 He frequently compered the BBC Radio show "Housewives' Choice", with David Jacobs, from the early 1950s to the mid 1960s.He was a friend of W. Somerset Maugham and it is said that the character George Potter in Maugham's 1941 book "Strictly Personal" was based on him.He was the subject of "This Is Your Life" in 1961 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews 

Winn died from a heart attack at the age of 64, while playing tennis at home in Brighton.