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Robert Dougall, MBE (27 November 1913 – 19 December 1999) was an English broadcaster and ornithologist, mainly known as a newsreader and announcer. [1]

38 relations: BBC, BBC Home Service, BBC News, BBC Nine O'Clock News, BBC World Service, Big Ben, Brighton, Channel 4, Croydon, Heavenly Recordings, Independent Television Authority, ITN, Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong, John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, Kenneth Kendall, Newsroom (BBC programme), Order of the British Empire, Ornithology, Peter Woods (journalist), Richard Baker (broadcaster), Rose Elinor Dougall, Royal Navy, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Singapore, Southwold, Suffolk, Surrey, Tahu Hole, The Beatles, The Goodies, The Independent, The Pipettes, Thunderball (film), Toy (English band), Walberswick, Whitgift School, World War II, Yes Minister.

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BBC Home Service

The BBC Home Service was a British national radio station that broadcast from 1939 until 1967, when it became the current BBC Radio 4.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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BBC Nine O'Clock News

The BBC Nine O'Clock News was the flagship BBC News programme.

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BBC World Service

The BBC World Service, the world's largest international broadcaster, broadcasts radio and television news, speech and discussions in over 30 languages to many parts of the world on analogue and digital shortwave platforms, Internet streaming, podcasting, satellite, DAB, FM and MW relays.

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Big Ben

Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London and is usually extended to refer to both the clock and the clock tower.

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Brighton

Brighton is a seaside resort on the south coast of England which is part of the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, 47 miles (75 km) south of London.

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Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster that began transmission on 2 November 1982.

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Croydon

Croydon is a large town in south London, England, south of Charing Cross.

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Heavenly Recordings

Heavenly Recordings is a London-based independent record label founded by Jeff Barrett.

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Independent Television Authority

The Independent Television Authority (ITA) is a defunct agency created by the Television Act 1954 to supervise the creation of "Independent Television" (ITV), the first commercial television network in the United Kingdom.

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ITN

Independent Television News (ITN) is a British-based news and content provider.

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Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong

Joe Lean & the Jing Jang Jong were an English indie rock band based in London.

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John Reith, 1st Baron Reith

John Charles Walsham Reith, 1st Baron Reith, (20 July 1889 – 16 June 1971) was a Scottish broadcasting executive who established the tradition of independent public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom.

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Kenneth Kendall

Kenneth Kendall (7 August 1924 – 14 December 2012) was a British broadcaster.

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Newsroom (BBC programme)

Newsroom was the BBC2 channel's main news programme during the 1960s and early 1970s.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Ornithology

Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds.

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Peter Woods (journalist)

Peter Holmes Woods (7 November 1930 – 22 March 1995) was a British journalist, reporter and newsreader.

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Richard Baker (broadcaster)

Richard Baker OBE RD (born 15 June 1925) is an English broadcaster, best known as a newsreader for BBC News from 1954 to 1982.

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Rose Elinor Dougall

Rose Elinor Dougall (born 13 March 1986) is an English singer, songwriter and musician best known for being a member of The Pipettes and for performing with Mark Ronson.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is a charitable organisation registered in England and Wales and in Scotland.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia.

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Southwold

Southwold is a small town on the English North Sea coast in the Waveney district of Suffolk.

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Suffolk

Suffolk is an East Anglian county of historic origin in England.

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Surrey

Surrey is a county in South East England, and one of the home counties.

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Tahu Hole

Tahu Ronald Charles Pearce Hole CBE (29 March 1906 – 22 November 1985) was a New Zealand born journalist who was the BBC's television news editor during the period immediately following the Second World War.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.

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The Goodies

The Goodies are a trio of British comedians: Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, and Bill Oddie.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The Pipettes

The Pipettes are a British indie pop girl group formed in 2003 in Brighton by Robert "Monster Bobby" Barry.

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Thunderball (film)

Thunderball is a 1965 British spy film and the fourth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond.

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Toy (English band)

Toy (stylised as TOY) are an English indie rock band from Brighton, East Sussex.

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Walberswick

Walberswick is a village and civil parish on the Suffolk coast in England.

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Whitgift School

Whitgift School is an independent day school with limited boarding (120 boys) in South Croydon.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Yes Minister

Yes Minister is a political satire British sitcom written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn that was first transmitted on BBC Two from 1980 to 1984, split over three seven-episode series.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Dougall

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