Frederick Cyrus Andrews (8 December 1902 – March 1988) was an English journalist who was born in

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. In 1947, he compiled and edited the ''Radio Who's Who'' for Pendulum Publications. This book was updated as ''Radio and Television Who's Who'' in 1950 and 1954. Andrews was educated at

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before working in banking for 25 years. After this, he turned to journalism when he became the radio critic for ''

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''. He was also a radio writer for other publications, including ''Sound and Band Wagon''. In 1949 he adapted ''The Ghost and Mrs. Muir'' for radio, and contributed many whodunit plots and scripts for a variety of BBC series over his career.; also co-authored ''Who's Who in the Motor Industry'' with his brother-in-law, Roland Cecil Bellamy.

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1902 births English male journalists People from Bushey People educated at Christ's Hospital 1988 deaths Radio critics {{UK-journalist-stub