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 Give Me Ten Seconds - John Sergent
 Give Me Ten Seconds - John Sergent ... snapshots from an extraordinary family history…Sergeant is neither self-deprecating nor boastful.Newest Review: ... a man with such wide-ranging talents. He had a marvellously eccentric family background, with a Russian émigré as an ... more ... ancestor, and a polyglot father who earned his living as a Vicar. Obviously extremely intelligent, he was sent to boarding school, where he almost failed the admission interview by misunderstanding the teacher’s questions.
Sergeant introduces his life story with the observation that he was present at some of the most influential events of the twentieth century. As a student traveller, he attended the Civil Rights March on Washington DC, and heard Martin Luther King give his famous speech. He later covered the war i...more |
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Give Me Ten Seconds - John Sergent: Here, There and Everywhere (471 words)
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The title refers to a countdown a reporter requests before going on air - a ten second warning to lift off, so to speak. You may recognise the face of John Sergeant - sorry, it is Sergeant, not ‘Sergent’ – as the chief political journalist for ITV news, often seen reporting from outside Downing Street or the Houses of Parliament. He also has a sideline in guest TV appearances, from Have I Got News for You to Room 101, and was once almost a professional comic actor, appearing in a Alan Bennett production after leaving University. His autobiography is as humorous, witty and knowledgeable as you might expect from a man with such wide-ranging talents. ... Read the complete review
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