John Timpson
John Harry Robert Timpson OBE (2 July 1928 – 19 November 2005), was a British journalist, best known as a radio presenter.
Timpson co-presented (with Brian Redhead and others) the BBC Radio 4 Today programme from 1970 to 1986. From 1983 to 1987, he also presented the popular weekly show, Any Questions?. After his retirement from the BBC he returned to Norfolk and wrote books about the oddities of England, East Anglia especially. He also wrote an autobiography published in 1976 entitled 'Today and Yesterday'.
He was awarded an OBE in 1987.
On 22 February 2006, family, friends and co-workers gathered to attend a memorial service in memory of John Timpson. One speaker was Director of BBC Radio and Music, Jenny Abramsky.
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1928 births | 2005 deaths | British journalists | British radio personalities | Alumni of the University of Nottingham | Officers of the Order of the British Empire