Peter Sissons has died.

NT

Night Thoughts 2 October 2019 3:32pm

Went to school with three Beatles, Jimmy Tarbuck and Bill Kenwright too: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/tributes-peter-sissons-one-greatest-17018789

WH

Whataday Founding member 2 October 2019 3:40pm

Mike W posted:

This is sad news, and I can only echo others' comments rather than add anything useful.

On a presentation related note, can someone date/explain this strange OTS graphic used on the Telegraph's obit article?

I'd date that as 2000, when the 10 launched. It was the style of OTS graphic used by BBC News at that time.

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Worzel 2 October 2019 3:45pm

Very sad day. Huw's just been paying tribute to him on the News channel with Simon McCoy.

I think I can speak for everyone on here when I say that when he was in his prime at ITN and on the BBC nationals he was first class and had an authority about him that not many people could match.

RIP.

DV

DVB Cornwall 2 October 2019 3:52pm

The Huw Edwards sequence from Simon McCoy ....

My colleague @huwbbc joined me on #AfternoonLive a short while ago to pay tribute to our former friend and colleague, Peter Sissons who died last night at the age of 77. pic.twitter.com/jYbeI8sFcl
— Simon McCoy (@SimonMcCoyTV) October 2, 2019

:-(

A former member 2 October 2019 4:11pm

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scottishtv Founding member 2 October 2019 4:20pm

Former #BBC newsreader and journalist #PeterSissons has died at the age of 77. Here he is at home photographed by Roger Vaughan for @thetimes in 1989, as ever, studying the news...@BBCNews @JohnSimpsonNews #News pic.twitter.com/PEE7mg0kme
— News UK Archives (@NewsUKArchives) October 2, 2019

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Johnr 2 October 2019 4:20pm

2 events that I still remember clearly even today are 9/11 and Peter announcing the death of the queen mother, I was probably a bit too young back then to even notice the significance of tie colours!

Or as he wrote himself... “The beginning of the 21st century was an exciting time to read the autocue”

CI

cityprod 2 October 2019 4:39pm

Some moments found on YouTube.

CA

Capybara 2 October 2019 5:27pm

Incredibly sad news - never watched him on TV of course but have seen and heard many great things about him.

A short recap of Peter's career by The Telegraph:

and the announcement of his death on the BBC News Channel at 12:40 this lunchtime (uploaded by TV Newsroom)

as well as a tribute by Huw Edwards on today's Afternoon Live (again by TV Newsroom)

and this bizarre clip uploaded in 2010

MW

Mike W 2 October 2019 5:40pm

Whataday posted:

Mike W posted:

This is sad news, and I can only echo others' comments rather than add anything useful.

On a presentation related note, can someone date/explain this strange OTS graphic used on the Telegraph's obit article?

I'd date that as 2000, when the 10 launched. It was the style of OTS graphic used by BBC News at that time.

I thought that but it's too 'orange' - it looks like it should belong on breakfast.

WH

Whataday Founding member 2 October 2019 5:47pm

Mike W posted:

Whataday posted:

Mike W posted:

This is sad news, and I can only echo others' comments rather than add anything useful.

On a presentation related note, can someone date/explain this strange OTS graphic used on the Telegraph's obit article?

I'd date that as 2000, when the 10 launched. It was the style of OTS graphic used by BBC News at that time.

I thought that but it's too 'orange'

So is Peter and the rest of the set. It's just the image.

NJ

Neil Jones Founding member 2 October 2019 5:52pm

Capybara posted:

and this bizarre clip uploaded in 2010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDJj-2fzdRg

That is part of this web series:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ3ejcYNnOg

Marc Griffiths auditioned for BGT a few years ago but didn't get past the initial audition stage.

(October 2019)