Dave Guest

Not to be confused with Dave Guest (bodybuilder) or David Gest.

Dave Guest (born June 1959) is a journalist, and until October 2020, chief reporter and occasional presenter for BBC North West Tonight.

Guest started work at the BBC in 1983 after working as a reporter at the Lancaster Guardian, the Wigan Evening Post in Wigan and for national newspapers in Manchester.[1] He has been chief reporter at North West Tonight since 2006, having previously covered education and social affairs.[1]

In 2009 Guest won the O2 Media Award's Broadcast Journalist of the Year for his interviews with Jessica Knight, a schoolgirl who was stabbed while walking through a park in Lancashire.[2] In 2014 he received the judges’ award for outstanding contribution at the BBC's Ruby Awards for regional television.[3]

In September 2014 Guest was nominated for the award for Best Regional News Journalist by the Royal Television Society.[4]

On 23 October 2020, Dave retired from his role at the BBC.[5][6] On 5 June 2022 Guest returned to BBC North West Tonight to report on the attempt in Morecambe to break the world record for the longest Jubilee street party.[7]

He is married with two daughters.

  1. ^ a b Dave Guest (25 March 2008). "North West Tonight - Correspondents - Dave Guest". BBC. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. ^ "O2 Media Award Winners Crowned - The Blue". News.o2.co.uk. 30 September 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  3. ^ Hartley, Sarah (28 March 2014). "Northern television reporters honoured by BBC". Prolific North.
  4. ^ "North West Awards shortlist". rts.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2 October 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  5. ^ Rouncivell, Gayle (21 October 2020). "Former Lancaster Guardian journalist to retire from BBC". People. Lancaster Guardian. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  6. ^ "It's a sad night on @BBCNWT as we say goodbye to @mrdaveguest (affectionately known here as The Chief). He's been on the region's TVs for 38 years. Join us if you can eat on @BBCOne NW at 1830 to wish him well". Twitter. @BBCNWT. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Flying the flag for Morecambe: Town bids to host Britain's biggest jubilee lunch". The Guardian. 5 June 2022.