Splashed!
Author | : Tom Mangold |
Publisher | : Biteback Publishing |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2016-11-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781785901935 |
ISBN-13 | : 1785901931 |
Rating | : 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Download or read book Splashed! written by Tom Mangold and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tom Mangold is known to millions as the face of BBC TV's flagship current affairs programme Panorama and as its longest-serving reporter. Splashed! is the 'antidote to the conventional journalist's autobiography' - a compelling, hilarious and raucous revelation of the events that marked an extraordinary life in journalism. Mangold describes his National Service in Germany, where he worked part-time as a smuggler, through his years in the 1950s on Fleet Street's most ruthless newspapers, a time when chequebook journalism ruled and shamelessness was a major skill. Recruited by the BBC, he spent forty years as a broadcaster, developing a reputation for war reporting and major investigations. From world exclusives with fallen women in the red-top days to chaotic interviews with Presidents, Splashed! offers a rare glimpse of the personal triumphs and disasters of a life in reporting, together with fascinating revelations about the stories that made the headlines on Mangold's remarkable journey from print to Panorama.