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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Diana Edwards-Jones</div><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-size: 77%; font-weight: normal;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of the British Empire">OBE</a></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Diana Elizabeth Edwards-Jones</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1932-12-13</span>)</span>13 December 1932<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Swansea" title="Swansea">Swansea</a>, Wales</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">14 April 2024<span style="display:none">(2024-04-14)</span> (aged 91)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Television director</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1955–1989</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Diana Elizabeth Edwards-Jones</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of the British Empire">OBE</a></span></span> (13 December 1932 – 14 April 2024) was a Welsh television director. She joined the news production company <a href="/wiki/ITN" title="ITN">Independent Television News</a> (ITN) as a stage manager in 1955 and was promoted to the role of programme director in 1961 and later head of programme directors in the 1970s. Edwards-Jones was a director of the daily half-hour <i><a href="/wiki/ITV_News_at_Ten" title="ITV News at Ten">News at Ten</a></i> bulletin when it was launched in 1967. She directed other programmes such as royal documentaries, general elections in the United Kingdom and the <a href="/wiki/Budget_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Budget of the United Kingdom">Budget of the United Kingdom</a>. Edwards-Jones introduced the earpiece for newsreaders to permit direct communication between the <a href="/wiki/Control_room" title="Control room">control room</a> and newscasters and the practice of interspersing a short headline with the hour chimes of <a href="/wiki/Big_Ben" title="Big Ben">Big Ben</a> during <i>News at Ten</i>'s <a href="/wiki/Title_sequence" title="Title sequence">title sequence</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diana_Edwards-Jones&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Edwards-Jones was born on 13 December 1932,<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian-Obituary_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-Obituary-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Swansea" title="Swansea">Swansea</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Wales" title="South Wales">South Wales</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Times-Obituary_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times-Obituary-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was an only child,<sup id="cite_ref-South_Wales_Evening_Post-1950_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-South_Wales_Evening_Post-1950-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was raised in <a href="/wiki/Morriston" title="Morriston">Morriston</a> close to Swansea.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Daily_Telegraph-Obituary_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Daily_Telegraph-Obituary-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Edwards-Jones's parents were the general practitoner John Edwards-Jones and his wife Nancy (<span title="Name at birth"><a href="/wiki/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names" title="Birth name">née</a> Davies</span>).<sup id="cite_ref-The_Times-Obituary_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times-Obituary-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Daily_Telegraph-Obituary_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Daily_Telegraph-Obituary-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was educated at <a href="/wiki/Battle_Abbey_School" title="Battle Abbey School">Battle Abbey School for Girls</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sussex" title="Sussex">Sussex</a>, where she was a boarder.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Times-Obituary_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times-Obituary-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Connolly-1971_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Connolly-1971-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After leaving school in August 1950 when she was 17,<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian-Obituary_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-Obituary-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-South_Wales_Evening_Post-1950_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-South_Wales_Evening_Post-1950-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Connolly-1971_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Connolly-1971-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a desire for a career in theatre led Edwards-Jones to study at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Welsh_College_of_Music_%26_Drama" title="Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama">National College of Music and Drama</a> in Cardiff and later the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Old_Vic" title="Bristol Old Vic">Bristol Old Vic</a> drama school.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Times-Obituary_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times-Obituary-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Daily_Telegraph-Obituary_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Daily_Telegraph-Obituary-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She performed walk-on roles as an actress.<sup id="cite_ref-Hull_Daily_Mail-1975_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hull_Daily_Mail-1975-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Edwards-Jones did not attend university,<sup id="cite_ref-The_Times-Obituary_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times-Obituary-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but instead was employed as an assistant stage manager to the <a href="/wiki/Maudie_Edwards" title="Maudie Edwards">Maudie Edwards Players</a> repertory company at the <a href="/wiki/Palace_Theatre,_Swansea" title="Palace Theatre, Swansea">Palace Theatre, Swansea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian-Obituary_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-Obituary-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Daily_Telegraph-Obituary_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Daily_Telegraph-Obituary-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also did some acting at the Bristol Old Vic and the Swansea Grand Theatre (of which she was manager from 1952 to 1955), the latter with the company run by <a href="/wiki/Terence_Dudley" title="Terence Dudley">Terence Dudley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian-Obituary_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-Obituary-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Greaney-1987_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greaney-1987-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diana_Edwards-Jones&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1955, while working at the Palace Theatre, she observed an advertisement for stage managers for the independent television franchise <a href="/wiki/Associated-Rediffusion" title="Associated-Rediffusion">Rediffusion</a> and applied to it as well as a job as a <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> studio manager.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Times-Obituary_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times-Obituary-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Daily_Telegraph-Obituary_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Daily_Telegraph-Obituary-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rediffusion rejected her application because she was a woman but suggested that she apply for a similar role to the <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> news production company <a href="/wiki/ITN" title="ITN">Independent Television News</a> (ITN). Edwards-Jones passed her interview with ITN, exaggerating her experience as a stage manager and lying about being able to type.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian-Obituary_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-Obituary-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tobitt-Obituary_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tobitt-Obituary-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She took a typing course in Wales to justify the lie she told ITN.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Times-Obituary_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times-Obituary-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Daily_Telegraph-Obituary_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Daily_Telegraph-Obituary-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Edwards-Jones moved to London,<sup id="cite_ref-The_Times-Obituary_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times-Obituary-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was one of ITN's founder members.