George Maxwell Alagiah is a British newsreader, journalist and television news presenter.
17 Facts About George Alagiah
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George Alagiah joined the BBC in 1989 after seven years in print journalism with South Magazine.
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George Alagiah was the presenter of BBC Four News from its launch in 2002; the programme was later relaunched as The World and then another edition of World News Today.
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George Alagiah was formerly a relief presenter on BBC News at Ten, presenting mainly Monday to Thursday when main presenters Huw Edwards and Fiona Bruce were unavailable.
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In 2000, George Alagiah was part of the BBC team which collected a BAFTA award for its coverage of the Kosovo conflict.
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George Alagiah has won numerous awards including Best International Report at the Royal Television Society in 1993 and in 1994 was the overall winner of the Amnesty International UK Media Awards.
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George Alagiah was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2008 New Year Honours.
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George Alagiah is on the Board of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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From 2002 to 2009, George Alagiah was a patron of the Fairtrade Foundation from which in July 2009, he was obliged to resign by BBC Management who claimed professional conflict of interest.
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Complaints were received at the BBC from members of the public who were unhappy that George Alagiah had been asked to step down.
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George Alagiah has been actively involved in supporting microfinance as a tool for development, including recent appearances in support of Opportunity International.
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George Alagiah has been a patron of Parenting UK since 2000.
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George Alagiah is married to Frances Robathan, whom he met at Durham University.
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On 17 April 2014, it was announced that George Alagiah was being treated for colorectal cancer.
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In March 2018, in an interview with The Sunday Times, George Alagiah noted that his cancer was terminal and could have been caught earlier if the screening programme in England, which is automatically offered from the age of 60, was the same as that in Scotland, where it is automatically offered from the age of 50.
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In June 2020 George Alagiah said that the cancer had spread to his lungs, liver and lymph nodes, but was not at a "chronic" or "terminal" stage.
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In October 2022, George Alagiah announced that his cancer had spread further and he took a break from TV to undergo a new series of treatment.