Robin Day

@Broadcaster, Family and Family ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Robin Day was a noted British political commentator and broadcaster British Media Personalities Journalists TV Presenters Scorpio Celebrities Sir Robin Day was a notable British presenter and political broadcaster. He was one of the finest presenters and interviewers of his time and was famous throughout Britain for his straightforward, coarse and blunt way to interview major political figures, so as they feel responsible and answerable towards the general public. He also made a mark in the television industry and made television a viable source of current political affairs. His curt interviewing style, his heavy-rimmed glasses, and trademark spotted tie or bow tie, made him into an icon on the television. He started off as a radio presenter on different channels of BBC Radio and later on moved to television. He was knighted in the early eighties for his services in the field of public broadcasting. Day was not only a presenter; he was also a writer and wrote two autobiographies on his life as a broadcaster—‘Day by Day’ and ‘Grand Inquisitor’. Because of the respect that Day received from the public for his role in making the politicians come on the microphone and be answerable, he himself contested in 1959 General Elections but unfortunately could not win.

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Birthday: October 24, 1923 Died on: August 6, 2000 Nationality: British Famous: Broadcaster, Media Personalities, Journalists, TV Presenters Spouses: Katherine Ainslie Known as: Sir Robin Day, The Grand Inquisitor Universities: St Edmund Hall Oxford Brentwood School Essex Information Detail Birthday October 24, 1923 Died on August 6, 2000 Nationality British Famous Broadcaster, Media Personalities, Journalists, TV Presenters Spouses Katherine Ainslie Known as Sir Robin Day, The Grand Inquisitor Universities St Edmund Hall Oxford Brentwood School Essex Birth Place London Political Ideology Liberal Gender Male Sun Sign Scorpio Born in London Famous as Broadcaster, Journalist Died at Age 76

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Day married Katherine Ainslie, an Australian law don at Oxford, in 1965. The couple had two sons together but they got divorced in 1986. Unsplash Personal Life

He died on 6th August 2000 and his cremation ceremony took place in Mortlake Crematorium, London, while his ashes are interred near the south door of Whitchurch Canonicorum parish church in Dorset. Unsplash Personal Life

Robin Day was born on 24 October 1923, in Hampstead Garden Suburb, London in a middle-class family. His father was a telephone engineer, who later became a telephone manager. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

From 1934-38, Day attended the Brentwood School from which he was shifted to Crypt School, Gloucester, for a short period of time and ultimately enrolled at Bembridge School, Isle of Wight. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He served in the British army from 1943-47 as a captain and was stationed in East Africa, during the Second World War. Once the war was over, he enrolled himself at the St Edmund Hall, Oxford. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Day started working with Independent Television News (ITN) from early ‘50s and by the mid-‘50s he became very famous as he was the first British journalist who interviewed Egypt’s President Nasser after the Suez Crisis. Unsplash Career

In 1958, Day became famous for his coarse inquisition when he interviewed Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. It was considered to be a bold interview and press viewed it as “the most vigorous cross-examination a Prime Minister has been subjected to in public". Unsplash Career

In early ‘70s, Day became presenter on BBC Radio show, ‘It’s Your Line’, in which general public asked questions from the Prime Minister. Unsplash Career

From 1977-until the late ‘80s, Day was involved in presenting ‘Panorama’, a BBC Television current affairs documentary programme and chaired ‘Question Time’. In addition to this, he was also the radio presenter of ‘The World at one’. Unsplash Career

After getting knighted for his services to the broadcasting, Day gained fame again when he offended the Conservative Secretary of State for Defence John Nott, who walked out on him because of his abrasive questioning, during the interview. Unsplash Career

Day became famous particularly as a presenter for politically charged radio shows, in which he instilled new life and direction with his harsh, probing questioning techniques. These shows were: ‘Question Time’, ‘The World at One’, ‘It’s Your Line’, etc. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	October 24, 1923
Died on	August 6, 2000
Nationality	British
Famous	Broadcaster, Media Personalities, Journalists, TV Presenters
Spouses	Katherine Ainslie
Known as	Sir Robin Day, The Grand Inquisitor
Universities	St Edmund Hall Oxford Brentwood School Essex
Birth Place	London
Political Ideology	Liberal
Gender	Male
Sun Sign	Scorpio
Born in	London
Famous as	Broadcaster, Journalist
Died at Age	76

Robin Day

British

Oct 24, 1923

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