Podcasts about sir trevor mcdonald

Back again after a long break with Top 3 Samuel L Jackson films, a sort of Easter Special and a new low for the poll. There's plenty of riddles, Humpty Dumpty down The Bag O'Nails and a phone call to Sir Trevor McDonald's wife. All this and your regular features too.

One of the most iconic broadcasters of our time joins Nihal for an in-depth conversation. He talks cricket, his upbringing and how it felt to interview Saddam Hussein.Nihal Arthanayake presents his new Sunday evening show and podcast, featuring exclusive in-depth interviews with headline guests across entertainment, sport, culture and politics.

Clive Myrie is an award-winning journalist and news presenter who is one of the BBC's most experienced foreign correspondents. In 2021 he took over from John Humphrys as Question Master of the quiz show Mastermind and has also presented travel programmes about Italy and the Caribbean. Clive's parents are from Jamaica and he was born in Farnworth, near Bolton – one of seven children. As a young boy he had a paper round and one of the perks was reading the leftover newspapers which gave him the opportunity to learn about a world beyond Bolton. He loved watching the news on television and his role models were Alan Whicker and Sir Trevor McDonald who inspired him to become a journalist. After he graduated from university Clive took up a place on the BBC's reporter training scheme and in 1996 he was sent to Japan - his first posting as a foreign correspondent. During his career he has reported from war zones including Afghanistan, Iraq and Ukraine. In 2021 Clive was named Television Journalist of the Year and Network Presenter of the Year at the Royal Television Society Television Journalism Awards.Clive lives in north London with his wife Catherine. DISC ONE: String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante. Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven and performed by Kodály Quartet DISC TWO: Welcome to My World - Jim Reeves DISC THREE: Così fan tutte ossia La scuola degli amanti, K.588 / Act 1 - Soave sia il vento. Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and performed by Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo soprano), Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass) and Wiener Philharmoniker DISC FOUR: All Blues - Miles Davis DISC FIVE: Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: I. Prelude. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach and performed by Paul Tortelier DISC SIX: Slave to the Rhythm - Grace Jones DISC SEVEN: Long, Long Summer - Dizzy Gillespie DISC EIGHT: Stomp! - The Brothers JohnsonBOOK CHOICE: The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogue LUXURY ITEM: Hot pepper sauce CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Long, Long Summer - Dizzy GillespiePresenter Lauren Laverne Producer Paula McGinley

Sir Trevor McDonald is one of our country's most celebrated journalists and news presenters.  In part two of our conversation, Sir Trevor talks in more detail about some of the defining moments of his career, including his reaction to hearing Nelson Mandela's wisdom when he was released after nearly three full decades in prison.This episode is produced by Red Bicycle. 

Sir Trevor McDonald is one of our country's most celebrated journalists and news presenters.  He rose from a poor childhood in Trinidad, to cover the biggest stories of our times - and became one of the most famous people in Britain while he was at it. It's a unique story and in part one of our conversation we talk to Sir Trevor about what his childhood taught him and how an aspirational family environment prepared him for an extraordinary career.Part two of our conversation is out on Thursday 28th March. This episode is produced by Red Bicycle. 

Max Pearson presents a compilation of this week's Witness History programmes from the BBC World Service. Sir Trevor McDonald reflects on the BBC's first black producer, Una Marson, and her legacy in the development of the BBC Caribbean Service. Also, how the BBC managed to broadcast through the Iron Curtain, Colombia's false positives scandal and the incredible rescue of 33 miners trapped in Chile. (Photo: Sir Trevor McDonald. Credit: BBC) Contributors: Sir Trevor McDonald, Una Marson, Debbie Ransome and Neil Nunes - BBC presenters Bridget Kendall - the BBC's former Moscow correspondent Peter Udell - the BBC's former controller of European Services Jacqueline Castillo - whose brother was a victim of the 'false positives' scandal Dr Aslan Doukaev - university teacher when the first Chechen war started Mario Sepulveda - Chilean mine disaster survivor

