Doris Arnold

Doris Arnold (1904–1969) was a BBC Radio presenter and producer, and a pianist.

Born in 1904, Arnold joined the BBC in 1929, as a typist.[1] She first appeared on air as a stand-in for a pianist who was unwell.[1] She married fellow pianist, BBC producer and songwriter Harry S. Pepper, and the two would perform piano duets together on air.[1]

As the presenter of These You Have Loved, playing and talking about light classical recordings, she was one of the BBC's (and thus the United Kingdom's) first female disc jockies.[2] She also arranged music for male voice choirs.[2]

In 1934, she featured on a cigarette card, in the Wills series Radio Celebrities.[3] She also appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 25 September 1967.[4]

Arnold died in 1969 at Denham, Buckinghamshire.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Doris Arnold B.B.C. Producer". Glasgow Herald. 6 October 1969. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 Scowcroft, Phil. "A Further Addendum To The Garlands Of British Light Music Composers". Musicweb International. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Image of 'doris arnold', cigarette card. wills' cigarette card, from 'radio celebrities', 1934.". Science & Society Picture Library. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Doris Arnold". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 27 July 2014.


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