I only just found out that he was SIR Charles Wheeler: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7489591.stm
I think he must have been one of the greatest broadcast journalists of my time - or, perhaps, before my time. Another of those figures the world will probably not replace.
― the pinefox, Friday, 4 July 2008 12:53 (eighteen years ago)
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FUCK YOU, iPlayer!
― CharlieNo4, Friday, 4 July 2008 13:13 (eighteen years ago)
RIP
I've not experienced much of his work but I did recently watch a brilliant documentary he made Appalachia and Lyndon Johnson's America.
Also interviewed him a few years ago for the university radio station. found him utterly engaging and interested as well as interesting. sadly suspect the recording no longer exists.
Remember being very impressed at his ability to smoke ten cigarettes in the space of an interview that lasted little more than 20.
― Upt0eleven, Friday, 4 July 2008 15:43 (eighteen years ago)
lol son-in-law
― DG, Friday, 4 July 2008 15:47 (eighteen years ago)
i had no use for him but r.i.p.
― Allen, Friday, 4 July 2008 17:03 (eighteen years ago)