To mark the 90th anniversary of the BBC World Service, we trace the development of the Caribbean Service. Its beginnings go back to the early 1940s when the BBC's first black producer, Una Marson was employed. She created Caribbean Voices, which gave future Nobel laureates such as Derek Walcott their first international platform. In 1969, one of the UK's best known newsreaders, Sir Trevor McDonald, left Trinidad to join the BBC Caribbean Service as a producer. He reflects on its legacy. Produced and presented by Josephine McDermott. Archive recording of West Indies Calling from 1943, is used courtesy of the Imperial War Museum. Una Marson's poem Black Burden is used courtesy of Peepal Tree Press and the BBC Caribbean Service archive material was provided by the Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies. (Photo: Sir Trevor McDonald and Una Marson. Credit: BBC)

To mark the 90th anniversary of the BBC World Service, we trace the development of the Caribbean Service. Its beginnings go back to the early 1940s when the BBC's first black producer, Una Marson was employed. She created Caribbean Voices, which gave future Nobel laureates such as Derek Walcott their first international platform. In 1969, one of the UK's best known newsreaders, Sir Trevor McDonald, left Trinidad to join the BBC Caribbean Service as a producer. He reflects on its legacy. Produced and presented by Josephine McDermott. Archive recording of West Indies Calling from 1943, is used courtesy of the Imperial War Museum. Una Marson's poem Black Burden is used courtesy of Peepal Tree Press and the BBC Caribbean Service archive material was provided by the Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies. (Photo: Sir Trevor McDonald and Una Marson. Credit: BBC)

From interviewing Nelson Mandela immediately after his release from 27-years of incarceration, to dodging bombings during The Troubles in Northern Ireland, and going head to head with infamous figures like Muammar Gaddafi – Sir Trevor McDonald has one of the most esteemed careers as a news broadcaster and interviewer on British television. Speaking with Tom and Fran, he reflects on the “luck and hard work" it took for a “young boy from Trinidad” to travel the world in such a way, explaining why putting himself in danger sometimes was sometimes the only way to tell stories with truth and integrity (whilst settling certain personal ambitions). But behind the serious reporter, Trevor opens up as a man of great humour and anecdotes – partial too to a bottle of wine and an episode of Only Fools and Horses. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In one of our landmark interviews, we managed to get hold of David Gower in the summer of 2020 and had a great chat about his time playing for England alongside the likes of Botham, Lamb and Gatting. The largesse of Sir Elton John Down Under and how the perfect tea for him would be some Bollinger, caviar and blinis! We also talked about his work for the Lord's Taverners, where he is currently the President following in the footsteps of Sir Trevor McDonald, Sir Michael Parkinson and the late Duke of Edinburgh. Definitely one of "98 Not Out"'s all time highlights...

Welcome back to another exciting episode! this week we talk about the lack of black teachers growing up, pretending Sir Trevor Mcdonald was our uncle, post lockdown clubbing/nights out, and why we disagree on Paul Rudd being named the sexiest man alive!P.S NEW EPISODES ARE OUT EVERY SECOND THURSDAY!As ever, if you enjoyed this podcast, leave us a wee comment and rating on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to this pod! You can also reach us and stay up to date on @blackscotpod on your preferred socials and @suziemwanza, @_shirleymcpherson_ on Instagram! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello friends and lovers and welcome to episode 129 of the Finger Guns podcast. In this week's episode, Sean, Kat and Miles convene to discuss all of the weeks hottest gaming news. To begin with, they talk about their game of the week which sees the trio deep dive on Pumpkin Jack on PS5, the Crysis Remastered Trilogy and Echo Generation. Sean also brings the fire in a new trivia quiz for Kat and Miles to battle over. Once a quiz master has been crowned, the team get into this weeks hot topics including: The Uncharted Movie Trailer on a scale of bad to terrible, you decide. Sir Trevor McDonald is the next GamesMaster and some of us were too young to even remember the show. The shame. Rumour has it that Splinter Cell is returning. Can Ubisoft even make a game that fans will want these days? Halo Infinite got a story trailer - are we excited yet? Sony are likely going to make more acquisitions soon - who should they add to PlayStation Studios? The Wu Tang Clan are involved in a new Xbox video game? Our favourite video game mini-games/side games (this brings back mild trauma for Miles) All of the releases for the next week ALL THE PLACES WE ARE: https://linktr.ee/fingerguns Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Andy – @PsychTyson / Kat - @RainbowDropx | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet

