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John Sergeant (journalist) was born on 14 April, 1944 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, is a British television and radio journalist and broadcaster (born 1944). Discover John Sergeant (journalist)'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

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Occupation Journalist, broadcaster
Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 14 April 1944
Birthday 14 April
Birthplace Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
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His wife is Mary Smithies (m. 1969)

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Children Two, including Mike

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1944

John James Sergeant (born 14 April 1944) is an English television and radio journalist and broadcaster.

1963

Whilst in Washington during his "gap year" he was present in the crowd to witness Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963.

1970

Sergeant started his journalism career as a correspondent for the Liverpool Echo where he worked for around three years before joining the BBC as a radio reporter in 1970.

He was tasked to join the international desk, covering stories in over 25 countries.

He then worked as a war reporter in Vietnam and Israel and reported the death of the first British soldier during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

1981

He later covered the opening sessions of the European Parliament and became a Political Correspondent in 1981.

He then worked on a documentary called "The Europe We Joined" and has presented BBC Radio 4 programmes Today and The World at One.

1987

In 1987, in Moscow following Margaret Thatcher, he made a comment implying that she had already started campaigning for the General Election in June 1987, despite not having officially declared the contest.

"I am serving my country", Thatcher replied.

1990

One of his most memorable moments was when he waited outside the British embassy in Paris for Thatcher, in the hope of hearing her reaction to the first ballot in the party leadership contest of 1990, only to be pushed aside by her press secretary, Sir Bernard Ingham, when Thatcher emerged from the building.

For this broadcast, Sergeant won the British Press Guild award for the most memorable broadcast of the year, beating Paul Gascoigne who had been nominated for bursting into tears during the 1990 Football World Cup Semi-final against West Germany.

1992

He was the BBC's Chief Political Correspondent from 1992 to 2000 and the Political Editor of ITN from 2000 until 2002.

The son of a missionary and linguist, Sergeant is of Russian origin on his mother's side.

Sergeant's early life meant that he followed his father's work, and was brought up in locations including Jerusalem and Oxford.

Sergeant was educated at Great Tew Primary School, briefly at the independent Bloxham School near Banbury, in Oxfordshire, and then at the independent Millfield School in Street, Somerset.

Sergeant graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford, where he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics.

Whilst at university Sergeant performed in student comedy revues.

After graduation he starred with Alan Bennett in a series of sketch shows on the BBC entitled On the Margin and wrote comedy scripts.

He then trained as a journalist at Darlington College while reporting for the Liverpool Echo.

Having progressed through newspaper, radio and television journalism, he became the BBC's Chief Political Correspondent from 1992 until 2000.

1998

Another political scoop was gained when he was granted the only interview with the then Welsh Secretary, Ron Davies, after he had been forced to resign following his "moment of madness" on Clapham Common in October 1998.

2000

In 2000, Sergeant joined ITN as Political Editor, replacing the retiring Michael Brunson.

2002

Sergeant retired himself in 2002 and was replaced at ITN by Nick Robinson.

2008

Sergeant competed with partner Kristina Rihanoff in the sixth series of Strictly Come Dancing which began on 20 September 2008.

Although he repeatedly finished bottom of the score board after the judges' votes, the public consistently voted to keep him in the competition, prompting criticism of the viewers' voting by the judges and some dancers.

He left the show in Week 10 following a farewell dance saying: "The trouble is that there is now a real danger that I might win the competition. Even for me that would be a joke too far."

Sergeant has appeared on television programmes such as Have I Got News for You.

2009

He was also a reporter for The One Show; when the hosts Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley were on holiday, Sergeant hosted the show alongside Myleene Klass for a week starting on 24 August 2009.

Sergeant has been a guest in Countdown's Dictionary Corner with Susie Dent.

In February 2009, he appeared on QI (series F, episode 10).

2011

In 2011 he was the narrator for the ITV television series Grimefighters.

Sergeant presented Britain's First Photo Album about the pioneering photography of Francis Frith.

2012

It aired 12–23 March 2012 on BBC Two.

Frith travelled through Britain in Victorian times capturing life in photographic form; many of his pictures were subsequently sold as picture postcards.

2013

In 2013 Sergeant presented Tracks of Empire, a two-part documentary produced by Mentorn for the BBC, on the history and legacy of the Indian railway system, in which he followed the path of the early railway engineers of British India and also discussed the use of the railways in the extensive growth of India now.

He was also the host of Argumental, a comedy debating game on Dave.

2014

In 2014, he became the narrator for the UK version of the interesting facts game programme, Duck Quacks Don't Echo, first series only.

He has since subsequently been engaged by Mentorn TV to produce a number of documentaries that include a three-part series entitled John Sergeant's Tourist Trail in which he asked the question "why do tourists come to Britain?"

2015

In 2015, Sergeant began presenting the factual ITV series Barging Round Britain with John Sergeant (also shown under the alternative title Britain's Best Canals with John Sergeant).

2016

The programme returned for a second series in April 2016.