Julian Pettifer
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== Shows == | == Shows == | ||
[[Busman's Holiday]] | [[Busman's Holiday]] | ||
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[[It's Patently Obvious]] | [[It's Patently Obvious]] | ||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
- | Much-travelled presenter and reporter who began his TV career at Southern Television as an announcer. He later joined ITN but moved to the BBC and in the 1960s was a regular reporter for ''Tonight'' and ''Panorama''. Later moved his attention to environmental affairs, writing and presenting ''Nature'' and ''The Living Isles'' | + | Much-travelled presenter and reporter who began his TV career at Southern Television as an announcer. He later joined ITN but moved to the BBC and in the 1960s was a regular reporter for ''Tonight'' and ''Panorama''. Later moved his attention to environmental affairs, writing and presenting ''Nature'', "Nature Watch" and ''The Living Isles'', and occasionally standing in as host of ''Gardener's Question Time''. |
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
He won the 1968 BAFTA Reporter of the Year award for his reports from Vietnam. | He won the 1968 BAFTA Reporter of the Year award for his reports from Vietnam. | ||
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+ | He was one of the first faces to appear on the opening night of Southern Television on Saturday 30th August 1958, presenting a live outside broadcast from a yacht in the Solent. Unfortunately, the OB scanner broke down part way through his first link! | ||
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+ | He was appointed OBE in the 2010 Queen's birthday honours. | ||
== Books / Tapes == | == Books / Tapes == |
Current revision as of 17:34, 25 February 2022
Biography
Much-travelled presenter and reporter who began his TV career at Southern Television as an announcer. He later joined ITN but moved to the BBC and in the 1960s was a regular reporter for Tonight and Panorama. Later moved his attention to environmental affairs, writing and presenting Nature, "Nature Watch" and The Living Isles, and occasionally standing in as host of Gardener's Question Time.
Trivia
He won the 1968 BAFTA Reporter of the Year award for his reports from Vietnam.
He was one of the first faces to appear on the opening night of Southern Television on Saturday 30th August 1958, presenting a live outside broadcast from a yacht in the Solent. Unfortunately, the OB scanner broke down part way through his first link!
He was appointed OBE in the 2010 Queen's birthday honours.
Books / Tapes
Diamonds In The Sky: A Social History Of Air Travel