Alastair Burnet: Alastair Burnet. Director: News at Ten. Alastair Burnet joined ITN in 1963, becoming Political Editor. In 1967, he switched to newscasting full-time, persuading ITV and ITN bosses to make Britian's first regular daily 30-minute news bulletin, News At Ten. [Before 1967 news bulletins lasted roughly 15 minutes.] He presented the first bulletin on 3rd July 1967 with the late Andrew Gardner. Alastair became the main anchor out of a regular...
Known For: News at Ten (Director), Queen Elizabeth II: 60 Glorious Years (Writer), Talking Personally (Additional Crew), ITN News (Self - Political Newsreader)