Medal in New York for "Best News Magazine Programme". While at Tyne Tees, he revived his regional chat show, The Mike Neville Show and presented occasional specials including Christmas Past and the station's 40th anniversary celebrations in 1999. In 2003, Neville received the Outstanding Contribution Award at the Tom Cordner North East Press Awards ceremony and two years later, Northumbria University conferred an honorary degree upon him. Neville remained with Tyne Tees until shortly after the station moved to new smaller studios in Gateshead in July 2005 – at the time, he underwent an emergency operation to remove a blood clot from his leg. Despite intending to return, Neville announced his retirement from regional television news on 5 June 2006. By this point, he was Britain's longest serving TV presenter, having received a Unique Achievement award from the Royal Television Society in 2001. Neville went on to make occasional guest appearances on TV and radio, including a BBC Four documentary celebrating regional television in July 2011. In February 2017, he was honoured again by the Royal Television Society in the North East with a special award in February 2017 to mark his 80th birthday. Personal life He lived in Whickham with his wife Pamela Edwards, whom he married in 1962 after they met in repertory theatre in Blyth. She survives him with their daughter, Carolyn. On 6 September 2017, Neville's family announced he had died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead, following a short illness caused by cancer. References External links Unofficial biography of Mike Neville 1936 births 2017 deaths People from Willington Quay British reporters and correspondents BBC newsreaders and journalists ITN newsreaders and journalists English television talk show hosts Members of the Order of the British Empire Wiltshire Regiment soldiers 20th-century British Army personnel Military personnel from Northumberland