In this episode, Olly is joined for a face-to-face chat by a true legend of broadcasting, Sir Trevor McDonald. Olly has dipped into his own cellar for a bottle of Puligny-Montrachet Les Combettes Premier Cru from Domaine Jacques Prieur to share with Sir Trevor and listen to his memories of programme making, places and presidents. Find out more about Olly at ollysmith.com, or follow him on Instagram @ollysmith. Olly and Sir Trevor chatted at the River Cafe in London rivercafe.co.uk.

Welcome back to My Seven Wonders with Clive Anderson! Each week, Clive welcomes a famous guest and dives into the depths of their character with one simple question: if you could choose your own seven wonders of the world, what would they be?Sir Trevor McDonald likely needs no introduction. The Trinidadian-British journalist and newsreader has a voice we're all familiar with, but what has he chosen as his wonders? From the sunsets of his native country to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, join Clive as Sir Trevor McDonald shares the highlights of his fascinating life.If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Season 5! Today's guest was on the original Travel Diaries dream guest wish list. He's a broadcasting legend and has presented some of my favourite travel series. It is, of course, Sir Trevor McDonald. Sir Trevor was born and raised in the West Indies, on the island of Trinidad and so the Caribbean is of course a big feature in his Travel Diaries today. He began his ascent to journalistic stardom over there, working as a radio reporter and news presenter, before moving to London in the late 1960s to work for the BBC. He went on to join ITN and became a household name as the first sole presenter of the News at Ten and the first black news anchor in the UK. Now at 81 years old, he tells us about interviewing some of modern history's most revered and reviled figures, from the pressure of being the first person to interview Nelson Mandela after he was released from prison, to travelling to Baghdad to grill Saddam Hussein in his palatial home. It's no surprise that Trevor became the most accoladed news broadcaster in British history.We're heading today on a journey across North America, Australia, The Middle East, Europe and Africa. Destination Recap:TrinidadGrenadaSydney, AustraliaBelfast, Northern Ireland, UKSouth AfricaShutters on the Beach, Santa Monica, California, USABaghdad, IraqMadeiraBarbadosAntiguaSt LuciaLas Vegas to Grand Canyon plane ride, USANapa Valley, California, USACarmel Valley, California, USAAnd I chatted about my stay at The Cary Arms in Babbacombe, Devon.Thank you so much for listening today. If you've enjoyed today's episode please subscribe on your podcast app, it's very easy to do that, although on Apple they've changed it so that you “follow” now rather than subscribe by pressing the plus sign in the top right of the app. I would also be so grateful if you could leave a rating or a review - it really helps other people to discover the podcast, which in turn allows me to keep making more.Don't forget all the destinations mentioned each week across all five seasons are included in the episode show notes. Follow me on Instagram @hollyrubenstein to find out who is joining me next Tuesday. I'd love to hear from you. And if you can't wait until then, there's all of Season 4 to listen to. Thank you to the wonderful Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi for their support of today's episode. Follow them on Instagram here.And a big thank you to The Kensington Hotel for hosting today's episode recording. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sir Trevor McDonald grew up in Trinidad, but when he got a job with the BBC World Service, he moved to the UK. He went on to become the first black television reporter and one of the country's most prominent presenters. Over the course of his career, he's interviewed Saddam Hussein, Colonel Gaddafi and even danced on screen with Desmond Tutu. He's written a book about his life called An Improbable Life: The Autobiography. This interview was first broadcast on 7 Nov 2019. Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com Presenter: Emily Webb Producer: Troy Holmes Picture: Trevor McDonald in 1973 Credit: Keystone/Getty Images

