Andrew Philip More Boyle (27 May 1919 – 22 April 1991) was a Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 journalist and biographer. His biography of Brendan Bracken won the 1974 Whitbread Awards

1974 Whitbread Awards

-Children's Book:Winner:*Russell Hoban & Quentin Blake, How Tom Beat Captain Najork & His Hired Sportsmen*Jill Paton Walsh, The Emperor's Winding Sheet-References:*...

 and his book The Climate of Treason exposed Anthony Blunt

Anthony Blunt

Anthony Frederick Blunt , was a British art historian who was exposed as a Soviet spy late in his life.Blunt was Professor of the History of Art at the University of London, director of the Courtauld Institute of Art, Surveyor of the King's Pictures and London...

 as the "Fourth Man" in the Cambridge Five

Cambridge Five

The Cambridge Five was a ring of spies, recruited in part by Russian talent spotter Arnold Deutsch in the United Kingdom, who passed information to the Soviet Union during World War II and at least into the early 1950s...

 Soviet

Soviet Union

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 spy ring.

He was born in the Scottish city of Dundee

Dundee

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 and was educated at Blairs in Aberdeen

Aberdeen

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 and the University of Paris

University of Paris

The University of Paris was a university located in Paris, France and one of the earliest to be established in Europe. It was founded in the mid 12th century, and officially recognized as a university probably between 1160 and 1250...

. During the Second World War

World War II

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 he was part of Britain's military intelligence in the Far East

Far East

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. After the war he joined the BBC

BBC

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 as a radio scriptwriter and producer. In 1965 he was the founding editor of the BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...

 programme The World At One

The World At One

The World at One, or WATO for short, is BBC Radio 4's long-running lunchtime news and current affairs programme, which is broadcast from 1pm to 1:30pm from Monday to Friday. The programme describes itself as "Britain's leading political programme. With a reputation for rigorous and original...

which "gained a reputation as one of the best informed news programs and won an audience of four million".

He wrote the definitive biography of Lord Trenchard

Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard

Marshal of the Royal Air Force Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard GCB OM GCVO DSO was a British officer who was instrumental in establishing the Royal Air Force...

, the father of the Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

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