Sir Martyn John Dudley Lewis (born 7 April 1945) is a Welsh television news presenter and journalist. He was a presenter for BBC News television programmes between 1986 and 1999 and was known for his involvement in the coverage of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997. He is also active in the charity sector and is the founder and executive chairman of YourBigDay Ltd. Early life and education Lewis was born in Swansea, Glamorgan, though was educated at the co-educational Dalriada School in Northern Ireland, and graduated with a BA degree from Trinity College, Dublin. He then joined BBC Northern Ireland in 1967. Television news He was a news presenter and reporter on HTV and ITN, before joining the BBC in October 1986 to present BBC News bulletins until a major relaunch of BBC News output in 1999. Lewis became the first presenter of the One O'Clock News on BBC1 on 27 October 1986 when it was launched as part of the introduction of the channel's daytime schedule, replacing News After Noon. Subsequently, he presented other bulletins including the Six O'Clock News and Nine O'Clock News. He created a modicum of controversy in 1993 when he claimed that television should feature more "good news". He subsequently stated that he had been "misunderstood" on the matter. Lewis played a prominent role in the announcement of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales on Sunday 31 August 1997. He was called into the BBC in the early hours of that morning to present short national bulletins during a late night viewing of Borsalino about the car accident in Paris. He returned home afterwards to get some sleep – expecting the Princess to pull through – only to be drafted in again in time for the special 6am bulletin covering Diana's death. During the marathon coverage which was simulcast on BBC1, BBC World as well as broadcasters around the world which took in the BBC news feed, Lewis was almost brought to tears following Tony Blair's "People's Princess" statement. His uninterrupted presenting stint ended at 1pm when Peter Sissons took over. On 26 April 1999, a few weeks before the BBC relaunched its news programmes, he presented the Six O'Clock News bulletin with Jennie Bond on the day his co-host Jill Dando was murdered outside her home in West London. He also appeared on ITV News that evening to pay