Obituary: Cliff Michelmore. TV, Radio And the RAF
Broadcaster Cliff Michelmore has died at the age of 96.
Michelmore's broadcasting career lasted over 60 years and began with BFBS' predecessor British Forces Network.
It followed his wartime career as an RAF Squadron Leader.
Michelmore anchored the BBC's coverage of the moon landings, two general elections and the live coverage of the 1963 assasination of US President John F Kennedy.
He hosted current affairs programme Tonight between 1957 and 1965 and went on to present BBC travel Programme Holiday.
Michelmore was born in 1919 on the Isle Of Wight.
He joined the RAF through the Aircraft Apprentice Scheme at the No.1 School of Technical Training at RAF Halton. He was commisioned during the war.
His first broadcasting experience came on the British Forces Network in Hamburg.
He appeared in roles as diverse as cricket commentary, and radio drama, once playing Little John in a Robin Hood play that featured Roger Moore.
He also presented a regular gardening slot in which he adopted a faux West Country accent.
He left the RAF in 1947 and joined BFN as Deputy Director in charge of the service's RAF element.
His first appearances for the BBC came on the Hamburg end of Two-Way Family Favourites, a show that linked members of the Forces around the world with their families at home.
He went on to marry the London based presenter Jean Metcalfe.
Michelmore was made CBE in 1969.
His son Guy said his father died at Petersfield Hospital in Hampshire after being admitted last week.