Name Jeremy Thompson Role Broadcaster | Movies Incendiary | |
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In conversation with Jeremy Thompson Part One
In conversation with Jeremy Thompson Part Two
Jeremy Gordon Thompson (born 1947) is an English journalist and former news presenter for Sky News, the 24-hour television news service operated by Sky UK. He was based at Sky News Centre in West London. He started out as a journalist on the Cambridge Evening News in 1967. In 1971 he joined the BBC as a reporter on Radio Sheffield, moving on to become a reporter on BBC Look North Leeds. In 1977 he was appointed as the BBC's first TV North of England Correspondent. He moved to ITN as Sports Correspondent in 1982. He worked as a TV foreign correspondent from 1986 to 1998, based in Asia and Africa for ITN. When he joined Sky News in 1993 Jeremy became Africa bureau chief based in Johannesburg. Two years later he established Sky's first US bureau in Washington DC. From 1998 until he retired from Sky News at the end of 2016 he presented Sky News' main early evening news programme.
Contents
- In conversation with Jeremy Thompson Part One
- In conversation with Jeremy Thompson Part Two
- Education
- Broadcasting career
- Awards
- Filmography
- References
Education
Thompson was educated at Sevenoaks Prep School, Sevenoaks School and later The King's School, a boarding independent school for boys (now co-educational and non-boarding), in the market town of Worcester, where presenter Chris Tarrant was a fellow pupil.
Broadcasting career
Thompson was frequently Sky News' leading anchor on major stories, often presenting on location. Assignments have included reporting from Rome and Vatican City on the death and funeral of Pope John Paul II in April 2005, the London bombings of July 2005, Hurricane Rita and the Asian tsunami where he was the first British presenter on the scene, reporting live from Phuket on the immediate aftermath of the disaster. He also reported from Haifa in northern Israel during the 2006 Lebanon War.
Thompson was a foreign correspondent based in Hong Kong, Johannesburg and Washington, from where he covered many major world events. He became a studio-based presenter in 1998, but continued to present on location regularly. In September 2016, he announced his impending retirement from Sky, set to take place at the end of the year. He presented his final Sky News bulletin in the studio on 20 October 2016, and his final bulletin on location from Washington, D.C. on 10 November 2016.
His autobiography: Jeremy Thompson - Breaking News is due to be published in October 2017 by Biteback Books.
Awards
In February 2006, Thompson won the Royal Television Society's award for Presenter of the Year.
The judges' citation noted that Thompson ...
Filmography
Thompson also appeared as himself in the following movies: