Gerald Francis Priestland (26 February 1927 – 20 June 1991) was a foreign correspondent, presenter and, later, a religious commentator for the BBC. Gerald...
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was a contemporary at Charterhouse (where he was in Hodgsonites) of Gerald Priestland, William Rees-Mogg and Simon Raven. He was a distinguished scholar...
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She has also presented the Welsh-language version of Mastermind. Gerald Priestland – foreign correspondent and, later, a religious commentator for the...
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Whittaker Chambers – former Communist turned conservative writer Gerald Priestland – news correspondent who discusses having once been the "school atheist"...
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Oliver Postgate (1925–2008), English animator, creator of Bagpuss Gerald Priestland, BBC broadcaster Edmond Privat, Swiss ambassador of Esperanto international...
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BBC2 that evening, beginning with an announcement by the newsreader Gerald Priestland at around 19:25. There was believed to be no recording made of this...
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actor (born 1930) Bill Douglas, film director (born 1934) 20 June Gerald Priestland, broadcaster (born 1927) Sir Isaac Wolfson, 1st Baronet, businessman...
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However, there was a power failure on the opening night, and newsreader Gerald Priestland was briefly seen before the transmission was aborted and the official...
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racing commentator John Peet (born 1954), journalist for The Economist Gerald Priestland (1927–1991), broadcaster and writer Adam Raphael (born 1938), journalist...
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by power cuts in London and all that can be screened is announcer Gerald Priestland delivering apologies from Alexandra Palace. On the same day, the BBC...
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Swiss literary theorist. Jock Nelson, 83, Australian politician. Gerald Priestland, 64, British broadcaster. Michael Westphal, 26, German tennis player...
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by power cuts in London, and all that can be screened is announcer Gerald Priestland delivering apologies from Alexandra Palace. The existing BBC TV channel...
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from Malcolm Arnold, John Dankworth, William Mann, Ian Messiter, Gerald Priestland, Donald Swann and nineteen others. Hoffnung's widow published a biography...
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consisted of this slide interspersed with news bulletins, presented by Gerald Priestland, from the news room at Alexandra Palace, which featured the new logo...
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Hoffnung, John Lil, Michael Mates M.P., Sybil Michelow, Patrick Moore, Gerald Priestland, Desmond Wilcox Metamorphosis on a Bedtime Theme Conducted by the...
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life and outlook. Krishnamurti was interviewed about the work by Gerald Priestland for the BBC Radio 4 program Chapter and Verse, which reviewed books...
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working with correspondents of the stature of Charles Wheeler and Gerald Priestland, he orchestrated the BBC's coverage of major events. Notable among...
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1897) 10 August – Peter Clayton, jazz presenter (born 1927) 20 June – Gerald Priestland, correspondent (born 1927) 14 December – John Arlott, cricket commentator...
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responsibilities rather than improve the quality of the news. Another reporter, Gerald Priestland, said in his 1986 autobiography: "He (Hole) took good care to make...
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winning journalist and commentator Mary Goldring. Ian McIntyre 1970–76 Gerald Priestland 1974-75 Mary Goldring 1977–87 Peter Hennessy 1986–92 Andrew Dilnot...
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Clive Jacobs, Jane Little, Chris Morgan, Colin Morris, Gerry Northam, Gerald Priestland, and Libby Purves. "BBC Programme Index". Sunday. Retrieved 11 December...
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Subject Presenter Producer(s) Gerald Priestland Robert Fox Simon Elmes Frankie Howerd Dylan Winter Matt Thompson Kenny Everett Robert Sandall Chris Paling...
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official Sam Pollard, missionary and inventor of the Pollard script Gerald Priestland, writer and broadcaster Paul Robins, Bible Christian minister who...
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Around. Occasionally he presented the national news and later joined Gerald Priestland to present the first ever two-handed news presentation, which was...
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Ishitani Looking for Meanings of My A-Bomb Experience in Nagasaki 1985 Gerald Priestland For All The Saints 1984 Peter D. Jones Pilgrims for Justice and Peace...
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February 1984 Michael York No book chosen Telescope more 3 March 1984 Gerald Priestland The poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins Air conditioner more 10 March...
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collapse of the Soviet Union Revolutions of 1989 World communism David Priestland, The Red Flag: A History of Communism (Grove, 2009) pp 346–353. Robert...
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Justice, Quaker peace makers and peace making ISBN 0-85245-156-3 1982 Gerald Priestland Reasonable Uncertainty: a Quaker approach to doctrine ISBN 0-85245-161-X...
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January 29: Don Morrow, American actor and announcer February 26: Gerald Priestland, English correspondent (died 1991) May 2: Ray Barrett, Australian...
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83, American comedian, radio and television personality June 20 – Gerald Priestland, 64, English correspondent July 16 - Dwight Weist, 81, American actor...
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