Outside Broadcaster: An Autobiography

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I am now finishing the Brian Taylor Corsair I was building when interrupted by the arrival of the FW190, taking a little more than 10 days with this one.

This Friday, Robson’s last broadcast from the chair of GQT, as it is fondly abbreviated, will go out on Radio 4. Robson says that is an accusation so familiar it has become clichéd, and was first levelled at the programme when he took over in 1994. I quite liked Eric Robson prior to reading "Outside Broadcaster" however I now think I'd be tempted to catch a later train if I ever see him waiting on the platform in Carlisle. Sat by the stove in his isolated farmhouse study, we learn about Eric's long love affair with Wasdale, and the decision to donate his OBE to his beloved adopted Cumbria; we take the long view of a broadcasting career that has included Gardeners ' Question Time, Remembrance Sundays and the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales; we talk about Eric's life as a fell farmer, and his passion for rare breeds; and we re-live the many frustrating, rewarding – and amusing – weeks spent in the company of Alfred Wainwright during the making of the TV films that made the great fellwanderer a reluctant star.I’m the longest serving chairmen of one of the longest running programmes in the world and it couldn't get better than that. For his successor he has nothing but the warmest praise: “She’s a charming lady with a wonderful voice, consummate broadcaster and a great sense of humour”. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Abroad - A Great Railway Journey Round the Lake District in the company of the mad, the bad and the dangerous to know.

The slightly under two pages on the rougher side of Glasgow is sketched so faintly as to be barely visible.in the old days he was just" Eric"; personally, Just as I was grateful to have had the opportunity of leading him to a love of history, so later I was glad to be able to ask him for advice and information. A fellow of the Tourism Society, Jim is also currently chairman of Eden Tourism Network and has been an enthusiastic supporter of Cumbria Tourism during the whole of his 40-plus year career in tourism in the county – including a stint as the organisation’s interim managing director in 2017. His departure marks the latest in a recent spate of male BBC stalwarts to desert their posts – some, it seems, more willingly than others. Eric is making a programme for BBC Radio 4, to go out in early January around the time of Norman Nicholson’s centenary. Eric is much more than that, a vastly experienced commentator and broadcaster, ranging from TV Documentaries to Royal occasions but more than that, a brilliant storyteller.

The 72-year-old is stepping down from the hallowed chair to be replaced by newsreader Kathy Clugston. He’s very much identified with the small coastal town of Millom – which from the 1850s until 1968 was a hub of heavy industry, with mining, iron smelting, and ships mooring at the quay to take pig-iron all over the world.

Walpole was also ridiculed in Maugham’s novel Cakes and Ale as a selfish social climbing opportunist – an unfair caricature of a far more complex (and generous) man.

Throughout his long-standing service the 72-year-old says he’s enjoyed watching how the pastime has changed.

Robson takes pride in his northern roots and has never been tempted to move into the media bubble, save a two-week stint living in Ealing. His documentaries range from Great Railway Journeys of the World to the classic BBC series with the fellwalker Alfred Wainwright. On 20 February 1994 he became the principal chairman of BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time programme, [1] but announced on 20 March 2019 that he would be handing over his chair to Kathy Clugston, a BBC newsreader and continuity announcer, on 3 May 2019. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times.