Paul Vaughan
Paul William Vaughan (24 October 1925 – 14 November 2014)
Early life
He was born in Brixton, South London, but after ten years moved to New Malden in Surrey.[1] His father worked at the Linoleum (& Floorcloth) Manufacturers' Association (LMA), which became the British Floorcovering Manufacturers' Association.[1] He was the younger brother of dance archivist and historian David Vaughan.
He attended Raynes Park County School (a boys' grammar school, which became Raynes Park High School in 1969), which he attended with other well-known voices on Radio 4, who also followed him to Oxford.[1] He studied French and English at Wadham College, Oxford.[2] He did military service in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers – REME.[2]
Early career
He began work for the pharmaceutical company
From 1955 to 1965 he was the Chief Press Officer of the British Medical Association (BMA) at Tavistock Square.[2]
Broadcasting career
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, and even much of the 1990s, Vaughan was the main voice of
Science
From 1968 until 1995 Vaughan was the main narrator of the BBC's heavyweight science documentary series
On the BBC World Service Vaughan presented Science in Action, and Discovery, and on Radio 4 New Worlds (1969–1973).[1]
Arts
Vaughan presented the
On
He also presented a programme similar to Kaleidoscope called World of Concorde for British Airways in-flight entertainment
Other work
Vaughan narrated the 1984 television drama Threads.[4]
When the phone network
He provided narration for the British-English edition of the Japanese
Musical career
Paul Vaughan was a self-taught Clarinetist in both jazz and classical music and played in the Worcester Park and Wimbledon Symphony Orchestras.[1]
Personal life
He married in north-east Surrey in 1951 to Barbara Prys-Jones, daughter of Welsh poet Arthur Prys-Jones; Vaughan and Prys-Jones had four children, sons Timothy and Matthew, and daughters Katherine and Lucy. After his divorce from Prys-Jones, Vaughan married BBC producer Philippa (Pippa) Burston in 1988, with whom he had two sons Benedict and Thomas.[citation needed]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1998 | Waking Ned | Narrator | Voice |
2008 | The Escapist | Prison Tannoy Voice | Voice |
Publications
- Exciting Times in the Accounts Department, 1995, Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd, 256 pages, ISBN 1856195279
- Something in Linoleum: A Thirties Education, 14 February 1994, 224 pages, ISBN 1856194442[7]
- The Pill on Trial 1972, Penguin Books, 272 pages, ISBN 0140214410
- Family Planning: The Family Planning Associations Guide to Birth Control 1969, Queen Anne Publishers, 96 pages, ISBN 0362000441
- 'Work to be Done: Careers in Mental Health 1966 London: National Association for Mental Health.
- Doctors' Commons: a short history of the British Medical Association, (Hardback – 1959, ISBN 0571281613
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Paul Vaughan – obituary". Telegraph Obituaries. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Paul Vaughan obituary". Guardian Obituaries. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ^ "Been and Gone: An eccentric duchess and a clown fanatic". 6 December 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2015.>
- ^ "Threads". BBFC. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ^ "Obituary: Paul Vaughan, Radio 3 and 4 broadcaster". The Scotsman. Retrieved 24 February 2015.>
- ^ "Britains No Country For Old Men". Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- Independent.co.uk. 13 February 1994. Archivedfrom the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
External links
- BBC Archive
- Paul Vaughan at IMDb