Humphrey Burton, who has died aged 94, produced, directed and presented countless high-quality programmes about music and other arts, mostly for the BBC, but also for London Weekend Television and in a freelance capacity, in a decades-long career during which he became a well-known public figure.
Responsible for shaping many aspects of arts broadcasting over the course of the second half of the 20th century, he was an eminent practitioner in what he regarded as a golden age for serious music programmes on television.
