History

"When I first joined the programme in 1979 they were still shooting news stories on film which gave reporters much more time to write scripts and edit than they get today."

"As a presenter and reporter it is sad that the big stories of disaster and misfortune are the ones that stick in your mind, like the explosion at Abbeystead and the IRA bomb in central Manchester but there were grand occasions too like the live outside broadcast I fronted from the Bridgewater Hall on its opening night."

...and Martin Henfield today.

"A most enjoyable spin off was the ”Out and About” regional opt out series where I drove a 1950’s Morris Minor convertible around some of the fascinating parts of the North West."

"Nowadays, I’m a man of many parts. I’m on the after dinner speaking circuit, I teach executives to make business presentations, I front conferences and workshops and I train companies in how to meet the demands of the media, often in a crisis."

"Recently I’ve been working in Eastern Europe for the United Nations helping the former Russian satellite countries with public consultation and handling the media on nuclear power issues."