Julian Pettifer
Julian Pettifer is a well-known British
television journalist.
He started work in television during the early days of
ITV but later moved to the
BBC as a globe-trotting reporter for programmes such as
Tonight,
24 Hours and
Panorama. His coverage of international news stories won him the
BAFTA Reporter of the Year award for his coverage of the
Vietnam conflict in
1968.
He also wrote and presented a number of documentaries for both BBC and ITV, including
Diamonds in the Sky, on the subject of international air travel;
Automania, a history of the motor car, and
Missionaries.
A growing interest in the environment led to him writing and presenting programmes about the environment and wildlife including
Naturewatch for
Central Television,
Nature, and
The Living Isles for the BBC. He is President of the
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and and Vice President of the Wildlife Trust.
He continued to report on current affairs, contributing reports for BBC Two's
Assignment and
Correspondent programmes, and a highly praised film for
Channel 4 that re-examined the reporting of the Vietnam war.
