![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/inside-the-life-of-alastair-stewart/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/GettyImages-535490560jpg-JS843934782.jpg&description=THE ANCHORMAN ALISTAIR Stewart is a well-known broadcaster and journalist. In March 2023 the news anchor announced that he was retiring after over 45 years in the industry. 1 Alistair Stewart announced he will retire from broadcast journalism Who is Alastair Stewart? Alastair Stewart, OBE was born on June 22, 1952, in Hampshire , England. His father was an officer in the Royal Air Force. He attended school in St Andrews, Fife, then Salesian College in Farnborough and St Augustine's Abbey School in Ramsgate. Alistair received his degree in economics and politics from the University of Bristol. He then went on to work for the National Union of Students from 1974-1976. Alistair began his career in journalism in the 1970s when he joined Southern Television in Southampton as a reporter and presenter. He was one of the last journalists to interview Lord Mountbatten before he was assassinated by the IRA in 1979. Alastair went on to join ITN in 1980 as an industrial correspondent and quickly became a regular newsreader. Alastair was awarded an OBE in 2006 for services to broadcasting and charity. When did Alastair Stewart join ITV? Alistair joined ITN in 1980 as an industrial correspondent and newsreader. He spent three years as a presenter and reporter at Channel 4 News between 1983 and 1986, before going on to present ITN's News at 5.45 pm. He moved to ITN's News At Ten in 1989, becoming the lead presenter on major news bulletins. He has since moved between the lunchtime, evening and ten o'clock shows and presented documentaries, and special programmes and hosted election debates. From 1993 to 2009 Alistair was the co-presenter of ITV London's regional news programme London Tonight. On January 29, 2020, Alastair sensationally quit ITV over "errors of judgement" in his use of social media . In a statement, the veteran presenter said: "It was a misjudgement which I regret, but it's been a privilege to bring the news to households throughout the UK for the past 40 years." Af){kind=link}
ALISTAIR Stewart is a well-known broadcaster and journalist.
In March 2023 the news anchor announced that he was retiring after over 45 years in the industry.
Alastair Stewart, OBE was born on June 22, 1952, in Hampshire, England.
His father was an officer in the Royal Air Force.
He attended school in St Andrews, Fife, then Salesian College in Farnborough and St Augustine’s Abbey School in Ramsgate.