First at ITV, he became BBC’s main evening news presenter for much of 1990s and early 2000sThe former BBC and ITN presenter Peter Sissons has died at the age of 77, following a career in which he reported around the world and hosted many of the UK’s most prominent news programmes. A statement from his agent confirmed Sissons died peacefully on Tuesday night in Maidstone hospital, Kent. In the following years he would focus on presenting the news, rising to become a host of afternoon bulletins on ITV. Sissons suggested that producers spent too long reading the Guardian’s science coverage rather than seeking alternative views. The BBC director general, Tony Hall, said: “Peter Sissons was one of the great television figures of his time – as an interviewer, presenter and world-class journalist.

Source: The Guardian October 02, 2019 11:43 UTC