Christopher Morris (5) (1938–)

was main BBC TV presenter on the day Lord Mountbatten was murdered by the IRA in 1979, recording the biggest-ever audience, 26 million, for a news bulletin as ITN were on strike. He joined BBC in 1967 as correspondent in Spain, reported from many countries and many wars as special correspondent until 1989 when he joined Sky News as senior presenter for 11 years. Rejoined BBC as News 24 presenter until becoming Managing Director of his own TV production company, OmniVision, at Pinewood Studios in 2000