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'''Alastair James Stewart''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (born [[June 22]], [[1952]]) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[television]] [[News presenter|newsreader]]. He is currently with the British news organisation [[ITN]], for whom he presents some [[ITV News|ITV1 News]] bulletins, and anchors [[ITV London]]'s daily early-evening news programme ''[[London Tonight]]'' with [[Katie Derham]]. He received an OBE from the Queen in June 2006 for his services in broadcasting. |
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== Education and early career == |
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Alastair Stewart was educated at [[St. Augustine's Abbey School]], a boys' [[Independent school]] in [[Kent]], [[Southern England]]. He studied economics, politics and sociology at [[Bristol University]] and became Deputy President of the [[National Union of Students of the United Kingdom|National Union of Students]], 1974-76, after being beaten to the presidency by [[Charles Clarke]], the subsequent Labour cabinet minister and [[Home Secretary]]. |
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His career in Television started in 1976 with ITV's south of England company, [[Southern Television]], in Southampton. He was a reporter, industrial correspondent, presenter and documentary maker. He recorded one of the last interviews with [[Lord Mountbatten]], and even spent six weeks in [[Ford Open Prison]] to make a half hour documentary. |
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== At ITN, 1980-92 == |
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He joined ITN in 1980 as industrial correspondent, soon joining its roster of additional newsreaders. From 1983 to 1986 he was a presenter and reporter with ITN's [[Channel 4 News]], before moving in September 1986 to present ITN's News at 5.40, taking over from [[Michael Nicholson]]. He moved again in May 1989, to ITN's flagship [[News at Ten]] bulletin, which he anchored live from the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]], before spending a year in the United States as ITN's Washington Correspondent. Four days after returning from his assignment in Washington he was sent to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, to anchor ITN's coverage of the [[Gulf War]]. He presented News at Ten, live from Saudi Arabia for two months. At the end of February, Alastair was the first British television reporter to be broadcast, live from the liberated [[Kuwait City]]. He presented News at Ten from Kuwait for a week before returning to the UK. |
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ITN's network coverage of the 1992 [[Budget]] saw the ninth year of Alastair's involvement in the presentation of this annual event for ITV. It was his fifth year anchoring the programme having taken the role from Sir [[Alastair Burnet]]. |
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During his time with ITN he also provided the commentary for many of ITN's other special programmes on the ITV network including the [[State Opening of Parliament|State Openings of Parliament]], numerous by-elections, State Visits and for the Royal Weddings of the Prince and Princess of Wales and Duke and Duchess of York. Alastair provided live coverage of the [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster]] as the details of the tragedy unfolded. A two minute news-flash became an unscripted, one hour special programme. He also anchored, with [[Sandy Gall]], the award winning coverage on ITN on the night of the bombing of the Pan Am jet over [[Lockerbie disaster|Lockerbie]]; and presented the ITV network coverage of the Memorial Service for the victims. |
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However, when News at Ten moved to a single-presenter format in 1992, he lost out to [[Trevor McDonald]] in the race to become the face of the programme. |
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== ''London Tonight'' and recent activity == |
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Since [[1992]], Alistair Stewart has been most visible as the co-presenter of ''[[London Tonight]]'', the ITV regional news programme for [[London]]. |
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''London Tonight'' was produced by the [[London News Network]], a joint venture between [[Carlton Television]] and [[London Weekend Television|LWT]] established in 1992 when Carlton was awarded the London weekday ITV franchise previously held by [[Thames Television|Thames]]. However, following LNN's absorption by ITN in [[2004]], Stewart is now once again at his old employers, returning as an anchor on the [[ITV News Channel]] for the [[2003 Iraq War]], ITV's Local Government Elections coverage and a special programme on the [[Euro (currency)|European Single Currency]]. Alastair won the [[Royal Television Society]]'s Presenter of the Year Award for 2004 for his live coverage of the [[Beslan siege]], and news presenter of the year at the 2005 RTS awards for his 'Live with Alastair Stewart' morning slot on the ITV News Channel. |
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The ITV News Channel was discontinued in [[2005]], but Stewart's role on ''London Tonight'' continues, and he can also be seen presenting the ''[[ITV Lunchtime News|Lunchtime News]]'', and also the ''[[ITV News at 10.30|News at 10.30]]'' on [[ITV1]]. According to his biography on the ITN website, he is "one of the very few people who has, at one time or another, presented all of ITN's main news programmes". He has also been a regular presence in ITV's national election coverage, co-anchoring ITV's network coverage of the 2005 and [[United Kingdom general election, 1997|1997 General Election]] with [[Jonathan Dimbleby]] and [[Michael Brunson (1997 only)]]; the [[United Kingdom general election, 1992|1992 General Election]] with [[Jon Snow]]; and the [[United Kingdom general election, 1987|1987 General Election]] with Sir Alastair Burnet. |
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Other programmes he has presented since 1992 include ''Alastair Stewart's Sunday'' for [[BBC Radio 5]] in 1994, before moving to host ''Alastair Stewart's Sunday Programme'' for [[GMTV]], which he presented until July 2001. He also presented a programme called ''[[Police Camera Action!]]'', showing video footage of examples of road crime from police cars. However, he had to give this up after his second conviction for [[Driving under the influence|drink driving]] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/dorset/3034856.stm]. Episodes that had already been recorded for broadcast in 2002 were finally shown in 2006. |
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Alastair is married to Sally, a former TV Production Assistant, and they have three sons and one daughter. |
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==External links== |
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*[http://itn.co.uk/news/making-news/itv-news/presenters/alastair-stewart-.html Alastair Stewart] at ITN.co.uk |
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*[http://www.justpeople.com/contentnew/People/Interviews/Media/AlastairStewart.asp Interview for justpeople.com], 29 September 2000. |
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*[http://www.davidrowan.com/2005/03/broadcast-magazine-alastair-stewart.html Interview for Broadcast magazine], 24 March 2005. |
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*[http://www.cherwell.org/do_students_care_anymore Do students care anymore?] Article by Alastair Stewart for [[Cherwell (newspaper)|Cherwell]] student newspaper, 20 January 2006. |
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~rob.frowen/presenters_s3.html Alastair Stewart at TV Ark] |
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[[Category:ITN newsreaders and journalists|Stewart, Alastair]] |
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[[Category:1952 births|Stewart, Alastair]] |
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[[Category:Living people|Stewart, Alastair]] |
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[[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire|Stewart, Alastair]] |
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Revision as of 08:34, 10 February 2007
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