Sir Trevor McDonald grew up in Trinidad, but when he got a job with the BBC World Service, he moved to the UK. He went on to become the first black television reporter and one of the country's most prominent presenters. Over the course of his career, he's interviewed Saddam Hussein, Colonel Gaddafi and even danced on screen with Desmond Tutu. He's written a book about his life called An Improbable Life: The Autobiography. This interview was first broadcast on 7 Nov 2019. Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com Presenter: Emily Webb Producer: Troy Holmes Picture: Trevor McDonald in 1973 Credit: Keystone/Getty Images

Aled shares Christmas music and memories with his guests of 2020. Featuring Steve Speirs, Nicky Campbell, Shirley Ballas, Sir Trevor McDonald, Stephen Bailey, Will Carling, Iolo Williams and the Reverend Kate Bottley.

Welcome to The Unusual Suspects Podcast - Where three film fans talk about movies of varying quality. Some are great. Some are dreadful. Some are absolutely fine. This week, Andy plans a prison escape, Dan channels his inner Sir Trevor McDonald and Penny loses us in a labyrinth. Plus, we travel through Europe in our Film From The Hat, 'Eurotrip'. 01:05 - Escape Plan 05:50 - Old News Now 20:40 - Dave Made A Maze 35:35 - Eurotrip Catch us at @UnusualPodspect on Twitter, and @UnusualSuspectsPod on IG and Facebook. You can catch our After Dark series on YouTube here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFtwSl3e_1NShxV0IqiaW9Q Don't forget to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get this podcast, it's much appreciated. We love you long time. Artwork by Lisa O'Reilly - http://animonink.ie/ Music by Andrew Stanton - 'Laugh It Up Fuzzball'

Sir Trevor McDonald takes a View from the Boundary with Henry Blofeld in 2004, discussing his life and career in broadcasting.

Sir Trevor McDonald is none other than quite simply the biggest name in news in British broadcast history. Joining ITN in 1973, he's best known for presenting ITV's News at Ten from 1992 and becoming a familiar face on our screens. He retired from presenting in 2008, receiving a series of awards along the way, including a knighthood in 1999. Sir Trevor continues to present documentaries and spends a lot of time watching sport - but all of that is on hold right now, during what he says is an 'immense, international' story of the likes he has never seen before.Sir Trevor speaks to his former ITV News co-presenter Julie Etchingham about how he is coping in lockdown and what he's doing to pass the time. As an 80-year-old, what does he think about older people potentially being asked to stay at home for longer while the rest of the country eases out of lockdown? Drawing on his time as a former Diplomatic Editor reporting on international politics, Sir Trevor also shares his thoughts on how Donald Trump is dealing with the pandemic in America. And as a big sports fan, tells Julie what he thinks about the prospect of the return of football, but being played behind closed doors - and reveals the sporting tournament he's going to miss so much this summer that he likens its cancellation to being 'close to an end of part of civilisation as we know it'...We regularly release new episodes of Coronavirus: What You Need To Know - subscribe so you get the latest ones straightaway. For the latest coronavirus news, information and advice, go to www.itv.com/news.

Sir Trevor McDonald grew up in Trinidad, but when he got a job with the BBC World Service, he moved to the UK. He went on to become the first black television reporter and one of the country's most prominent presenters. Over the course of his career, he's interviewed Saddam Hussein, Colonel Gaddafi and even danced on screen with Desmond Tutu. He’s written a book about his life called An Improbable Life: The Autobiography. He spoke to Outlook’s Emily Webb. Presenter: Emily Webb Producer: Troy Holmes Picture: Trevor McDonald in 1973 Credit: Getty Images

Clive Anderson and Emma Freud are joined by Jeff Goldblum, Sir Trevor McDonald and Tricky for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra and Tawiah. Producer: Sukey Firth

Mika's released a new album and Sir Trevor has written his autobiography,

Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/2IuDNqY Sir Trevor McDonald is an extraordinary man - and he has led an improbable life. Now in his 80th year, he is known and loved by people the world over for his humility, charm and natural ease. As a natural storyteller and communicator, he has few equals. In An Improbable Life, Sir Trevor recounts his personal experience of world events and interviews with globally famous - or notorious - figures. He has witnessed war and death and risked his own life to meet and talk with despots and liberators. We read about his first trip to South Africa, and obtaining the first British television interview with Nelson Mandela; his reflections on the Windrush generation; and experiencing Barack Obama's momentous inauguration as President of the USA. We are also present at his dramatic meetings with Saddam Hussein (the first and only one by a British television correspondent) and Muammar Gaddafi. Engaging, intimate and moving, this is the life story of an exceptional journalist and broadcaster who over decades has expertly revealed to us history in the making.

