- Bruce Parker
Bruce Parker is a British journalist and television presenter whose career spanned the middle 1960s to 2003, when he retired. Strongly committed to regional broadcasting, he was responsible in the mid-1960s for a pilot local radio station in the
Channel Islands , which eventually led to the setting up of a string of BBC local radio stations across the whole country. In 1967 he joinedBBC South inSouthampton , where he remained for most of his career, making a name as a regular presenter and reporter for "South Today ". He was also a respected political interviewer and later BBC South's political editor, hosting the parliamentary roundup "South of Westminster".In the 1970s he became a familiar face to viewers in the rest of Britain, first as a news reporter and later as the first (though short-lived) host of "The
Antiques Roadshow " and a regular contributor to "Nationwide ". In September 1977 he filed probably his most famous news reports, about the story of Victor, a giraffe atMarwell Zoological Park . He also presented the short-lived arts magazine "Mainstream" withJoan Bakewell in 1979. He was also the BBC commentator for the raising of the "Mary Rose " in October 1982, clips of which regularly appear on nostalgia and retrospective programmes.###@@@KEY@@@###succession box
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