Charles Wheeler - Witness to the Twentieth Century - A Life in News. Foreword by Christiane Amanpour

Charles Wheeler, the BBC's longest-serving foreign correspondent, was one of Britain's greatest news reporters. For more than four decades, he reported for radio and television from most of the world's trouble spots. Present at many of the key episodes of the twentieth century, he had - as a BBC manager noted after the shooting of George Wallace, Presidential candidate and Governor of Alabama, on 15 May 1972, 'a knack of being in the right place at the right time'. It was typical of Charles that he ran towards the sound of the gunshot while the crowd was running in the opposite direction.

Wheeler's investigative skill and sense of judgement made him one of the most authoritative reporters of his generation. But what was it like to have been witness to the events that shaped our modern world? In this book - part memoir, part history, part reflection - his daughter, Shirin Wheeler, examines her father's journalistic legacy and tells the story of her father: a patient listener and forensic interrogator who was driven by curiosity and passion to report and expose injustice, and above all to give a voice to people ignored or unheard by many.

About the author

Shirin Wheeler

Summary

Charles Wheeler, the BBC's longest-serving foreign correspondent, was one of Britain's greatest news reporters. In this book - part memoir, part history, part reflection - his daughter, Shirin Wheeler, examines her father's journalistic legacy and brings her personal knowledge to bear on the project.

Foreword

A look at the major events of the twentieth century through the eyes of the man who witnessed it all: celebrated BBC foreign correspondent Charles Wheeler.

Product details

• Authors: Shirin Wheeler , Shirin Wheeler
• Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.11.2023
• EAN: 9781786581754
• ISBN: 978-1-78658-175-4
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 240 mm x 36 mm
• Weight: 646 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, General and world history, News media and journalism