Tributes paid to BBC veteran Hanrahan
Monday, December 20 2010,
BBC director general Mark Thompson has led the tributes to long-serving BBC foreign correspondent Brian Hanrahan, who has died at the age of 61 after a battle with cancer.
Hanrahan, the former BBC world diplomatic editor, reported on various high profile incidents in his 30-year career at the corporation, including the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in China and the fall of the Berlin Wall.
However, he was best known for a 1982 report in the Falklands war, when he famously "counted them all out and counted them all back". He was referring to Harrier jump jets returning to one of the Royal Navy's carriers, circumventing Ministry Of Defence restrictions on reporting.
In recent years, Hanrahan covered various other events for the BBC, such as the anniversaries of D-Day and the funerals of Diana, Princess of Wales and the Queen Mother. He was also a regular voice on BBC Radio 4 as the presenter of The World At One and The World This Weekend.
In a statement, Thompson said: "Brian was a journalist of unimpeachable integrity and outstanding judgement, but his personal kindness and humanity also came through. That is why audiences and everyone who knew him here will miss him very much."
Mark Byford, the BBC's outgoing deputy director general and head of journalism, added: "Brian Hanrahan was one of the BBC's greatest journalists, both as a reporter in the field and as a presenter. His work covering the Falklands War produced some of the most memorable war reporting of the last 50 years.
"His great craft of using words sparingly but powerfully is a lasting memory for me. A beautiful writer, a beautiful man, whose passion for the BBC and for high standards in journalism inspired us all. All Brian's friends and colleagues across BBC News offer their sympathies to his family today and salute one of the giants of broadcast journalism."
ector general Mark Thompson has led the tributes to long-serving BBC foreign correspondent Brian Hanrahan, who has died at the age of 61 after a battle with cancer.
Hanrahan, the former BBC world diplomatic editor, reported on various high profile incidents in his 30-year career at the corporation, including the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in China and the fall of the Berlin Wall.
However, he was best known for a 1982 report in the Falklands war, when he famously "counted them all out and counted them all back". He was referring to Harrier jump jets returning to one of the Royal Navy's carriers, circumventing Ministry Of Defence restrictions on reporting.
In recent years, Hanrahan covered various other events for the BBC, such as the anniversaries of D-Day and the funerals of Diana, Princess of Wales and the Queen Mother. He was also a regular voice on BBC Radio 4 as the presenter of The World At One and The World This Weekend.
In a statement, Thompson said: "Brian was a journalist of unimpeachable integrity and outstanding judgement, but his personal kindness and humanity also came through. That is why audiences and everyone who knew him here will miss him very much."
Mark Byford, the BBC's outgoing deputy director general and head of journalism, added: "Brian Hanrahan was one of the BBC's greatest journalists, both as a reporter in the field and as a presenter. His work covering the Falklands War produced some of the most memorable war reporting of the last 50 years.
"His great craft of using words sparingly but powerfully is a lasting memory for me. A beautiful writer, a beautiful man, whose passion for the BBC and for high standards in journalism inspired us all. All Brian's friends and colleagues across BBC News offer their sympathies to his family today and salute one of the giants of broadcast journalism."
Monday, December 20 2010,
BBC director general Mark Thompson has led the tributes to long-serving BBC foreign correspondent Brian Hanrahan, who has died at the age of 61 after a battle with cancer.
Hanrahan, the former BBC world diplomatic editor, reported on various high profile incidents in his 30-year career at the corporation, including the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in China and the fall of the Berlin Wall.
However, he was best known for a 1982 report in the Falklands war, when he famously "counted them all out and counted them all back". He was referring to Harrier jump jets returning to one of the Royal Navy's carriers, circumventing Ministry Of Defence restrictions on reporting.
In recent years, Hanrahan covered various other events for the BBC, such as the anniversaries of D-Day and the funerals of Diana, Princess of Wales and the Queen Mother. He was also a regular voice on BBC Radio 4 as the presenter of The World At One and The World This Weekend.
In a statement, Thompson said: "Brian was a journalist of unimpeachable integrity and outstanding judgement, but his personal kindness and humanity also came through. That is why audiences and everyone who knew him here will miss him very much."
Mark Byford, the BBC's outgoing deputy director general and head of journalism, added: "Brian Hanrahan was one of the BBC's greatest journalists, both as a reporter in the field and as a presenter. His work covering the Falklands War produced some of the most memorable war reporting of the last 50 years.
"His great craft of using words sparingly but powerfully is a lasting memory for me. A beautiful writer, a beautiful man, whose passion for the BBC and for high standards in journalism inspired us all. All Brian's friends and colleagues across BBC News offer their sympathies to his family today and salute one of the giants of broadcast journalism."
ector general Mark Thompson has led the tributes to long-serving BBC foreign correspondent Brian Hanrahan, who has died at the age of 61 after a battle with cancer.
Hanrahan, the former BBC world diplomatic editor, reported on various high profile incidents in his 30-year career at the corporation, including the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in China and the fall of the Berlin Wall.
However, he was best known for a 1982 report in the Falklands war, when he famously "counted them all out and counted them all back". He was referring to Harrier jump jets returning to one of the Royal Navy's carriers, circumventing Ministry Of Defence restrictions on reporting.
In recent years, Hanrahan covered various other events for the BBC, such as the anniversaries of D-Day and the funerals of Diana, Princess of Wales and the Queen Mother. He was also a regular voice on BBC Radio 4 as the presenter of The World At One and The World This Weekend.
In a statement, Thompson said: "Brian was a journalist of unimpeachable integrity and outstanding judgement, but his personal kindness and humanity also came through. That is why audiences and everyone who knew him here will miss him very much."
Mark Byford, the BBC's outgoing deputy director general and head of journalism, added: "Brian Hanrahan was one of the BBC's greatest journalists, both as a reporter in the field and as a presenter. His work covering the Falklands War produced some of the most memorable war reporting of the last 50 years.
"His great craft of using words sparingly but powerfully is a lasting memory for me. A beautiful writer, a beautiful man, whose passion for the BBC and for high standards in journalism inspired us all. All Brian's friends and colleagues across BBC News offer their sympathies to his family today and salute one of the giants of broadcast journalism."