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Topic History of: Charles Wheeler RIP Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
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Mart
I have just put a face to the name.
What a lovely broadcaster, he really will be missed.
Al
He had the perfect voice for News Broadcasting.
He was still working in his final days.
RIP
Marcus
Agreed. He was one from the old-school, and one of the very best at that.
In this age of dumbing down and trivialising the news, it's good to remember the high standards of yesteryear.
And yes, I do agree the BBC has mostly lost the plot now, but you do occasionally get the odd gem.
This comes from a 24 year old, who grew up watching the BBC decline under John Birt.
JK2006
I met him several times when I was based in New York and found him a decent, educated, erudite man with a good sense of humour.
I was lucky enough also to know Alistair Cooke during those decades.