TY - BOOK AU - Tuohy,Denis TI - Wide-eyed in medialand: a broadcaster's journey SN - 0856407496 (pbk.) : AV - PN5123.T75 A3 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - Belfast, UK PB - Blackstaff KW - Tuohy, Denis, KW - Television journalists KW - Great Britain KW - Biography KW - Actors N1 - Includes index N2 - "Belfast-born Denis Tuohy joined the staff of BBC Northern Ireland as an announcer in 1960 and moved to London in 1964 to join the brand-new BBC2. Over the next four decades, Denis became a familiar face on flagship BBC programmes and ITV programmes including 24 Hours, Panorama, Midweek, Tonight and TV Eye. In the course of his career, he has crossed countless frontiers to cover some of the biggest international news stories of our times and to talk to the ordinary and extraordinary people associated with them. Among the famous and infamous figures he has interviewed are Orson Welles, Margaret Thatcher, Muhammed Ali, cult leader Charles Mansons' 'Family', the Shah of Iran and Seamus Heaney. Wide-eyed in Medialand is the story of Denis Tuohy's journey of discovery through the turbulent history of our times."--BOOK JACKET. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc ER -