Brian Hanrahan
A celebration of the life and work of Brian Hanrahan, BBC correspondent, was held on Wednesday April 6 at Broadcasting House.
Ms Helen Boaden, director, BBC News, bade welcome and spoke of Brian’s early career; Mr Robert Fox, defence correspondent, Evening Standard, spoke of the Falklands War; Mr James Robbins, diplomatic correspondent, read an excerpt from Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Mr Nick Sutton, editor, The World at One, The World this Weekend, spoke of Brian’s radio career: Mr Mark Byford, deputy director-general, BBC, reflected on Brian’s legacy. Mr Allan Little, world affairs correspondent, and Ms Claire Bolderson, presenter, Newshour, also spoke.
Among those present were: Ms Honor Wilson, (widow), Ms Catherine Hanrahan (daughter), Mr and Mrs Tom Hanrahan (brother and sister-in-law), Mr and Mrs Peter Lowry (brother-in-law and sister-in-law), Mr and Mrs John Allworth, Ms Bernadette McLernon, Mr Terry Watts, Mr and Mrs Mark Hanrahan with other members of the family.
Also present were: Lord Birt, Lord Hall of Birkenhead (chief executive, Royal Opera House), General Sir David Richards (Chief of Defence Staff), Professor Ian Hargreaves, Mrs Shahwar Sadeque, Ms Kate Adie, Ms Rachel Attwell, Mr Jonathan Baker, Mr Kevin Bakhurst (controller, BBC News Channel), Mr Chris Booth, Mr Jeremy Bowen, Mr David Bristow, Mr Alistair Burnett (editor, World Tonight), Ms Joanna Carr, Ms Joanne Cayford, Ms Jessica Cecil, Mr Jonathan Chapman, Mr John Cheesman, Mr Richard Clark, Ms Nikki Clarke, Mr Michael Cockerell, Mr Gordon Corera, Mr Mike Davies, Ms Gilllian Dear, Mr Malcolm Downing, Ms Juliette Dwyer, Mr Simon Enright, Mr John Escolme, Mr Tony Fallshaw, Mr Mark Frankel, Ms Philippa Goodrich, Ms Sian Grzeszczyk, Mr Humphrey Hawksley, Ms Kirsty Lang, Ms Caroline Hawley, Mr Jeremy Hayes, Ms Marie Helly, Mr Duncan Herbert, Ms Katie Hile, Ms Sally Hillier, Mr John Hinkly, Ms Rachel Humphreys, Mr Barney Jones (editor, The Andrew Marr Show), Mr Peter Knowles (controller, BBC Parliament), Mr David Loyn, Mr Jonathan Marcus, Mr Alex Milner, Mr Stephen Mitchell, Ms Eleanor Montague, Mr Steve Morris, Mr Denis Nowlan (network manager, Radio 4), Mr John Paterson, Mr Bob Prabhu, Mr Ingo Prosser, Mr Paul Reynolds, Mr Peter Rippon (editor, Newsnight), Mr Tim Sayer, Mr Robert Seatter (head, BBC History), Mr Paul Simpson, Mr Simon Smith, Mr James Stephenson, Ms Shauna Todd, Ms Helen Towner, Ms Jennifer Tracey, Ms Francesca Unsworth (head, BBC Newsgathering), Ms Sara Wadeson, Ms Sarah Ward-Lilley, Mr Justin Webb, Ms Mary Wilkinson, Mr David Willey, Mr Jon Williams (editor, BBC world news), Mr Nicholas Witchell, Ms Caroline Wyatt.
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Mr Alan Ashton, Mr Martin Bell, Ms Sue Bonner, Mr Eric Bowman, Mr Michael Broadbent, Ms Margaret Budy, Mr Martin Cox, Mr George Carey, Mr Brian Clifford, Mr Tony Crabb, Mr David Davies, Mr Peter Donaldson, Mr Bob Doran, Ms Virginia Eastman, Mr Neil Eccles, Mr George Eykyn, Mr Peter Gallimore, Mr Roger Graef, Ms Fiona Greig, Mr Bill Hamilton, Mr Philip Harding, Mr Andrew Harvey, Mr Michael Hodder, Ms Diane Hudson, Mr Bob Jobbins, Ms Lesley Kettle, Mr John Kirby, Mr Graham Leach, Ms Fiona Leach, Mr Barnaby Mason, Ms Janet McCulloch, Ms Elissa Midgley, Ms Caroline Millington, Ms Eileen Mullen, Mrs Rona Musker, Mr Richard Peel, Mr Alan Perry, Mr Mike Popham, Ms Barbara Probst, Mr Tom Ross, Ms Vivienne Rush, Mr David Sells, Ms Karolyn Shindler, Ms Moira Stuart, Mr Christopher Wain, Mr Roy Walters, Mr John Wilson, Mr Michael Woolard.
Ms Joan Boyd, Mr and Mrs Andrew Clarke, Mr Denis Donovan, Mr and Mrs Gary Donovan, Mrs Tracy Gallagher, Mr and Mrs Grant Harrison, Ms Kate Horner, Dr Ann Hoskins, Mr and Mrs Jimmy Kirk, Mr Michael McInerney, Ms Sita McIntosh, Ms Carol McKay, Ms Wendy Mears, Mr and Mrs Pat O’Mahoney, Mr and Mrs Andrew Swift, Mr and Mrs Mike Doran, Mr Simon Albury (chief executive, Royal Television Society Media), Mr Carl Newns (head of news, Foreign and Commonwealth Office) with representatives of Daily Telegraph, Morrison Media Consultants, The Oldie with many more friends, former colleagues and other organisations having connection with Mr Hanrahan.