Richard Baker (broadcaster)
Richard Baker OBE RD | |
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Born | Richard Douglas James Baker[1] 15 June 1925 |
Died | 17 November 2018 Oxford, England | (aged 93)
Occupation | Broadcaster (BBC News) |
Years active | 1954–2007 |
Spouse |
Margaret Martin (m. 1961) |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Albert Baker Jane Isobel Baker (née Baxter) |
Richard Douglas James Baker
Early life
The eldest son of a plasterer, Baker was born in Willesden, North London, and educated at Kilburn Grammar School and at Peterhouse, Cambridge.[3]
Baker's undergraduate years were interrupted by war service in the
Broadcasting career
After graduating from
He introduced the first BBC television news broadcast on 5 July 1954, although
Baker narrated
Personal life
Baker married Margaret Martin, at
Baker wrote a biography of Vice-Admiral Sir Gilbert Stephenson, under whom he had served. The Terror of Tobermory was published by W. H. Allen in 1972.[17][18]
At the time of his 90th birthday Baker was living with his wife at a retirement village in Oxfordshire.[5] He died on 17 November 2018, at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, aged 93.[4] Following his death, fellow BBC broadcast journalist John Simpson tweeted: "Richard Baker, who has just died, was one of the finest newsreaders of modern times: highly intelligent, thoughtful, gentle, yet tough in defence of his principles."[19]
References
- ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, 12 June 1976. Retrieved 17 November 2018
- ISBN 9780198742234
- ISBN 0-7136-5432-5.
- ^ a b c "Former BBC newsreader Richard Baker dies aged 93". BBC News. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ a b c Andrew Baker (29 June 2015). "The man who invented the art of television newsreading". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ French, Katie (17 November 2018). "Newsreader Richard Baker who introduced first BBC News bulletin dies aged 93". Telegraph. Retrieved 17 November 2018 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "Richard Baker: The birth of TV news". BBC. 2 July 2004. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d e "BBC newsreader Richard Baker dies aged 93". Guardian. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ISBN 9780948875533
- ^ Plunkett, John (10 January 2007), "Titchmarsh replaces Radio 2's Your Hundred Best Tunes", The Guardian
- ^ Moyes, Jojo (23 August 1995). "After 45 years, Baker quits BBC for Classic". Independent. Retrieved 14 June 2020 – via independent.co.uk.
- ^ "Richard Baker, much-loved BBC broadcaster who presented news and cultural programmes for decades – obituary". Telegraph. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2020 – via telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "BBC Two – The Morecambe and Wise Show, Christmas Show 1977". BBC. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ Limited, Alamy. "Stock Photo – Wedding Day – Richard Baker and Margaret Martin – St Mary The Boltons Church – London". Alamy. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ "Richard Baker Wedding". BBC newscaster Richard Baker getting married to Margaret Celia Martin at St Mary's Church, as BBC cameraman Gerald Rowley films the occasion, London, 2 June 1961. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 9 June 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ Webber, Richard (25 April 2016). "Where are they now? BBC newsreader Richard Baker". express.co.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ "Vice-Admiral Sir Gilbert Stephenson KBE, CB, CMG". .harry-tates.org.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ISBN 9780491004091. Retrieved 17 November 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Former BBC News Presenter Richard Baker dies at 93 • News". 17 November 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
External links
- "History of BBC News". BBC.