BBC4 showed and is showing a biography of David Ogilvy – “the father of advertising.”

It is quite a story as Ogilvy was approaching 40 when he set-up his ground breaking and highly successful agency Ogilvy and Mather.  Within a few years he had Shell, Lever Brothers and Rolls Royce as accounts.  Billings were over $100m after 10 years in business.

Ogilvy’s career was built upon a number of disparate experiences that he drew upon, from AGA cooker door to door salesman to farmer in Amish country.

If you have time it is well worth finding out about this media icon, even if the biography just creates a greater a enigmatic view of Ogilvy for you.