Obituary: Debonair and gracious pioneer newscaster Huw Thomas
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Dominic Ponsford
on 3 April 2009
at 08:49
Tags: Broadcast, People, Television
The Times today carries a tribute to one of ITN’s first newscasters - Huw Thomas, who has died at the age of 81.
Thomas was a lawyer but joined ITN after answering a job ad in 1956.
In the early days of the broadcaster it faced a 14-day rule which banned it from covering topical political issues for two weeks, The Times reports.
The eloquent Thomas used to receive sacks of fan mail, the Times reports: “He had a debonair on-screen personality, with a fine voice and black swept-back hair.”
He left ITN in 1964 to set up his own company making medical and corporate documentaries.
Tags: Broadcast, People, Television
