There is an RTS (Royal Television Society) Huw Wheldon Lecture held in
his honour annually.
Served as a paratrooper in the British army during WWII and took part in the D-Day invasion in 1944. He was also in the unit that liberated the Nazi death camp at Belsen, a subject he never talked about.
Was cast in a major cameo in Chariots Of Fire but had to pull out because he did not have a Equity card.