Seventy years ago, on 2 June 1953, the coronation of a new queen at Westminster Abbey ushered in Britain’s age of television. The BBC’s meticulously organised coverage of the young Elizabeth II’s coronation was widely praised, despite the uneven picture quality, as an estimated 20 million tuned in, more than half the adult population.
The Sky newsroom: 24 hours left as the boss; 39 years in daily news – 17 years as the head of Sky News – will come to a hard stop tomorrow at noon, when Charles is crowned King and Camilla Queen.
Standing at my desk, I look across the newsroom and reflect on how this trade has changed. Now, there are no ashtrays. No plastic cups of half-drunk coffee. No typewriters. But so many mobile phones.
BBC News anchor Clive Myrie sheds his suit to become the latest TV travel agent for Italy. Everyone from Stanley Tucci to Danny Dyer has been commissioned a holiday there, but Myrie's series promises to bring his warmth and gravitas to the lesser known parts.
