Background
Cyril Godfrey Baseley was born on October 2, 1904 in Alvechurch near Bromsgrove in Worcestershire, England to Walter Baseley and Mary Ellen Baseley.
Actor radio broadcaster scriptwriter writer
Cyril Godfrey Baseley was born on October 2, 1904 in Alvechurch near Bromsgrove in Worcestershire, England to Walter Baseley and Mary Ellen Baseley.
Baseley was educated at Bootham School in York.
Before joining the BBC in 1943, Baseley worked as an actor and served as the speaker for the Ministry of Information in London, England. He started his career on radio in 1950 making programmes about farming, mainly for the Midland region. However, after being inspired by the idea of another radio programme at the time Dick Barton - Special Agent, he decided to create a farming show with a narrative.
From 1960 to 1965, he became a scriptwriter for BMT Visuals. Baseley was replaced as script editor for The Archers in 1972.
He also founded Godrey Baseley Ltd., a consulting firm designed to provide agricultural information.
Baseley contributed articles to Country Fair, Country Life, and Farmers Weekly among others. Baseley wrote five books—they are Country Calendar, A Country Compendium, A Village Portrait, Agricultural Education for Third World Countries through Entertainment on Radio, and The Archers: A Slice of My Life.
Quotations: "The Archers has completely lost its way. Luckily I'm nearly completely deaf and can't listen to it any more." (1996)
Baseley married at the age of 29. He had 2 children.