Brian Hanrahan

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Brian Hanrahan
Born(1949-03-22)22 March 1949
Middlesex, England
Died20 December 2010(2010-12-20) (aged 61)
England
Occupation(s)Journalist, television presenter
Years active1969–2010
Notable credit(s)BBC News
Falklands War

Brian Hanrahan (22 March 1949 – 20 December 2010)

British Broadcasting Corporation
(BBC).

Early life

Hanrahan was born in the county of

St Ignatius' College, Stamford Hill, in Tottenham, and subsequently studied Politics at the University of Essex
, where he was a member of an amateur dramatic society.

Journalism career

In 1970, Hanrahan joined the BBC as a photographic stills clerk. He was one of the six news trainees appointed by the BBC in 1971, and went on to become a news scriptwriter with the organisation, and then a Duty Editor in the BBC Television Newsroom. He worked for a spell as the BBC's Northern Ireland correspondent, during which time he reported on The Troubles.

Falklands War

As a BBC war correspondent Hanrahan joined the press corps attached to the

Task Force dispatched by the Government of the United Kingdom to counter the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands
in 1982. One report filed by Hanrahan whilst travelling with the Task Force southwards through the
Harrier jump jets operating from Hermes, when, to work a way around reporting restrictions regarding disclosure of classified military information, he stated "I'm not allowed to say how many planes joined the raid, but I counted them all out, and I counted them all back."[3]
The phrase later inspired the title of a book about conflict that he co-authored.

Hanrahan later went ashore on

Port Stanley
by them on 14 June 1982, which ended the war.

Foreign correspondent

During the mid-1980s he was a BBC correspondent in Hong Kong reporting on the negotiation by the British Government for transferring the governance of the territory to China. He later visited Moscow, reporting on the end of the Soviet Union in 1989.[4]

Personal life

Hanrahan married radio producer Honor Wilson in 1986. They had a daughter, Catherine.

Death

Hanrahan died of

bowel cancer on 20 December 2010, aged 61.[5][1]

Martin Bell wrote of him in an obituary published in The Guardian: "In the world of television news, where inflated egos are not unknown, Brian Hanrahan stood out for his modesty as well as his way with words."

Publications

  • with Fox, Robert (1982). I counted them all out and I counted them all back" : the battle for the Falklands. London: British Broadcasting Corp.
    ISBN 978-0-563-20147-2
    .

References

  1. ^ a b "BBC correspondent Brian Hanrahan dies at 61". BBC News. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  2. ^ 'New York Times', 'Brian Hanrahan, Longtime BBC Reporter Dies at 61', 23 December 2010.
  3. ^ Hanrahan, Brian (31 March 2007). "The Falkland Islands way". BBC News. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  4. ^ Hanrahan, Brian (1 April 2009). "Gorbachev's role in 1989 turmoil". BBC. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  5. ^ Jon Williams (20 December 2010). "Brian Hanrahan". BBC News. Retrieved 20 December 2010.

External links

Audio clips

Video clips

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