey into Space]]'', and also inspired the stage show and film ''[[Oh, What a Lovely War!]]''.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9778926/Charles-Chilton.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | title=Charles Chilton | date=3 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/charles-chilton-producer-and-writer-who-created-classic-bbc-radio-shows-and-inspired-oh-what-lovely-war-8439157.html | title= Charles Chilton: Producer and writer who created classic BBC radio shows and inspired 'Oh, What A Lovely War!' | work=The Independent | first=Cy | last=Young | date=4 January 2013 | accessdate=28 September 2020}}</ref>

==Early life==

Born in [[Bloomsbury]] in London, England, he never knew his father – who was killed during the [[First World War]] – and when he was six his mother died as a result of having a botched abortion,<ref name="What Did You Do in the Great War, Daddy?">Interview with Charles Chilton, ''What Did You Do in the Great War, Daddy?'', [[BBC Four]], 2007</ref> with the result that Chilton was brought up by his grandmother. He was educated at [[St Pancras, London|St. Pancras]] [[Church of England]] School.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

Chilton left school at the age of 14, and after a brief apprenticeship making electric signs,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/archive/111104/f111104_03.htm|work=[[Camden New Journal]]|title=Charles tries to keep the past alive|date=11 November 2004|accessdate=11 June 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927070123/http://www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/archive/111104/f111104_03.htm|archivedate=27 September 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> he joined the BBC as a messenger boy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3672646/On-Radio-Journey-Into-Space.html|title=On Radio: Journey Into Space|date=15 April 2008|accessdate=11 June 2011|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|author=Gillian Reynolds|location=London}}</ref> A year later he became an assistant in their [[gramophone record|gramophone]] library.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} He had a passion for [[jazz]] music, and in 1937 formed the BBC Boys' Jazz band.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

==Career==

His first role as a producer was for ''I Hear America Singing'', after which he moved to the BBC variety department. He then presented his own show between 11pm and midnight called ''Swing Time'', and a weekly jazz programme called ''Radio Rhythm Club''. Next came five years' war service with the [[Royal Air Force|RAF]], after which he was sent to [[Ceylon]] to run the forces radio station with broadcaster [[David Jacobs (broadcaster)|David Jacobs]], later to participate in Chilton's radio series ''[[Journey into Space]]''.

Back in the BBC he wrote and produced programmes for, among others, [[Roy Plomley]], [[Michael Bentine]] and [[Stéphane Grappelli]]. He also met and married his wife, Penny, who was a secretary at the corporation. He was then sent to the United States to research, write and produce a number of series based on American western history. One of these, ''Riders of the Range'', lasted for five years until 1953. During its run, ''Riders of the Range'' attracted audiences of around 10 million.<ref>{{cite news|title=Writer of Horse Operas Will Finally Visit West|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ys8vAAAAIBAJ&pg=6557,2917841|newspaper=[[Ottawa Citizen|Evening Citizen]]|date=22 September 1950|accessdate=11 June 2011|page=20}}</ref> Chilton wrote a comic-strip version of the series drawn by {{ill|Frank Humphris|fr}} for the ''[[Eagle (comic)|Eagle]]'' which outlasted the radio version, and wrote another western series, "Flying Cloud", for the ''Eagle''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s sister comic ''[[Girl (comic)|Girl]]''.<ref name=Eagle>{{cite web |url=http://eagle-times.blogspot.com/2008/07/eagle-writers-charles-chilton-1917.html |title=Eagle Writers – Charles Chilton (1917 – ) |date=30 July 2008 |work=eagle-times.blogspot.com |accessdate=4 January 2013}}</ref> Chilton was also briefly a producer on the comedy series ''[[The Goon Show]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Goon Show must go on – 60 years since its first broadcast|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/may/27/goon-show-60th-birthday|work=[[The Guardian]]|author=Jonathan Sale|date=27 May 2011|accessdate=11 June 2011|location=London}}</ref>

Major international recognition came with his science-fiction trilogy ''Journey into Space'', which he wrote and produced between 1953 and 1958.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article3670690.ece|title=Journey into Space – Frozen in Time|author=Paul Donovan|date=6 April 2008|accessdate=11 June 2011|work=[[The Sunday Times]]|location=London}}</ref> His interest in space travel also led him to join the [[British Interplanetary Society]].<ref name="Round Midnight">Interview with Charles Chilton, ''Round Midnight'', [[BBC Radio 2]], 1989</ref>

He was presented with an [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] in 1972.<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/jan/14/charles-chilton | title= Charles Chilton obituary | work=The Guardian | first=David | last=Rayvern Allen | date=14 January 2013 | accessdate=28 September 2020}}</ref>

He spent his last years acting as a tour guide for the Original London Walks company.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

==Legacy==

In January 2014, [[BBC Radio 4 Extra]] broadcast a selection of programmes to celebrate the life and work of Charles Chilton.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01p464s ''The Charles Chilton Collection'' – BBC Radio 4 Extra – January 2014]</ref> This included ''The Long, Long Trail'', telling the story of the [[First World War]] through the songs sung by soldiers, broadcast for the first time since its original transmission on the [[BBC Home Service]] in 1961.

