Andrew Gardner (newsreader)

Andrew Gardner (25 September 1932 - 2 April 1999) was a newscaster on Independent Television News in the United Kingdom from 1962 to 1977. He was also one of the original presenters of News at Ten when it began in 1967.

He was born in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire and educated at the independent Dauntsey's School in Wiltshire. He was a tall man, at 6 ft 5 ins. His broadcasting career began with a spell as a radio journalist in South Africa and he was a reporter in Africa until his return to the UK in 1961.

He was notable for presenting the first transatlantic programme using the Telstar Satellite and for commentating on state occasions such as royal weddings for ITV. After leaving ITN he became a regional news presenter on Thames Television, presenting Thames at 6 and later Thames News.

He remained with Thames until it lost its franchise in 1992, when he subsequently took early retirement. While being retired he did some recordings on radio tape for a life magazine for blind people. For these recordings he took part e.g. in a beer tasting and he travelled through the wine regions of southwest Germany for a week doing recordings for another report on that magazine.

He died from a heart attack on 2 April 1999, aged 66.