- He was the chairman of the library at the Garrick club in London. He was awarded a life membership in 1990. The patron is the H.R.H Prince Phillip Duke of Edinburgh KG. Raymond also had an award named after him by the B.B.C for amateur radio dramatics called the Raymond Raikes radio award which is still awarded today. Christopher Lee played his cousin Lt Cdr Richard Raikes RN - CO (The captain of H.M.S Tuna) in the film The Cockleshell Heroes (1955).
- He was responsible for introducing stereophony onto Radio in the early 1960s and therefore all else. He later tried to introduce quadrophony, which only now is becoming popular.
- Norman Wooland the film and matinée idol became Godfather to Raymonds' only child.
- He worked regularly with and directed legends such as Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Sir Laurence Olivier, Richard Burton, and Sir John Gielgud.
- During WW2 he was an Officer in the British Army's corp of signals.
- At the age of 80, he taught himself to read Classical Russian and ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. He was already fluent in Classical Greek and French.
- He grew up with Charles Brandreth, the father of Gyles Brandreth and gave Gyles his first job at the BBC.
- His grandson is the executive producer Justin Ardalan-Raikes.
- Raymond Raikes retired in 1975, when it was considered that, over 30 years, he had contributed more to the country's education in drama than anyone else.
- He was the first British radio producer to broadcast drama in stereo.
- His younger brother was Roynon Raikes.
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