However, during a train journey in 1950 Audrey met Freda Lingstrom, the newly appointed head of BBC Children’s Television.
She joined the BBC in 1950 as Assistant Head of BBC Schools Broadcasting, in which role she created the lunchtime programme Listen with Mother.
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She was born in Chelsea, London, the daughter of George Lingstrom, a copperplate engraver, and Alice Clarey Anniss.
In 1955 she became Assistant Head of Children's Programmes under Freda Lingstrom.
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