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Gordon Honeycombe(1936-2015)

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  • Additional Crew
  • Writer
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Arthur C Clarke: Mysterious World: Clarke's Cabinet Of Curiosities
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Clarke's Cabinet of Curiosities (1980)
His introduction to news reading was in 1955 in Hong Kong. He was a Royal Artillery conscript at the time and went to the English broadcasting station to try to get a part-time job, A week later, he was reading the news and on a salary which was three times his army pay. Away from news reading, he has written a medieval play called 'The Redemption' , with roles for a cast of sixty. Part of it has been televised in the Schools Drama series, called Mysteries and Miracles. .
BornSeptember 27, 1936
DiedOctober 9, 2015(79)
BornSeptember 27, 1936
DiedOctober 9, 2015(79)
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Known for

Neither the Sea Nor the Sand (1972)
Neither the Sea Nor the Sand
5.7
  • Writer
  • 1972
Gracie Fields in Stars on Sunday (1969)
Stars on Sunday
3.3
TV Series
  • David Copperfield
The Wednesday Play (1964)
The Wednesday Play
7.3
TV Series
  • Writer
Pierce Brosnan and Michael Caine in The Fourth Protocol (1987)
The Fourth Protocol
6.5
  • Television Announcer
  • 1987

Credits

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Actor



  • Then She Was Gone (2010)
    Then She Was Gone
    7.9
    Short
    • Seymour
    • 2010
  • The Sculptor (2009)
    The Sculptor
    5.6
    • Gordon
    • 2009
  • Let's Get Skase (2001)
    Let's Get Skase
    4.9
    • Murray Bishop
    • 2001
  • Minty (1998)
    Minty
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Newsreader
    • 1998
  • Lennie James in Comics (1993)
    Comics
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Evening TV news reporter
    • 1993
  • Julian Clary and Lee Simpson in Terry and Julian (1992)
    Terry and Julian
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Newsreader
    • 1992
  • Spitting Image (1984)
    Spitting Image
    7.4
    TV Series
    • News reader
    • 1990
  • Michael Caine, Sally Kirkland, and Roger Moore in Bullseye! (1990)
    Bullseye!
    4.5
    • TV Announcer
    • 1990
  • Bill Paterson in Traffik (1989)
    Traffik
    8.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Newsreader
    • 1989
  • Blind Justice (1988)
    Blind Justice
    7.0
    TV Mini Series
    • Television Newsreader
    • 1988
  • London Embassy (1987)
    London Embassy
    6.0
    TV Mini Series
    • Newsreader
    • 1987
  • David Andrews and Caroline Langrishe in Pulaski: The TV Detective (1987)
    Pulaski: The TV Detective
    8.2
    TV Series
    • TV Interviewer
    • 1987
  • Pierce Brosnan and Michael Caine in The Fourth Protocol (1987)
    The Fourth Protocol
    6.5
    • Television Announcer
    • 1987
  • Christmas Night of One Hundred Stars
    TV Special
    • Abanazar
    • 1986
  • Jeremy Child, James Faulkner, David Robb, and Tom Wilkinson in First Among Equals (1986)
    First Among Equals
    8.0
    TV Mini Series
    • TV Interviewer
    • 1986

Additional Crew



  • Arthur C. Clarke in Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World (1980)
    Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World
    8.0
    TV Series
    • narrator
    • 1980

Writer



  • Time for Murder (1985)
    Time for Murder
    6.0
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1985
  • Ian Hendry and Geraldine McEwan in Late Night Theatre (1972)
    Late Night Theatre
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1974
  • Neither the Sea Nor the Sand (1972)
    Neither the Sea Nor the Sand
    5.7
    • novel
    • screenplay
    • 1972
  • The Wednesday Play (1964)
    The Wednesday Play
    7.3
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1968

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Arthur C Clark's Mysterious World
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Arthur C Clarke: Mysterious World: The Journey Begins
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Arthur C Clarke: Mysterious World: The Journey Begins
Arthur C Clarke: Mysterious World: Dragons, Dinosaurs And Giant Snakes
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Arthur C Clarke: Mysterious World: Dragons, Dinosaurs And Giant Snakes
Arthur C Clarke: Mysterious World: Clarke's Cabinet Of Curiosities
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Arthur C Clarke: Mysterious World: Clarke's Cabinet Of Curiosities
Arthur C Clarke: Mysterious World: Monsters Of The Deep
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Arthur C Clarke: Mysterious World: Monsters Of The Deep
Arthur C Clarke: Mysterious World: The Great Siberian Explosion
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Arthur C Clarke: Mysterious World: The Great Siberian Explosion

Personal details

  • Official site
    • Official Site
  • Height
    • 6′ 4″ (1.93 m)
  • Born
    • September 27, 1936
    • Karachi, British India
  • Died
    • October 9, 2015
    • Perth, Western Australia, Australia(leukaemia)
  • Other works
    The Comedy of Errors (He played The Capitano)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    After openly supporting the firemen's strike of 1977 by appearing on their picket lines and by writing a highly critical article in the Daily Mail, he was suspended by the editor of ITN. He resigned as an ITN newscaster in November 1977 to concentrate more on supporting the firemen's cause, and on writing stage/film/TV plays and books, and researching the genealogy of the Honeycombes.

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