Peter Sissons | |
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Born | Peter George Sissons 17 July 1942 Liverpool, England |
Died | 1 October 2019 Maidstone, England | (aged 77)
Education | Liverpool Institute for Boys |
Alma mater | University College, Oxford |
Years active | 1964–2009 |
Known for | Broadcast journalism |
Notable credits | |
Spouse |
Sylvia Bennett (m. 1965) |
Children | 3 |
Peter George Sissons (17 July 1942 – 1 October 2019) was an English journalist and broadcaster. He was a newscaster for ITN, providing bulletins on ITV and Channel 4, before becoming the presenter of the BBC's Question Time between 1989 and 1993, and a presenter of the BBC Nine O'Clock News and Ten O'Clock News between 1993 and 2003. He retired from the BBC in 2009 and died in 2019 from leukaemia at the age of 77.