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Sir David Hatch (born May, 1939), was involved in production and management at the radio section of the BBC, where he held many executive positions, including head of Light Entertainment (Radio), Controller of the radio stations BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4 and later Managing Director of BBC Radio.

He attended the University of Cambridge, where he was also a member of the prestigious Cambridge Footlights Club. He was a member of the cast of the 1963 Footlights revue "A Clump of Plinths", which was so successful during its run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival that the revue transferred to the West End of London under the title of Cambridge Circus, and, later, taken on tour to both New Zealand and Broadway in September 1964.

A British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) radio production of the show then launched many of the show's cast, including Hatch, into the radio comedy series I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (ISIRTA), produced from 1964–1970, with a further series in 1973.

Hatch left the Corporation and became Chairman of the National Consumer Council (1996–2000).

He also has been regular chairman of radio panel quiz game "Wireless Wise" (1999–2003), made for Radio 4 by Testbed Productions, and has presented or spoken in other recent programmes, including an edition of "Radio Heads" (2003), a three-hour omnibus collection of his radio programmes, on BBC 7, and a Radio 4 "Archive Hour" (2006) celebration of the BBC's Broadcasting House building in London.

• From Fringe to Flying Circus – 'Celebrating a Unique Generation of Comedy 1960-1980' – Roger Wilmut, Eyre Methuen Ltd, 1980.
• Footlights! – 'A Hundred Years of Cambridge Comedy' – Robert Hewison, Methuen London Ltd, 1983.

• David Hatch at the Internet Broadway Database