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Richard Hugh Burnett (21 July 1924 – 25 November 2011) was a British television producer and cartoonist. Born in Sheffield, the son of a journalist who eventually became editor of the ''Methodist Recorder'', Burnett studied at the London School of Economics.〔Anthony Hayward (Obituaty: Hugh Burnett ), ''The Guardian'', 10 January 2012〕 After finishing his National Service serving in India with the Intelligence Corps, Burnett joined the BBC's Far Eastern Service at Bush House in 1949.〔Simon Farquhar ("Hugh Burnett: Television producer who created the legendary series ''Face to Face''" ), ''The Independent'', 24 December 2011〕 ''Personal Call'', a radio series in which Burnett visited public figures of the day, was later developed into the series he produced for television, ''Face to Face'', which consisted of interviews by John Freeman with prominent people from around the world. Later he became a documentary maker and made a sequence of films, often shot secretly, about apartheid: ''South Africa Loves Jesus'' (1971), outling the attitudes of Christian denominations to the South African government's race policies, and ''The Colour Line'' (1971), in which a blood bank labels its stock according to the race of the donor.〔 During the 1970s he made three programmes about the supernatural and ghostly occurrences. These were ''The Ghost Hunters'' (1975), ''The Mystery of Loch Ness'' (1976) and ''Out of This World'' (1977), about UFOs.〔 His cartoons appeared in magazines such as the ''New Statesman'', ''Private Eye'', and ''The Oldie''. The depiction of monks was a speciality.〔(Obituary: Hugh Bennett ) (sic), ''The Scotsman'', 3 December 2011〕 Hugh Burnett died on 25 November 2011 in Richmond, London, England.〔http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/hugh-burnett-television-producer-who-created-the-legendary-series-face-to-face-6281200.html〕 He was 87, and was predeceased by his wife, Simone Le Court de Billot (married in 1951) and their three sons.〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hugh Burnett (producer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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