 He worked as a reporter on the BBC's "Panorama" for many years before joining ITN, initially as a reporter but later as a newscaster for ITV's main early evening bulletins in the 1970s.In November 1963, he was deputy correspondent for the BBC in Washington and his Radio Newsreel report on the assassination of John F. Kennedy is a historic recording.Between 1976 and 1987 he was, along with Peter Sissons, one of the main presenters for ITN's "News at One", and often hosted the "" in the late 1970s and early 1980s.