<sup id="cite_ref-Tobitt-Obituary_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tobitt-Obituary-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She typed scripts and arranged still photographs from agencies and newspapers. Edwards-Jones began working as a floor manager when ITN was launched on 22 September 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian-Obituary_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-Obituary-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1961, she was promoted to the job of programme director.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian-Obituary_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-Obituary-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Times-Obituary_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times-Obituary-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Edwards-Jones worked alongside <a href="/wiki/David_Nicholas_(journalist)" title="David Nicholas (journalist)">David Nicholas</a> in the control room and introduced earpieces for newsreaders to permit direct communication between the <a href="/wiki/Control_room" title="Control room">control room</a> and newscasters.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian-Obituary_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-Obituary-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Six years later, she was one of the first directors of the daily half-hour <i><a href="/wiki/ITV_News_at_Ten" title="ITV News at Ten">News at Ten</a></i> bulletin. She was credited with introducing the practice of interspersing a short headline with the hour chimes of <a href="/wiki/Big_Ben" title="Big Ben">Big Ben</a> that are played during the <a href="/wiki/Title_sequence" title="Title sequence">title sequence</a> after a sound mixer accidentally increased the sound of Big Ben's bongs during rehearsals.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian-Obituary_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-Obituary-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Daily_Telegraph-Obituary_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Daily_Telegraph-Obituary-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sharpe_Newton-1987_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sharpe_Newton-1987-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1970s, Edwards-Jones became the head of programme directors,<sup id="cite_ref-Tobitt-Obituary_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tobitt-Obituary-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> giving her responsibility of organising much of the studio workings at ITN.<sup id="cite_ref-Greaney-1987_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greaney-1987-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was the mentor of newsreader <a href="/wiki/Trevor_McDonald" title="Trevor McDonald">Trevor McDonald</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Times-Obituary_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times-Obituary-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was also the director of the lunchtime bulletin <i><a href="/wiki/ITV_Lunchtime_News" title="ITV Lunchtime News">First Report</a></i>, the <i><a href="/wiki/ITV_Evening_News" title="ITV Evening News">News at 5.45</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Channel_4_News" title="Channel 4 News">Channel 4 News</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Times-Obituary_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times-Obituary-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Edwards-Jones was the director of ITN's coverage of the <a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election" title="1968 United States presidential election">1968 United States presidential election</a> and the following year's <a href="/wiki/Apollo_11" title="Apollo 11">Apollo 11</a> moon landing.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Times-Obituary_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times-Obituary-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1973, she directed ITN's coverage of the <a href="/wiki/Accession_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_the_European_Communities" title="Accession of the United Kingdom to the European Communities">Accession of the United Kingdom to the European Communities</a> and the <a href="/wiki/1975_United_Kingdom_European_Communities_membership_referendum" title="1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum">1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hull_Daily_Mail-1975_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hull_Daily_Mail-1975-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She became the first woman to direct a live election results programme in the United Kingdom in February 1974 in that month's <a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian-Obituary_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-Obituary-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tobitt-Obituary_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tobitt-Obituary-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Edwards-Jones was the director of four more general election programmes.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Times-Obituary_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times-Obituary-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She directed news specials such as the 40th anniversary of the <a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">Normandy landings</a> and special royal documentaries such as <i>The Prince and Princess of Wales Talking Personally with <a href="/wiki/Alastair_Burnet" title="Alastair Burnet">Alastair Burnet</a></i> (an interview with <a href="/wiki/Charles,_Prince_of_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles, Prince of Wales">Charles, Prince of Wales</a> and <a href="/wiki/Diana,_Princess_of_Wales" title="Diana, Princess of Wales">Diana, Princess of Wales</a>), in 1985 and <i><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Queen Elizabeth II</a> – 60 Glorious Years</i> in 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian-Obituary_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-Obituary-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Greaney-1987_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greaney-1987-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-South_Wales_Evening_Post-1986_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-South_Wales_Evening_Post-1986-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Edwards-Jones also directed programmes on the <a href="/wiki/Budget_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Budget of the United Kingdom">Budget of the United Kingdom</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Greaney-1987_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greaney-1987-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> proceedings.<sup id="cite_ref-South_Wales_Evening_Post-1986_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-South_Wales_Evening_Post-1986-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She retired in 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Times-Obituary_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times-Obituary-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_legacy">Personal life and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diana_Edwards-Jones&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Edwards-Jones did not marry,<sup id="cite_ref-The_Times-Obituary_2-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times-Obituary-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and died on 14 April 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Daily_Telegraph-Obituary_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Daily_Telegraph-Obituary-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to a profile of Edwards-Jones in the ITN newsletter <i>The Lens</i>, she was described as "the bully, the one they learnt from, the one they laughed with and were outraged by. But it was Di who got them through whatever had to be done."<sup id="cite_ref-Sharpe_Newton-1987_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sharpe_Newton-1987-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was known for her use of profanity amongst colleagues.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian-Obituary_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-Obituary-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diana_Edwards-Jones&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Edwards-Jones was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Television_Society" title="Royal Television Society">Royal Television Society</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Royal_Television_Society_Programme_Awards" title="Royal Television Society Programme Awards">Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement Behind the Camera</a> in 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was appointed <a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of the British Empire">Officer of the Order of the British Empire</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1987_New_Year_Honours" title="1987 New Year Honours">1987 New Year Honours</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diana_Edwards-Jones&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit 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