a time of bright promise, mandela in his 70s was about to remarry. and now, sir, the future, you re a man in love? it is a wonderful moment for me, as anybody else, to be in love. when he returned to the uk he brought to the studio a wealth of wisdom and experience gathered over years on the road. though in the seconds before his first six o clock news, there was some trepidation. at six o clock, these are tonight s top stories. he was diagnosed with cancer in 201a. after a gruelling round of treatment and multiple operations, he couldn t wait to be back in the tumult of the newsroom. he was deeply moved by messages of support and affection sent in by countless viewers he would never meet. and on his first day back made this a small concession. and ijust want to say it s.good to be back with you. off screen, george was funny, clever, a generous and confiding friend and full of energetic hope. there was something infectious
george won many awards in a hugely successful career which took him from southern africa to many other parts of the world. the bbc s director general, tim davie, described him as one of the best and bravestjournalists of his generation . but above all he was a very fine human being as his friend and colleague allan little now reports. three, two, one. go tape. at six o clock the ground war on iraq has begun. millions knew him as the face of the six o clock news. good evening and welcome to the six o clock news. ..and for his calm, unflappable authority. good evening and welcome to the bbc s news at six. he was born in sri lanka in 1955 to christian tamil parents. as a child the family moved to ghana. this is the road. and he was swept up in the early optimism of a young nation newly independent of british colonial rule. we knew that africa was going to be united and that ghana, this country, was going to be at the centre of it,
to write home about? no, this is about $2,000, $2,500. so you re in the clear? in ghana, he went back to his old school. somewhere in here is me. go on, yes. well done! he would later say that he was destined to spend his adult life in africa dispelling the dream he had nurtured so carefully as a child. he was injohannesburg in the mandela years, a time of bright promise, mandela in his 70s was about to remarry. and now, sir, the future, you re a man in love? it is a wonderful moment for me, as anybody else, to be in love. when he returned to the uk he brought to the studio a wealth of wisdom and experience gathered over years on the road. though in the seconds before his first six o clock news, there was some trepidation. at six o clock, these are tonight s top stories.
over years on the road. though in the seconds before his first six o clock news, there was some trepidation. at six o clock, these are tonight s top stories. he was diagnosed with cancer in 2014. after a gruelling round of treatment and multiple operations, he couldn t wait to be back in the tumult of the newsroom. he was deeply moved by messages of support and affection sent in by countless viewers he would never meet. and on his first day back made this a small concession. and i just want to say it s.good to be back with you. off screen, george was funny, clever, a generous and confiding friend and full of energetic hope. there was something infectious about his optimism. you always walked away from time with george feeling better about the human race and the world in general. and that s the bbc s news at six. the migrant boy whose family left sri lanka with nothing found his home in a changing britain and he took this country to his heart. it s goodbye, the news continues, though, h
though in the seconds before his first six o clock news, there was some trepidation. at six o clock, these are tonight s top stories. he was diagnosed with cancer in 2014. after a gruelling round of treatment and multiple operations, he couldn t wait to be back in the tumult of the newsroom. he was deeply moved by messages of support and affection sent in by countless viewers he would never meet. and on his first day back made this a small concession. and i just want to say it s.good to be back with you. off screen, george was funny, clever, a generous and confiding friend and full of energetic hope. there was something infectious about his optimism. you always walked away from time with george feeling better about the human race and the world in general. and that s the bbc s news at six. the migrant boy whose family left sri lanka with nothing found his home in a changing britain and he took this country to his heart. it s goodbye, the news continues, though, here on bbc one.