Martin Muncaster, the inaugural presenter of the first BBC regional television programme for the south of England, has passed away at the age of 89.
Muncaster hosted the nightly news programme South Today, originally known as South at Six, from 1961 to 1964. Reflecting on his time there, he once described it as a “terrific feeling of starting something brand new” and “one of the happiest times of my whole career.”
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