Bartlett, (Charles) Vernon Oldfeld (1894–1983), journalist and broadcaster, was born on 30 April 1894 at Westbury, Wiltshire, the second of the three children and only son of Thomas Oldfeld Bartlett, bank manager, of Swanage, and his wife, Beatrice Mary Jecks. He was educated at ...
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Bartlett, (Charles) Vernon Oldfeld (1894–1983), journalist and broadcaster
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Berlins, Marcel Joseph (1941–2019), journalist, broadcaster, and legal commentator
Michael Leapman
Berlins, Marcel Joseph (1941–2019), journalist, broadcaster, and legal commentator, was born on 30 October 1941 at 11 rue Mazenot, Marseilles, France, then under the control of the Vichy regime headed by Marshal Pétain; he was the only child of Jacob (Jacques) Berlins (...
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Carpenter, Harry Leonard (1925–2010), sports journalist and broadcaster
Richard Haynes
Carpenter, Harry Leonard (1925–2010), sports journalist and broadcaster, was born on 17 October 1925 at 110 Portland Road, South Norwood, London, the only child of Harry Carpenter, a fish salesman at Billingsgate fish market, and his wife, Adelaide May, née Lascelles. At the time of his birth his parents lived at ...
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Clarke, Thomas (1884–1957), journalist and broadcaster
Fred Hunter
Clarke, Thomas (1884–1957), journalist and broadcaster, was born at 39 High Street, Bolton, on 6 June 1884, the youngest child of five sons and three daughters of Joseph Clarke, a Lancashire-born Irish cotton spinner, and later an insurance salesman, and his wife, ...
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Cooke, (Alfred) Alistair (1908–2004), broadcaster and writer
Paul Donovan
Cooke, (Alfred) Alistair (1908–2004), broadcaster and writer, was born Alfred Cooke on 20 November 1908 at 7 Isaac Street, Salford, Lancashire. He was the younger son of Samuel Cooke (1874/5–1959), an iron fitter (whose creations included an antique metal weather-vane on top of ...
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Cooke, (Alfred) Alistair (1908–2004)
Maker: Roger George Clark
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(Alfred) Alistair Cooke (1908–2004) by Roger George Clark, 1977 © Roger George Clark; collection National Portrait Gallery, London
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Gillard, Francis George [Frank] (1908–1998), broadcaster and war correspondent
Philip Purser
Gillard, Francis George [Frank] (1908–1998), broadcaster and war correspondent, was born on 1 December 1908 at 20 Silver Street, Tiverton, Devon, the elder child and only son of Francis Henry Gillard (c.1880–1953), master butcher, and his wife, Emily Jane, née Burridge (1882–1958)...
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Greene, Sir Hugh Carleton (1910–1987), journalist and broadcaster
Colin Shaw
Greene, Sir Hugh Carleton (1910–1987), journalist and broadcaster, was born on 15 November 1910 at St John's, Chesham Road, Berkhamsted, the youngest of four sons and the fifth among the six children of Charles Henry Greene, headmaster of Berkhamsted School, and his wife, ...
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Hardcastle, William [Bill] (1918–1975), journalist and radio broadcaster
Eleanor Ransome
Hardcastle, William [Bill] (1918–1975), journalist and radio broadcaster, was born on 26 March 1918 at 5 Sydenham Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne, last of the four children of William Hardcastle (1873–1924), medical officer at Newcastle prison, and his wife, Mary Constance Wardroper (1883–1967). William (Bill) Hardcastle's...
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Hardcastle, William (1918–1975)
Maker: Godfrey Argent
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William Hardcastle (1918–1975) by Godfrey Argent, 1970 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Harris, (David) Kenneth (1919–2005), journalist and broadcaster
Donald Trelford
Harris, (David) Kenneth (1919–2005), journalist and broadcaster, was born at Aberaman, Glamorgan, on 11 November 1919, the only son and elder child of David Harris, a market gardener, and his wife, Kathleen. He was educated at Trowbridge boys' high school, Wiltshire, and Wadham College, Oxford...
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Hay [née Board], Elizabeth Joyce (Jocelyn) (1927–2014), writer, broadcaster, and campaigner
Colin Browne
Hay [née Board], Elizabeth Joyce (Jocelyn) (1927–2014), writer, broadcaster, and campaigner, was born on 30 July 1927 in Ffrwd Vale, Neath, Glamorgan, the daughter of William George Board (d. 1952), accountant, and his wife Olive Price, née...
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Henry, Georgina Clare (George) (1960–2014), journalist
Alan Rusbridger
Henry, Georgina Clare (George) (1960–2014), journalist, was born on 8 June 1960 in Aden, the daughter of Michael William (Mike) Henry (1926–2008), a British army officer who retired as a full colonel, and his wife, Annette, née Duvivier (...
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Kington, Miles Beresford (1941–2008)
Maker: unknown photographer
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Miles Beresford Kington (1941–2008) by unknown photographer, 2006 Rex Features
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Kington, Miles Beresford (1941–2008), humorist, jazz critic, and broadcaster
Gill Coleridge
Kington, Miles Beresford (1941–2008), humorist, jazz critic, and broadcaster, was born on 13 May 1941 at Down County Infirmary, Downpatrick, co. Down, the elder son of William Beresford Nairn Kington (1909–1982), a brewer then serving as a captain with the 4th Royal Welch Fusiliers...
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Muggeridge, (Thomas) Malcolm (1903–1990), journalist and broadcaster
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Muggeridge, (Thomas) Malcolm (1903–1990), journalist and broadcaster, was born on 24 March 1903 in Croydon, Surrey, the third of five sons, one of whom died in 1922 (there were no daughters), of Henry Thomas Benjamin Muggeridge, Labour politician, and his wife, Annie Booler...
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Muggeridge, (Thomas) Malcolm (1903–1990)
Maker: Snowdon
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(Thomas) Malcolm Muggeridge (1903–1990) by Snowdon, 1983 Snowdon / Camera Press, London
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O’Sullevan, Sir Peter John (1918–2015), journalist and sports broadcaster
Neil Carter
O’Sullevan, Sir Peter John (1918–2015, journalist and sports broadcaster, was born on 3 March 1918 in Newcastle, Co Down, Ireland, the only child of Lt-Col John Joseph O’Sullevan (1879–1936), resident magistrate in Killarney, Co Kerry, Ireland, and his wife, Vera Sadie, née...
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Jones, David Parry- (1933–2017), journalist, broadcaster, and rugby commentator
Huw Richards
Jones, David Parry- (1933–2017), journalist, broadcaster, and rugby commentator, was born at Awmor House, Morgan Street, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, on 25 September 1933, the eldest of four sons of Glyn Parry-Jones (1903–1983), a minister in the Presbyterian Church of Wales, and his wife, ...
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Redhead, Brian Leonard (1929–1994), broadcaster and journalist
Paul Donovan
Redhead, Brian Leonard (1929–1994), broadcaster and journalist, was born on 28 December 1929 at Princess Mary Maternity Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, the only child of Ernest Leonard Redhead, a silk screen printer and advertising agent, and his wife, Janet Crossley, née Fairley. Precocious and, as he later admitted, '...
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