This week on the show we welcomed friends from the world of television, literature, news and comedy.Legendary news presenter Sir Trevor McDonald chats his new book 'An Improbable Life'.Anton du Beke discusses the ongoing season of Strictly and his new novel 'Moonlight Over Mayfair'.Kay Burley tells us about her new Sky News Breakfast Show.and Regina King chats the HBO Original 'Watchmen'.Plus Ross Noble, David Baddiel, Jillian Bell, Jon Culshaw, and Dave Gorman.You can catch Chris and the team live weekdays 6:30am-10am on Virgin Radio UK and on Sundays from 10 am.Be sure to subscribe for free to the podcast every week to hear the highlights. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After many years of keeping quiet after a gang rape aged 13 where she was left for dead, Madeleine Black decided in September 2014, to share her story on The Forgiveness Project’s website and she completely underestimated what the response would be. She is the author of Unbroken and talks to Ed Andrew about her journey now to help anyone find their voice and not die with shame and trauma caused by someone else. In March 2015, Jessica Kingsley Publishers released a book called The Forgiveness Project: Stories for a Vengeful Age, by Marina Cantacuzino. It’s a collection of 40 stories from the TFP website, including hers and has forewords by Desmond Tutu and Alexander McCall Smith. She has taken part in a film interview for a documentary about rape and the anonymity laws, which will be shown on Dispatches, Channel 4 and has been interviewed for STV News. In December 2015 she gave her first public talk at a Festival of Light at the University of Keele. The theme was “Making Peace with the Enemy”. From that night she was asked to give three more talks on the same theme and has spoken at many other events too. She has been interviewed by Dan Walker on BBC Radio 5 Live and talked about Forgiveness and Health, which led to interviews with Stephen Jardine on BBC Radio Scotland sharing her story and most recently with Sir Trevor McDonald on BBC Radio 4 talking about Redemption. Her voice has been weaved into a performance called Foreign Body Play by Imogen Butler-Cole and has taken part in questions and answers after the show which will be taken to Edinburgh Festival next year.   She has certainly felt the power and healing effects in sharing her story and hopes that her book will help other victims of sexual violence, crime, PTSD, and anyone who has struggled with forgiveness. She wants to spread her message: It’s not what happens to us that is important, but what we do with what happens to us and if we choose to, we can get past anything that happens to us in life.

This year Sir Lenny Henry marks his 60th birthday with a special television programme with Sir Trevor McDonald. As well as performing some new sketches, he talks about bunking off school to appear in the TV talent show New Faces and how he fell in love with Shakespeare. He joins Stig to discuss a career that has spanned over four decades. In the US TV drama series Instinct, Alan Cumming stars as Dr Dylan Reinhart, writer, academic and former CIA operative, drawn into a murder investigation when a serial killer copies one of his books. We review the show, which is based on the novel Murder Games by James Patterson, claiming the first gay male lead in a police procedural television show.For centuries in the western world, religion was the great driving force for artists, musicians and writers. Janina Ramirez, Laura-Jane Foley and A N Wilson discuss the nature of divine inspiration and whether it still holds sway in an increasingly secular society.Presenter Stig Abell Producer Harry Parker.

Katie Derham is joined by journalist and broadcaster Sir Trevor McDonald. He talks about his favourite music as well as growing up in the West Indies and meeting Ella Fitzgerald.

Clive Anderson and Nikki Bedi pick their Loose Ends highlights from 2017. Conversation, comedy and music comes courtesy of an eclectic line up: Gina Yashere, Jason Isaacs, Stephen Fry, Sir Trevor McDonald, Stormzy, Dave Johns, Frank Gardner, Meera Syal, Rupert Everett, Margaret Cho, Noel Clarke, Jayde Adams, Frank Skinner, Ibibio Sound Machine, Mica Paris, Sampha, Brandy Clark and Rick Wakeman. Producer: Paula McGinley.

