Biography

Having read history at Oxford, he wanted to do something on current affairs. On leaving on the advice of BBC's Hue Weldon, he joined ITN at the birth of ITV. He spent his first two years behind the scenes before starting news casting. He said, that he was very bad for about a year before he got the hang of things. He read books on politics and current affairs to keep on top of things .He moved away from news casting and just did one day a week and his own nightly show, Dateline. He had two homes, a Chelsea flat and a house in Sussex, and went abroad for about three months of the year.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tonyman 5

His father, Bernard Bosanquet (1877-1936), was a legendary cricketer who played for Middlesex and who is credited with inventing the "googly", a style of bowling that makes the ball exceptionally difficult for the batsman to hit. In Australia the delivery was known as the "Bosie", named after him.

Made a cameo appearance in the 22 December 1970 episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969); exactly one year later, was impersonated (as 'Reginald Boozenquet') by Benny Hill on the 22 December 1971 edition of The Benny Hill Show (1969).

Reginald married Felicity in 1965 and they had a daughter, Delilah, born in May 1968. They used to live in a big house in Sussex which was formerly the home of Rex Harrison and Rachel Roberts, then moved to a flat in Chelsea.