Dan Zerdin writes: Edward Greenfield’s voice may have been a bit on the plummy side but it cut through a treat for shortwave listeners to the BBC World Service. Ted was a radio producer’s delight. As the cogent presenter of umpteen classical music programmes on the World Service, he rarely argued with his producers, but, if really determined, would talk you round in his usual amiable way.
He conducted interviews (sometimes with no notice) with absolute aplomb, secure in his knowledge of his subject, or rather his passion, and would provide a broadcasting script that leapt off the page – not always easy for a print journalist. Doing a programme with Ted was always a pleasure.
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