From the newsreader’s Wikipedia page:
“He became renowned for his cheerful and friendly disposition. He always began the News at One by saying ‘hello, good afternoon..’ then reading the headlines”.
That’s quite the catchphrase.
“He left ITN in 1987, returning to his native Yorkshire to make a series of documentaries about the county for Yorkshire Television, entitled Pieces of Parkin.”
Cake puns are always the best.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Wed 19 May 2021, 19:13,
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