Richard Lindley (journalist)

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Richard Lindley
MBE
Lindley in 2011
Born
Richard Howard Charles Lindley

(1936-04-25)25 April 1936
Winchester, Hampshire, England
Died6 November 2019(2019-11-06) (aged 83)
London, England
NationalityBritish
EducationBedford School
Queens' College, Cambridge at the University of Cambridge
OccupationTelevision journalist
Spouse(s)Clare Fehrsen (1976–1986)
Carole Stone (1999–2019)
Children2

Richard Lindley

Panorama and for ITV
.

Biography

Lindley was born in Winchester, Hampshire, England, on 25 April 1936. He was educated at Bedford School and studied English Literature at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he was chair of the film society.[1]

Lindley's television career began in 1962. He joined

Panorama programme. He remained with Panorama for 15 years, before being appointed as a television regulator at the Independent Broadcasting Authority, forerunner of Ofcom, regulating the accuracy and impartiality of ITV
news and current affairs.

Returning to programme-making, he became a reporter and presenter for

This Week. He subsequently rejoined ITN to present its World News and make special reports for News at Ten
.

He published two books about the history of British broadcasting: one on BBC Panorama[2][3] and another on the News from ITN.[4][5]

In 2008, he was elected to the council of the Royal Free Hospital,[6] for which he was latterly lead governor, and other charitable work included chairing the Voice of the Listener & Viewer and also the St Pancras Almshouses, a sheltered accommodatiion charity.[7]

He was appointed

MBE in the 2017 Birthday Honours for voluntary and charitable services.[8][9]

Lindley's first marriage in 1976 to Clare Fehrsen, with whom he had two children, ended in divorce after ten years.[1] In 1999, he married the broadcaster Carole Stone.[10]

Lindley died at home in London on 6 November 2019 of heart disease, a month after having been run over by a lorry when crossing the road and suffering multiple injuries.[1] He had lived with early-onset Alzheimer's disease in his final three years.[11][7]

References

  1. ^ a b c Hayward, Anthony; Robin Denselow (21 November 2019). "Richard Lindley obituary". The Guardian.
  2. ^ Cran, William (22 September 2002). "Decline and fall". The Observer.
  3. ISBN 1-902301-80-3
    .
  4. ^ Wells, Matt (24 January 2005). "Unhappy returns for ITN". The Guardian.
  5. ^ Lindley, Richard, And Finally ... ? The News From ITN, Politico's, 2005.
  6. ^ Carrier, Dan (27 March 2008). "Former TV reporter joins Free". Camden New Journal.
  7. ^ a b "Richard Lindley, dashing television reporter and inquisitor at ITN and for BBC 'Panorama' in its heyday, who was the first western journalist to interview Saddam Hussein – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 19 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Birthday Honours 2017: the Prime Minister's list (CSV)". gov.uk. 16 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Richard Lindley obituary". The Times. 21 November 2019.
  10. The Telegraph
    . 15 January 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  11. Ham&High
    . 19 July 2022.

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