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http://www.ex-bbc.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl >> Notices, obituaries and tributes >> John Collard http://www.ex-bbc.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1406220010 Message started by Administrator on Jul 24^th, 2014, 4:41pm

Title: John Collard
Post by Administrator on Jul 24^th, 2014, 4:41pm

Former Managing Editor of BBC Radio Stoke, John Collard, has died.

Owen Bentley has written a tribute to John in "The Guardian" here.

"(John) was sent on attachment to the Falkland Islands broadcasting service to train Patrick Watts, the station's only full-time broadcaster. Watts's subsequent memorable broadcasts during the Argentinian invasion of the Falklands were testament to a job well done."