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Hilda Matheson, OBE (7 June 1888 – 30 October 1940) was a pioneering English radio talks producer at the BBC and its first Director of Talks. After her resignation from the BBC in 1931, she published a book about the development of broadcasting. Though officially the secretary, Matheson served as an executive manager for the African Survey after Malcolm Hailey fell ill. During the Second World War, she ran the Joint Broadcasting Committee, a British war news organization, until her death.

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Born	Hilda Matheson 7 June 1888 Putney, London, England UK
Died	30 October 1940 (aged 52) Horsell, England UK
Zodiac	Gemini
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