Why Christopher Humphrys chose Trizinia. On 2 June 2000, when John was 56 years old, He and his then partner, Valerie Sanderson, had a son, Owen James. Their marriage broke down in the late 1980s. [3] From 1981 to 1987 he was the main presenter for the Nine O'Clock News, the flagship BBC news television programme, [3] and from 1987 until 2019 he presented on the BBC Radio 4 breakfast programme Today. John Humphrys is a Welsh author, journalist and presenter of radio and television. Inside Biography [ hide] There are many clues and flashbacks to the Humphrys' family history, which particularly shed light on 'the making of' John, and how he came to be the professional, focused, hard-working, successful, demanding, sometimes difficult, but ultimately thoroughly agreeable 'Grumpy Old Man' with an ascerbic (and very witty) sense of humour that we recognise from his public persona and writing. ©2009 John Humphrys and Christopher Humphrys (P)2009 Hodder & Stoughton Blue Skies & Black Olives: A Survivor's Tale of Housebuilding and Peacock Chasing in Greece John Humphrys (Author, Narrator), Christopher Humphrys (Author, Narrator), Hodder Headline Limited (Publisher) $0.00 Desmond John Humphrys (born 17 August 1943) [1] is a Welsh broadcaster. Here is Radio 4's Today presenter and national treasure John Humphrys' funny memoir of building his home in Greece with his son, Christopher. He uses his experience to set in context the changes that have taken place in Britain over those years and to ask whether we, as a nation, are happy with the result. John Humphrys has been speaking to his son Christopher, who lives in Greece, about the success of Golden Dawn - a far-right anti-immigration party. This is a part of Greece that even many of my Greek friends don't know well, despite it being only two hours from Athens. Image caption John Humphrys in the Today programme studio on Thursday . Humphrys married Edna Wilding (August 1942 – September 1997) in 1964 and they had two children, a son and daughter, Christopher and Catherine. Humphrys, who started playing the cello at the "late" age of nine ("most cello-players start between five and six years of age"), has lived in Greece since the early 1990s when he joined Posts about John Humphrys written by Hadar Sela. ° 2009 John Humphrys and Dr Sarah Jarvis. She was a newsreader with Spotlight then BBC News 24 and is now a radio producer. At home in their Greek paradise: John Humphrys and his son Christopher. A journey back to the past, whether in …
Humphrys' son Christopher is now a professional cellist. The Welsh broadcaster is best known for heading up BBC Radio 4's Today show and Mastermind - …