Life as the UK's first black TV reporter
As the UK's first black television reporter, Sir Trevor McDonald's interviewed Nelson Mandela, Saddam Hussein and has even danced on screen with Desmond Tutu.
Sir Trevor McDonald grew up in Trinidad, but when he got a job with the BBC World Service, he moved to the UK. He went on to become the first black television reporter and one of the country's most prominent presenters. Over the course of his career, he's interviewed Saddam Hussein, Colonel Gaddafi and even danced on screen with Desmond Tutu. He’s written a book about his life called An Improbable Life: The Autobiography. This interview was first broadcast on 7 Nov 2019.
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Picture: Trevor McDonald in 1973
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- Tue 29 Jun 202111:06GMTBBC World Service
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