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Cliff Michelmore has died

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rob Founding member
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Cliff Michelmore, a familiar figure in BBC radio and TV broadcasting since the 1940s, has died in hospital aged 96.

In a career spanning some 60 years, Michelmore anchored coverage of events including the Apollo moon landings and two general elections.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35828566
MA
Markymark
rob posted:
Cliff Michelmore, a familiar figure in BBC radio and TV broadcasting since the 1940s, has died in hospital aged 96.

In a career spanning some 60 years, Michelmore anchored coverage of events including the Apollo moon landings and two general elections.


Did the last ever broadcast from the BBC's studios at Lime Grove (which must have been 1990 ish ?)

I think the only non BBC work he did was as Southern TV's main presenter of Day by Day ? Only for 18 months because they lost the franchise of course.
MA
Maaixuew
Markymark posted:
rob posted:
Cliff Michelmore, a familiar figure in BBC radio and TV broadcasting since the 1940s, has died in hospital aged 96.

In a career spanning some 60 years, Michelmore anchored coverage of events including the Apollo moon landings and two general elections.


Did the last ever broadcast from the BBC's studios at Lime Grove (which must have been 1990 ish ?)


A brief view of BBC Lime Grove studios in London back in 1992, prior to demolition.

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Markymark
Ah, another Burley-Gaff

http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/kay-burley-mistakes-cliff-michelmore-7574189
CI
cityprod
Markymark posted:


And that gaff is a real stinker! Wherever she got her journalism qualification from must be suffering from terminal embarrassment about her gaffs.

I mean how can you confuse Malcolm Muggeridge with Cliff Michelmore???
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noggin Founding member
cityprod posted:
Markymark posted:


And that gaff is a real stinker! Wherever she got her journalism qualification from must be suffering from terminal embarrassment about her gaffs.

Has she got any?

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I mean how can you confuse Malcolm Muggeridge with Cliff Michelmore???


Precisely. Two very different people and very different careers. We all make mistakes. But that's a pretty major one.
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Markymark
cityprod posted:
Markymark posted:


And that gaff is a real stinker! Wherever she got her journalism qualification from must be suffering from terminal embarrassment about her gaffs.

I mean how can you confuse Malcolm Muggeridge with Cliff Michelmore???


She dropped off form after her marriage to Hugh Grant fell apart
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dazza1976
Markymark posted:
rob posted:
Cliff Michelmore, a familiar figure in BBC radio and TV broadcasting since the 1940s, has died in hospital aged 96.

In a career spanning some 60 years, Michelmore anchored coverage of events including the Apollo moon landings and two general elections.


Did the last ever broadcast from the BBC's studios at Lime Grove (which must have been 1990 ish ?)

I think the only non BBC work he did was as Southern TV's main presenter of Day by Day ? Only for 18 months because they lost the franchise of course.


How did that work at Southern Television come about? Did Barry Westwood leave?
MA
Markymark
dazza1976 posted:
Markymark posted:
rob posted:
Cliff Michelmore, a familiar figure in BBC radio and TV broadcasting since the 1940s, has died in hospital aged 96.

In a career spanning some 60 years, Michelmore anchored coverage of events including the Apollo moon landings and two general elections.


Did the last ever broadcast from the BBC's studios at Lime Grove (which must have been 1990 ish ?)

I think the only non BBC work he did was as Southern TV's main presenter of Day by Day ? Only for 18 months because they lost the franchise of course.


How did that work at Southern Television come about? Did Barry Westwood leave?


He retired I think, although there was a Friday night regional discussion programme called the Barry Westwood Talkabout, I can't remember whether that was before or after he left Day by Day ?

Cliff's appointment might have been to earn brownie points for the new franchise application
Last edited by Markymark on 19 March 2016 9:20am
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bluecortina
Markymark posted:
dazza1976 posted:
Markymark posted:

Did the last ever broadcast from the BBC's studios at Lime Grove (which must have been 1990 ish ?)

I think the only non BBC work he did was as Southern TV's main presenter of Day by Day ? Only for 18 months because they lost the franchise of course.


How did that work at Southern Television come about? Did Barry Westwood leave?


He retired I think, although there was a Friday night regional discussion programme called the Barry Westwood Talkabout, I can't remember whether that was before or after he left Day by Day ?

Cliff's appointment might have been to earn brownie points for the new franchise application


I understand Barrry, who was one of the nicest people you could wish to meet, just got a bit fed up with it. He had had two long stints presenting DXD and I think he'd felt that although it was a very good programme it was time to him to leave as it had become a bit of a routine for him personally.

Cliff lived in the area, and with his pedigree no doubt would have been seen as a good replacement, possibly also for the reasons you think. There was plenty of in-house talent that could have done it competently if that was route Southern wanted to go down.
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