- Joined the BBC in 1950 and became their first ever television newsreader.
- He introduced the first BBC TV news bulletin broadcast in July 1954, hosted the Last Night of the Proms broadcasts, and presented on BBC Radio 2, 3 and 4. He presented BBC TV news bulletins until 1982. He also voiced the animated children's series "Mary, Mungo and Midge", and made three guest appearances on "Monty Python's Flying Circus".
- He read history and modern languages at Cambridge. While there, he was active in the Marlowe drama society. After graduation, he began acting in repertory companies and was an English teacher in a London grammar school.
- Father of James Baker.
- He served on a minesweeper with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during WWII.
- He and his wife Margaret had known each other since they were babies because their mothers were friends.
- Also author of books on music.
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