Ludovic Kennedy

Sir Ludovic Henry Coverley Kennedy (b. November 3 1919 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a British journalist, broadcaster, and author. He was knighted in 1994 for services to journalism.

Journalism and broadcasting

After the war he attended Christ Church college, Oxford and began a career as a journalist. In February 1950 he married dancer and actress Moira Shearer in the Chapel Royal in London's Hampton Court Palace. The couple went on to have one son and three daughters.

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Christ Church college - Oxford - 1950 - Dancer - Actress - Moira Shearer - London - Hampton Court Palace

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A campaigning investigative reporter, Kennedy wrote for a number of publications including Newsweek. Later he became a television journalist and a newsreader on ITV's Independent Television News. He presented the BBC's flagship current affairs programme Panorama for several years. Throughout his reporting career Kennedy has been interested in miscarriages of justice, and he has written and broadcasted on numerous cases.

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Newsweek - Newsreader - Independent Television News - ''Panorama''

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He appeared as himself in several episodes of the political comedy series Yes, Minister, and was the subject of an episode of That Reminds Me. He interviewed Peter Cook's character Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling in A life in pieces in 1990.

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Yes, Minister - That Reminds Me - Peter Cook - Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling

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