John Freeman (11)

BBC journalist and interviewer best-known for his "Face To Face" series which ran from 1959 to 1962. His interviewees for Face to Face included Martin Luther King, Bertrand Russell and Stirling Moss. He was also a decorated soldier, editor of the New Statesman magazine, Labour MP, UK high commissioner to India, Britain's ambassador in Washington and chairman of London Weekend Television. Freeman was MP for Watford from 1945-55, and made his first speech in the House of Commons on August 16, 1945. He had served in World War Two achieving the rank of Major.