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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
| - | ITN newscaster who jumped to the BBC in 1980 where he has found fame ever since. He presented ''Newsnight'' for seventeen years, on which programme he used a sandpit to demonstrate troop movements in the First Gulf War. | + | ITN newscaster who jumped to the BBC in 1980 where he has found fame ever since. He presented ''Newsnight'' for seventeen years, on which programme he used a sandpit to demonstrate troop movements in the First Gulf War. More recently, he presented 'Tomorrow's World'. |
He is most fondly known for fronting the increasingly impressive (and silly) computer graphics used as part of the BBC's election night coverage, including Robert McKenzie's famous Swingometer. In 2005, he announced that he would be standing down from this role as he will be over 70 at the next election. | He is most fondly known for fronting the increasingly impressive (and silly) computer graphics used as part of the BBC's election night coverage, including Robert McKenzie's famous Swingometer. In 2005, he announced that he would be standing down from this role as he will be over 70 at the next election. | ||
Revision as of 23:00, 5 January 2010
Biography
ITN newscaster who jumped to the BBC in 1980 where he has found fame ever since. He presented Newsnight for seventeen years, on which programme he used a sandpit to demonstrate troop movements in the First Gulf War. More recently, he presented 'Tomorrow's World'.
He is most fondly known for fronting the increasingly impressive (and silly) computer graphics used as part of the BBC's election night coverage, including Robert McKenzie's famous Swingometer. In 2005, he announced that he would be standing down from this role as he will be over 70 at the next election.
Trivia
He survived a plane crash in Washington state, USA on 1st October 1999.
He once auditioned for the part of James Bond.