On 4 January 2014, in conjunction with [[BBC Radio 4 Extra]], [[BBC Radio 4]] broadcast ''Archive on 4: The Long, Long Trail''.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03nrn9m ''Archive on 4: The Long, Long Trail'' – BBC Radio 4 – 4 January 2014]</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/jan/04/david-hepworth-radio-review |title=David Hepworth on the First World War centenary |newspaper=The Guardian |date=4 January 2014 |location= London}}</ref><ref>[http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/english-and-drama/2014/01/fifty-years-after-its-first-productionand-marking-the-centenary-of-the-outbreak-of-the-first-world-war-oh-what-a-lovel.html '''The most influential radio programme ever'?'' – British Library English and Drama Blog – 6 January 2014]</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/5f06454a-7871-11e3-a148-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2q61y3fHN |author= AN Wilson |title=The obvious lesson of the 1914–18 war is not one we'd expect many politicians to have learnt |newspaper=Financial Times |date=10 January 2014 |location= London}}</ref> [[Roy Hudd]] told the story of Chilton's ground-breaking 1961 musical documentary. Interviewees included satirist [[Ian Hislop]], Chilton's widow Penny and their children Mary and David Chilton, and the producer was [[Amber Barnfather]]. In a five-star review, the ''[[Financial Times]]'' said "Chilton ... merits this tribute – as does the British soldier's stoic humour that so movingly illumines the four-year hell."<ref>[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e35e5fac-a7b7-11dd-865e-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1 ''Radio choice'', Martin Hoyle, ''Financial Times'', 4 January/5 January 2014]</ref> ''Archive on 4: The Long, Long Trail'' won a Silver Radio Award in the New York Festivals International Radio Program Awards 2014.<ref>[http://www.newyorkfestivals.com/radio/ ''New York Festivals World's Best Radio Programs'']</ref>

== Production/writing credits ==
* ''Follow the Fun'' (writer) play.
* ''Fledgling'' (writer) play based on ''Follow the Fun'' (1940).
* ''The Long Long Trail'' (writer) – a musical about the First World War featuring popular songs of the time interspersed with scripted material.
* ''[[Oh, What a Lovely War!]]'' (originator and producer)<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2013/02/charles-chilton/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140109020336/http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2013/02/charles-chilton/| archive-date = 2014-01-09| title = Charles Chilton : Obituaries : The Stage}} </ref>
* ''Round the Bend in Thirty Minutes'' (producer, series 2 and 3, 1958 to 1960) – starring [[Michael Bentine]]
* ''Riders of the Range'' – a cowboy series that found its way into the 1950s ''[[Eagle (comic)|Eagle]]'' [[Comics|comic book]].<ref name=Eagle/>
* ''Shakespeare's London''
* ''Dickens' London''
* ''London's Pleasure Gardens''
* ''Cries of London''
* ''Ballad History of Samuel Pepys''
* ''[[The Goon Show]]'' (producer) – series 3 episodes 18 and 19, series 8 episodes 1–5 and 17–26, 'Vintage Goons' series episodes 1–2 and 9–14.
* ''How Jazz Came to Britain'' (presenter, 8 July 2000)
* ''[[Journey into Space]]'' (writer/producer)
* ''[[Space Force (BBC radio serial)|Space Force]]'' (writer/producer, 1984 and 1985)
* ''Whistle and I'll Come To You - The Life and Loves of Robbie Burns''

'''Additional production/writing credits:'''
These 30-minute radio programmes were broadcast on NZBC in the 1970s, presumably from transcription disks from the Overseas Service of the BBC / [[BBC World Service]] (these discs should still be available somewhere):

* ''Botany Bay'' by Charles Chilton. The founding of [[New South Wales]], Australia.
* ''The Victory'' by Charles Chilton. A musical presentation about ''[[HMS Victory]]'', Nelson's flagship.

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==External links==
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*[http://www.suttonelms.org.uk/cchilton.html Radio Plays by Charles Chilton ]
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*[http://ury.org.uk/uryplayer/podcasts/633/ Charles Chilton Interview on URY ]

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