Nancy Thomas

Nancy Thomas (23 August 1918 – 7 January 2015) was a British television producer known for her work within the Talks Department of BBC Television.

Thomas was born in Ranikhet, British India, to Charles D'Arcy Bingham and Bertha (née Birkbeck).^[1] Her father had been stationed as an army colonel in Ranikhet, a hill station located in the present-day state of Uttarakhand.^[1] She was sent back to the United Kingdom as a child, where she lived with relatives and attended the Berkhamsted School for Girls in Hertfordshire.^[1] After leaving school she trained and worked as a shorthand typist, and in 1935 joined the National Gallery in London where she worked for Kenneth Clark, then its director.^[2]

Thomas was among the few women who worked in production at the BBC's Lime Grove Studios during the 1950s.^[2] Thomas produced programming presented by David Attenborough and Huw Wheldon.^[1] Thomas was known for her work with the BBC's arts programming, especially Monitor, which Wheldon edited, contributing pieces on art, architecture, and sculpture.^[1]