Clive Anderson and Sara Cox are joined by Sir Trevor McDonald, Alison Moyet, Harry Hill, Kurupt FM and James Rhodes for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Alison Moyet and James Rhodes. Producer: Debbie Kilbride.

Veteran Daily Mail diary writer speaks to Press Gazette over a coffee at Derry Street. He admits to: making up a fake contributor in order to defraud The Times, pretending to be disabled to secure a private audience with the Pope and breaking a confidence with the actor Richard Harris in order to reveal to the world that his son had been in rehab. He also may have played an unwitting part in the deaths of the then oldest man in Ireland and the actor Derek Nimmo. And he once gravely offended Sir Trevor McDonald by calling him a “little monkey”. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For his One to One series, Sir Trevor McDonald explores the idea of redemption, talking to two very different people with very different ideas on what it means. This week a former maximum security prisoner talks about finding redemption through sport. Former armed robber John McAvoy once shared a wing with convicted terrorist Abu Hamza in Belmarsh Prison. His life was going nowhere but then he discovered rowing in the prison gym and went on to break the world record for indoor rowing. Now he's a semi professional tri-athlete seeking to inspire other young people who risk becoming offenders. Producer: Maggie Ayre.

In this series of One to One, Sir Trevor McDonald explores the idea of redemption, talking to two very different people with very different ideas on what it means. This week he meets Madeleine Black who was violently attacked and raped when she was just 13, yet has found redemption through forgiving the men who did this to her. Producer: Maggie Ayre.

One of the best-known and most respected journalists in the UK, Sir Trevor has reported from the most dangerous places in the world and interviewed an incredible array of world figures. In this in-depth interview, he talks through his career, condemns the media for an undue over-focus on 'balance'; criticises positive discrimination to fix the media's lack of diversity; and reveals behind-the-scenes stories from his time on News at Ten, interviewing Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi, and Nelson Mandela.

The veteran broadcaster Sir Trevor McDonald chooses the life of Learie Constantine, the Trinidadian cricketer, politician and broadcaster who championed the rights of West Indians in Britain during the war years and afterwards. Producer: Maggie Ayre.

Coverage of this year's event, featuring interviews with James Corden talking about BBC3, Sir Trevor McDonald on diversity and Sky's Stuart Murphy on Game of Thrones

Libby Purves meets Dick Robinson, the Royal Shakespeare Company's new artistic director Greg Doran; broadcaster Sir Trevor McDonald and Lord and Lady Fitzalan Howard. Dick Robinson is the great nephew of Sister Edith Appleton who was a nurse in France during the First World War. Sister Edith recorded her experiences in her diaries - contrasting the horrors of her job with her love of the natural world. The diaries provide a record of the terrible effects of gas attacks and shell shock as well as a personal insight into nursing care during that period. War Diaries - a Nurse at the Front, The First World War Diaries of Sister Edith Appleton is published by the Imperial War Museum with Simon and Schuster. Greg Doran has recently been appointed artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, taking up his new role in September. He joined the company as an actor in 1987 before switching to directing. He is currently rehearsing Julius Caesar, set in modern day Africa, as part of the World Shakespeare Festival. His production of David Edgar's new play Written on the Heart is about to open at the Duchess Theatre in London. Sir Trevor McDonald OBE broadcaster, presenter and former ITV newsreader is presenting a new three part series for ITV, 'The Mighty Mississippi' which discovers how the river has played a central role in American history. He travels 2500 miles up the Mississippi to explore its place as the backdrop to some of the most painful chapters of life in America's Deep South. Lord and Lady Fitzalan Howard live at Carlton Towers, near Selby in Yorkshire. They feature in a new Sky Atlantic TV series The Guest Wing in which four stately home owners show how they have kept their properties running by opening their doors to weddings, corporate events and even dog shows. Producer: Paula McGinley.