95: John Humphrys - Journalist and presenter, BBC Radio 4
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He rose from humble but determined roots in Wales to become one of the leading radio journalists of his generation.
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\\nIn this hour of \\u2018Radio Moments \\u2013 Conversations\\u2019, John Humphrys opens up about his life, resulting more in an encyclopaedia of World history rather than of media. He tells of his early days in press, where he not only wrote stories, he delivered the newspapers.\\xa0 Spurning a job at the Times \\u2013 he moved to television where he was to be the first reporter on the scene at the Aberfan disaster in 1966 \\u2013 an experience which he confesses had a \\u2018profound effect\\u2019 on him.
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\\nHis early days at the BBC took him to the US and to South Africa at momentous periods in the history of those countries, before returning home to be one of the first TV newsreaders to assemble his own bulletins on the BBC Nine O\' Clock News.
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\\nWithout hesitation, John accepted a role on the Today programme where he was to spend 33 years. He tells here of his approach to interviewing and of the Prime Minister he found most daunting \\u2013 and opens up about his huge suspicion of authority - and his nervousness.
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\\nIn his own words, this is the John Humphrys story.
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\\nHear the whole \\u2018Radio Moments Conversations\\u2019 series here \\u2013 and sign up for the regular podcast for this ongoing series. Music by Larry Bryant.
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\\nJohn\\u2019s \\u2018A Day Like Today\\u2019 is out now \\u2013 published by Collins
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\\nIn this hour of \\u2018Radio Moments \\u2013 Conversations\\u2019, John Humphrys opens up about his life, resulting more in an encyclopaedia of World history rather than of media. He tells of his early days in press, where he not only wrote stories, he delivered the newspapers.\\xa0 Spurning a job at the Times \\u2013 he moved to television where he was to be the first reporter on the scene at the Aberfan disaster in 1966 \\u2013 an experience which he confesses had a \\u2018profound effect\\u2019 on him.
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\\nHis early days at the BBC took him to the US and to South Africa at momentous periods in the history of those countries, before returning home to be one of the first TV newsreaders to assemble his own bulletins on the BBC Nine O\' Clock News.
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\\nWithout hesitation, John accepted a role on the Today programme where he was to spend 33 years. He tells here of his approach to interviewing and of the Prime Minister he found most daunting \\u2013 and opens up about his huge suspicion of authority - and his nervousness.
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\\nIn his own words, this is the John Humphrys story.
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\\nHear the whole \\u2018Radio Moments Conversations\\u2019 series here \\u2013 and sign up for the regular podcast for this ongoing series. Music by Larry Bryant.
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\\nJohn\\u2019s \\u2018A Day Like Today\\u2019 is out now \\u2013 published by Collins
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