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Legends of News is a gripping, deeply personal podcast hosted by award-winning broadcaster Dermot Murnaghan, exploring the golden era of television news through the voices of those who shaped it.
With over four decades in the newsroom himself, Dermot invites fellow household names to reveal what it was really like in front of the camera when the world changed in real time.
Through candid conversations, listeners are granted a front-row seat to history: from breaking global events to chaotic newsrooms, unforgettable interviews with world leaders, and the occasional live blooper.
As history echoes through current events, these news giants reflect on how the past informs the present—and share where life has taken them now.
Legends of News is a warm, revealing, and inspiring chronicle of the stories that must not be forgotten
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Adam Boulton: Building Sky News, covering Westminster, and how political journalism has changed
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Jan 11, 2026 |
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Legends of News: Best of 2025 – Favourite moments from our first year
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Dec 21, 2025 |
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Julia Somerville: Accidental newsreader, breaking news, and Rip Off Britain
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Dec 07, 2025 |
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Nick Robinson: Student journalism, the Today programme, and holding presidents to account
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Martha Kearney: From the LBC switchboard to presenting the BBC’s Today Programme
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Nov 01, 2025 |
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The reality of war reporting and why geography still explains everything
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Selina Scott: News at Ten, BBC Breakfast, and dinner with the future king
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Kirsty Young: 5 News, Desert Island Discs, and a life in broadcasting
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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John Simpson: ten brushes with death, interviewing dictators and why he still loves the BBC
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Carole Walker: Covering wars, the horror of Lockerbie, and interviewing Milosevic
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Dr Sian Williams: BBC News, Hillsborough, the breakfast sofa years, and becoming a psychologist
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Christa Ackroyd: Breaking glass ceilings, covering the Yorkshire Ripper and the power of regional TV
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Jul 26, 2025 |
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Gavin Esler on 40 Years at the BBC: Clinton's Early Years, Newsnight and Meeting Dolly Parton
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Nick Owen: Five decades in journalism, live television, and sport
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Jul 12, 2025 |
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Anne Diamond OBE: Behind TV-am’s turnaround, ’80s tabloid frenzy and the campaign to save babies’ lives
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Sir Trevor McDonald: From offending Thatcher to facing Saddam and fronting News at Ten
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Jonathan Dimbleby: Millions tuned in midweek—and it mattered
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Jun 21, 2025 |
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Joanna Gosling: When the headlines hit home and news gets personal
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Natasha Kaplinsky: Working with Dermot was the best job I ever had—I'd do it all again
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Jonathan Charles: Dodging Bullets, Facing Putin, and Meeting Mandela
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May 28, 2025 |
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John Sergeant: From War Zones to Westminster and waltzing on Strictly
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May 21, 2025 |