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Ex-Antiques Roadshow presenter Hugh Scully dies Ex-Antiques Roadshow presenter Hugh Scully dies
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The former Antiques Roadshow presenter Hugh Scully has died at the age of 72, according to the BBC. The former Antiques Roadshow presenter Hugh Scully has died at the age of 72, according to the BBC. Scully’s son Oliver said his father died on Thursday afternoon while watching television at his Cornwall home, BBC News reported.
Scully’s son Oliver said his father died on Thursday afternoon while watching television at his Cornwall home, BBC News reported. His death was confirmed by BBC South West, for which he also worked. Its head Leo Devine said Scully was “known throughout the whole country as a brilliant presenter and journalist”.
In a statement, Devine said: “Here in the south west [of England], where he presented Spotlight and where he lived, we will remember him with particular love and affection. He was a giant of BBC broadcasting, but he was also one of us.”
Other BBC colleagues also paid tribute to Scully.
Sad news - Hugh Scully, veteran presenter of TV including Antiques Roadshow has died.
Sad news - the BBC TV presenter Hugh Scully has died. 19 years on Antiques Roadshow and of course Spotlight and Nationwide in the 70s.
Antiques Roadshow was presented by Scully for almost 20 years, until Michael Aspel took over in 2000.Antiques Roadshow was presented by Scully for almost 20 years, until Michael Aspel took over in 2000.
More details soon … The BBC reported that Scully joined the corporation in 1965 as a freelance journalist and was a presenter on Nationwide. He was selected in 1981 to join Arthur Negus in presenting Antiques Roadshow.
According to the broadcaster, Scully resigned because it was feared that his role with an internet auction company would compromise his objectivity.
At the time of his departure, he said: “I have particularly enjoyed my long association with the Antiques Roadshow which has always been a delight and one of the best jobs in broadcasting.
“Now the time has come when I must pursue my commercial interests which, sadly, are incompatible with my role on the programme. I wish my successor well.”
Scully praised the decision to replace him with Michael Aspel, calling him “one of the very best presenters in the UK”.
In 1993, he interviewed the former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, following the publication of her memoirs. And, in 2005, he and his wife attended her 80th birthday party.