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After
more than 40 years in journalism, 16 of which at the BBC, Peter Sissons has
become one of the best-known faces on British TV.
Born in Liverpool in 1942, he attended the Liverpool Institute
High School before reading Philosophy, Politics and Economics at University
College, Oxford.
In 1964 he joined ITN as a writer, becoming a reporter in
1967. He earned his foreign correspondent's spurs in Biafra in 1968, where he
was wounded by gunfire.
In 1969 he was appointed ITN's news editor, becoming
industrial correspondent a year later, and industrial editor in 1972. His first
role as a news anchor came in 1978, when he began presenting ITN's News At One.
When Channel 4 was launched in 1982 he was chosen to present
their 7pm news programme and in 1984 he was named by the Broadcasting Press
Guild as the Best Front Of Camera Performer. During his time as anchor, Channel
Four News won three consecutive BAFTA awards, and in 1988 he was awarded the
Royal Television Society's Judges Awards for his work on the programme.
Peter joined the BBC in 1989 as presenter of Question Time,
the BBC's weekly political discussion forum, as well as joint presenter of the
BBC's Six O'clock News. He moved to The Nine O'Clock News in January 1994 and
stayed with the programme when it moved to its new time of 10pm.
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