1. Harry Gration was one of the main anchors for the BBC Yorkshire regional magazine programme Look North.
13 Facts About Harry Gration
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Harry Gration was often referred to as Mr Yorkshire by the media.
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Harry Gration's father was a chemist who was a manager at a Boots store in the city and promotion took the family first to Leeds, then York.
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Whilst still teaching, Harry Gration became a sports commentator on rugby league games which led to a three-month contract with the BBC.
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Harry Gration then ended up resigning from his teaching post and went into broadcasting full-time when he joined BBC Radio Leeds in 1978.
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Harry Gration presented alongside Judith Stamper, Clare Frisby, Christa Ackroyd, and his last co-anchor was Amy Garcia.
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Harry Gration was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting.
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Harry Gration regularly appeared in the annual Christmas pantomime at the York Theatre Royal in a filmed segment with its main star and writer, Berwick Kaler.
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On 13 October 2020, Harry Gration announced his retirement from the BBC.
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In December 2009, Harry Gration followed in the footsteps of his Look North colleague and Mayor of Wetwang, Paul Hudson, when he was declared honorary Mayor of Burn.
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In June 2018, Harry Gration performed the wedding ceremony between Keeley Donovan and Johnny I'Anson in Knaresborough; Donovan is a Look North weather presenter and reporter and I'Anson broadcasts for the BBC.
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Harry Gration married his third wife, Helen Chene, in 2001.
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Harry Gration died suddenly after collapsing on 24 June 2022 at the age of 71.