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HARRY GRATION |
| Harry returned to Look North in 1999 after a five year break from the programme. He strongly believes that the viewer must feel at home with the person they invite into their house every night, when they turn on their television..."but the poor souls get me looking back at them"! |
| During Harry's break from this region, he tried out a professional job with a sport he'd followed for years - rugby league. In 1994, he became their Public Affairs Executive & returned to broadcasting soon after. It is, he says, a year he'll always remember! |
| BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Match of the Day & Grandstand grabbed him & then followed four years with South Today where this northern boy was taken right into the hearts of those southerners! |
| Harry has never followed a normal career pattern. He was a history teacher in Yorkshire & used school holidays to do match reports for BBC Radio Leeds & BBC Radio Humberside. His natural talent was soon spotted & he took a gamble, giving up the teaching for a three month contract as Sports Editor of Radio Leeds. |
| There was no stopping him of course, he became a regular reporter & commentator for the BBC's Olympic & Commonwealth Games coverage, travelling the world for his profession. He's been to 7 Olympic Games in his career - 5 Summer & 2 Winter, the most recent was Athens in 2004 where he covered for the third time Judo, Wrestling & Taekwondo. In the Winters his most daunting challenge was to do one & half hours commentary on Cross Country Skiing! |
| Harry has presented Grandstand & Sportsnight & has won two Royal Television Society Awards for his sports documentaries: White Rose in Africa & Dickie Bird - A Rare Species. He's covered virtually every sport in his career which also includes the Soccer World Cup, Wimbledon & the Golf Open. |
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