• Richard Douglas James Baker OBE RD (15 June 1925 – 17 November 2018) was an English broadcaster, best known as a newsreader for BBC News from 1954 to 1982...
  • A British broadcaster who became the first announcer to introduce a news bulletin on the BBC in 1954, Baker became one of the most assured presenters of TV...
  • Richard Baker presented the news on British TV from 1954 until his final broadcast in 1982 (seen above).
  • Richard Douglas James Baker, broadcaster, born 15 June 1925; died 17 November 2018.
  • Richard Baker was the first voice to be heard on a regular TV news bulletin, broadcast in 1954.
  • "Richard 'Dickie' Baker was also a master of the arts, especially music about which he wrote beautifully.
  • News presenter Richard Baker, who introduced the first TV news bulletin on the BBC in 1954, has died at the aged of 93.
  • BBC News broadcaster Richard Baker died at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, his son James confirmed to the BBC.
  • On the 7th September 1982, it was announced that Baker would leave BBC TV News at the end of the year.
  • Baker, who was born in London, made history when he introduced the first ever news bulletin broadcast on BBC television in July 1954.