Sissons was the face of shows including the BBC Nine O'Clock News and the Ten O'Clock News for a decade from 1993 until 2003. He'd previously read the news on both ITV and Channel 4, and he was also well known as a host of Question Time. A statement from Knight Ayton management said: "We are sad to announce that Peter Sissons, the former presenter on ITN, Channel 4 and the BBC, died peacefully last night in Maidstone Hospital, Kent. Sissons spent seven years at Channel 4 News before heading to the BBC in 1989, taking over from Robin Day as the host of Question Time. After leaving BBC One, he continued with the BBC by hosting weekend afternoons on the 24-hour news channel and occasionally returning to host bulletins on the main channel.

Source: Daily Mirror October 02, 2019 11:38 UTC