Franklin Engelmann

Franklin Engelmann was born in Wood Green, London on 4 March 1908. He first worked as a dealer in oil shares on the London Stock Exchange, and was a member of the Stock Exchange Dramatic and Operatic Society. His first broadcast followed a request by NBC to stand in as a commentator on London events, and in 1940 he joined the BBC as an announcer. He served with the Royal Engineers during the Second World War, and worked with the Allied Expeditionary Forces. In 1946 he became a presenter with the BBC Light Programme, later working freelance. He married in 1945 and had two daughters. He died of a heart attack on 2 March 1972.