Andrew Gardner (newsreader)
- Andrew Gardner (newsreader)
Andrew Gardner (25 September1932 - 2 April 1999) [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/311111.stm BBC News - Veteran newsman Gardner dies] ] was a newscaster on Independent Television News in the United Kingdom from 1962 to 1977. He was also one of the original presenters of "News at Ten" when it began in 1967.
He was born in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire and educated at Dauntsey's School in Wiltshire, he was a tall man at 6 ft 5 ins. His broadcasting career began with a spell as a radio journalist in South Africa and he was a reporter in Africa until his return to the UK in 1961.
He was notable for presenting the first transatlantic programme using the Telstar Satellite and for commentating on state occasions such as royal weddings for ITV. After leaving ITN he became a regional news presenter on Thames Television, presenting Thames at 6 and later Thames News.
He remained with Thames until it lost its franchise in 1992. He subsequently took early retirement, and died from a heart attack on 2 April 1999, aged 66.
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