Richard Whitmore was a familiar face on UK Tv well into the early
nineties. One of the BBC's top news anchormen come stalwarts come
general nice guy he retired as a new caster after many many years of
long and trusted service.
He is one of only a handful of BBC anchor men to have at one time or
another presented all bulletins from the early morning, morning,
afternoon, early evening and late evening news.
Richard decided to retire from newscasting and focus on his love affair
with the stage. Until that point he was a well liked presenter with
audiences and colleagues alike. He now runs his own theater group.
Since retiring Richard has worked as presenter for Travel Tv on the
Satellite Television Newtorks and you can still see him crop on TV from
time to time normally playing a newsreader ironically enough in film or
TV dramas.
Joined the BBC in 1964, where he was a reporter until 1968, Northern
Ireland correspondent 1968-1972, and newsreader from 1973 to the late
eighties.
Having retired from his job as a BBC TV newsreader in the 1980s, he
fulfilled a long-held ambition by becoming a stage and pantomime actor.
He runs his own theatre in Hitchin, Hertfordshire.