John Suchet

John Suchet
Suchet in 2013
Born
John Aleck Suchet[1][2]

(1944-03-29) 29 March 1944 (age 80)
Paddington, London, England
EducationUppingham School
Alma materQueen's College, Dundee[3]
Occupation(s)News presenter, Journalist
Years active1967–present
AgentDavid Foster Management
Notable creditEarly Evening News
Spouses
Moya Suchet
(m. 1968; div. 1983)
Bonnie Suchet
(m. 1985; died 2015)
Nula Black
(m. 2016)
Children3
Parents
Relatives
Websitehttps://www.johnsuchet.co.uk

John Aleck Suchet OBE (/ˈsʃ/ SOO-shay; born 29 March 1944) is an English author, television news journalist and presenter of classical music on Classic FM. His journalistic career began when he worked as a graduate trainee at the Reuters news agency in 1967 and later joined BBC News as a sub-editor for the Nine O'Clock News from 1970 to 1971. Suchet worked at Independent Television News (ITN) as a scriptwriter/sub-editor from 1972 and was a newsreader and reporter until his retirement from ITN in 2004.

Suchet has two brothers, one of whom is the actor Sir David Suchet.

  1. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007
  2. ^ "John Aleck SUCHET - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". Companies House. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  3. ^ Jonathan Sale (5 February 1998). "Passed / Failed: JOHN SUCHET". The Independent. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2019.