Sir James William Alexander Burnet (12 July 1928 – 20 July 2012), known as Alastair Burnet, was a British journalist and broadcaster, best known for his work in news and current affairs programmes, including a long career with ITN as chief presenter of the flagship News at Ten; Sir Robin Day described Burnet as "the booster rocket that put ITN into orbit".[1]
Burnet was also a prominent print journalist who edited The Economist and the Daily Express.
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Sir James William Alexander Burnet (12 July 1928 – 20 July 2012), known as AlastairBurnet, was a British journalist and broadcaster, best known for his...
It was his fifth year anchoring the programme having replaced Sir AlastairBurnet, who retired from ITN in 1991. During his time with ITN, he also provided...
newscasters such as AlastairBurnet, Andrew Gardner, Reginald Bosanquet, Sandy Gall, Anna Ford, John Suchet, Mark Austin, Alastair Stewart and Trevor McDonald...
Day. It was also broadcast on ITV, presented by Sir AlastairBurnet, Peter Sissons and Alastair Stewart. The 1987 general election saw the election of...
election was broadcast live on the BBC and was presented by David Butler, AlastairBurnet, Robert McKenzie, Robin Day and Sue Lawley. Since Jeremy Thorpe's death...
The election night was covered live on the BBC and was presented by AlastairBurnet, David Butler, Robert McKenzie and Robin Day. Prominent members of...
Day and Peter Snow. It was also broadcast on ITV and presented by AlastairBurnet, Peter Sissons and Martyn Lewis. Three future leaders of the Labour...
Mandell, in 1956. Into the 1960s, reporters such as George Ffitch, AlastairBurnet, Gordon Honeycombe, Huw Thomas and Sandy Gall emerged as aspiring newscasters...
'head anchor' title at ITN between 1974 and 1976, in the absence of AlastairBurnet; died in 1984; son of the cricketer Bernard Bosanquet, who famously...
2017-11-13 at the Wayback Machine at carter-ruck.com, accessed 25 May 2018 AlastairBurnet, The ITN book of the royal wedding (Michael O'Mara Books, 1986), p...
Host of Question Time 1994–2018 Succeeded by Fiona Bruce Preceded by AlastairBurnet as host until 1974 Host of BBC Election Night Coverage 1979–2017 Succeeded by...
of the 1983 general election with Sir AlastairBurnet and Martyn Lewis, and again in 1987 with Burnet and Alastair Stewart.: §7 In 1982, Sissons, along...
commercial television station. The main front man for the bulletins was AlastairBurnet, assisted by science correspondent Peter Fairley and former employee...
Walsh Lucy Lindsay-Hogg Jessica De Gouw Bodley Scott Martin Wimbush AlastairBurnet Dan Skinner John Betjeman Tim Bentinck Lady Sarah Spencer Isobel Eadie...
and end of the programme, and when handing over to correspondents. AlastairBurnet was the original presenter of the News at 545. Michael Nicholson fronted...
consumption. In the 1985 Royal Special television programme, he told host AlastairBurnet that "I actually now don't eat as much meat as I used to. I eat more...
by the BBC to launch Breakfast Time in January 1983. In contrast to AlastairBurnet and Sandy Gall, who had welcomed her at ITN, she presented the new...
Gardner, Leonard Parkin, Sandy Gall and, mostly late in his tenure, AlastairBurnet. Bosanquet served as ITN's chief newsreader from 1974 to 1976, but...
haematologist and expert on therapy for leukaemia and lymphoma Dan Skinner as AlastairBurnet, British journalist and broadcaster Tim Bentinck as Sir John Betjeman...
began broadcasting on 3 July 1967 with a newscaster team consisting of AlastairBurnet, Andrew Gardner, George Ffitch and Reginald Bosanquet. It was initially...
1965) Derek Marks (1965 – April 1971) Ian McColl (1971 – October 1974) AlastairBurnet (1974 – March 1976) Roy Wright (1976 – August 1977) Derek Jameson (1977...
Pleasure label. Sooty and Sweep had appeared on a Rubber News sketch with AlastairBurnet on a Series 2 episode of Spitting Image. The Sooty show had a number...
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