 For a critical period he was the key figure, the main presenter and writer-in-residence in the Caribbean section of the BBC World Service at Bush House, London, and his programmes became a glittering showcase for a generation of writers, including Sam Selvon and George Lamming, who had made London their second home.Established and aspiring authors were chivvied, cajoled, gently chastised, inspired and schooled to produce new work for radio on the "Caribbean Voices" programme over which Andrew Salkey often presided.