Richard Baker | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Richard_Baker_on_BBC_News.jpg) Presenting BBC News in 1982 | |
| Born | Richard Douglas James Baker[1] 15 June 1925 |
| Died | 17 November 2018 (aged 93) Oxford, England |
| Occupation | Broadcaster (BBC News) |
| Years active | 1954–2007 |
| Spouse |
Margaret Martin (m. 1961) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Albert Baker Jane Isobel Baker (née Baxter) |
Richard Douglas James Baker OBE RD (15 June 1925 – 17 November 2018) was an English broadcaster, best known as a newsreader for BBC News from 1954 to 1982, and as a radio presenter of classical music. He was a contemporary of Kenneth Kendall and Robert Dougall and was the first reader of the BBC Television News (in voiceover) in 1954.[2]
- ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, 12 June 1976. Retrieved 17 November 2018
- ^ Thumim, Janet (16 December 2004), Inventing television culture, Oxford: OUP, p. 54, ISBN 9780198742234