Paddy Haycocks
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Paddy Haycocks is an experienced broadcaster and producer who has worked in the British media for over 25 years. Born in Portsmouth on the 9th of April, 1950 his first brush with fame came when he was appearing on the Streetwise section of the ill-fated Channel Four Daily
. Haycocks regularly interviewed a lawyer who represented Ronnie Kray
. The sartorially traditional Kray disapproved of Haycock’s open necked presentational style and sent him a beautiful silk tie, which Haycocks naturally wore at the first opportunity. He then went on to present South Today
, a stint which included the famous “Total Darkness” episode. He is perhaps best remembered for a low-budget daytime show called As it happens where he was beamed live from a famous place waiting for something to unfold, a style many critics feel has been adopted by modern news channels. Haycocks himself was a pioneering presenter of Channel One
, London’s first digital news channel but from the late 1990s
worked increasingly on the other side of the camera and was, until his resignation in February 2006, factual programming executive at Talkback Thames. A truly versatile performer Haycocks is, in his spare time, a leading light in the Wokingham Choral Society.
The Channel Four Daily
The Channel Four Daily was a breakfast television newsmagazine produced by Independent Television News, in collaboration with other production companies, for Channel 4. The programme was the first breakfast news programme for Channel 4, broadcasting between 06.00 and 09.25 each weekday morning...
. Haycocks regularly interviewed a lawyer who represented Ronnie Kray
Kray twins
Reginald "Reggie" Kray and his twin brother Ronald "Ronnie" Kray were the foremost perpetrators of organised crime in London's East End during the 1950s and 1960s...
. The sartorially traditional Kray disapproved of Haycock’s open necked presentational style and sent him a beautiful silk tie, which Haycocks naturally wore at the first opportunity. He then went on to present South Today
South Today
South Today is the BBC's regional television news programme for East Dorset, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, West Sussex and the western fringes of Surrey...
, a stint which included the famous “Total Darkness” episode. He is perhaps best remembered for a low-budget daytime show called As it happens where he was beamed live from a famous place waiting for something to unfold, a style many critics feel has been adopted by modern news channels. Haycocks himself was a pioneering presenter of Channel One
Associated Newspapers
Associated Newspapers is a large national newspaper publisher in the UK, which is a subsidiary of the Daily Mail and General Trust. The group was established in 1905 and is currently based at Northcliffe House in Kensington...
, London’s first digital news channel but from the late 1990s
1990s
File:1990s decade montage.png|From left, clockwise: The Hubble Space Telescope floats in space after it was taken up in 1990; American F-16s and F-15s fly over burning oil fields and the USA Lexie in Operation Desert Storm, also known as the 1991 Gulf War; The signing of the Oslo Accords on...
worked increasingly on the other side of the camera and was, until his resignation in February 2006, factual programming executive at Talkback Thames. A truly versatile performer Haycocks is, in his spare time, a leading light in the Wokingham Choral Society.