Nick Clarke (1948-2006)
A brilliant reporter with real integrity, died of cancer a few days ago, very sad news
Nick Clarke died in November 2006. He had been the presenter of BBC Radio 4's The World At One since March 1994 after five years on The World This Weekend.
Nick began his career as a journalist with the Yorkshire Evening Post where he spent three years as a trainee reporter.
In 1973 he joined the BBC as a reporter in Manchester and in 1976 became Industrial Correspondent which involved reporting for what was then the Nine O'Clock News on BBC One.
Three years later, Nick moved to the Money Programme on BBC Two where he stayed for five years before joining the Newsnight team as a reporter, presenter and political correspondent.
Nick also chaired Radio 4's Round Britain Quiz, regularly presided over Radio 4's Any Questions, and had presented Business Breakfast on BBC One.
He had also been involved in a wide range of other BBC ventures �?from TV documentary programmes like The Risk Business to the prestigious Radio 4 series Legacy of Empire.
He was the winner of the Voice of the Listener and Viewer award for Best Individual Contributor to Radio (1999) and was voted Broadcaster of the Year (2000) by the Broadcasting Press Guild.
Nick's best-selling biography of the veteran broadcaster Alistair Cooke was published in October 1999. His book The Shadow of a Nation was published in May 2003.
Nick was born in Godalming, Surrey in 1948, and educated at Bradfield College, Berkshire and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge where he studied modern languages.
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