Alastair Macintyre (1913–1979) was a Scottish broadcaster. He was the announcer on
BBC Scotland
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Television News and the first presenter of
STV News
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STV News programmes are produced from studios in Glasgo ...
. He was later Senior Announcer for
BBC Scotland
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. He was also an occasional actor, sometimes in the capacity of a
cameo role
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.
Life
He was born on 20 December 1913 the son of Ian Macintyre of Camus na h'Erie WS (1869-1946) and his wife Ida van der Gucht. He was educated at
Fettes College
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in Edinburgh, then studied at
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
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at the same time as one of his peers from school, the future
Chancellor of the Exchequer
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,
Iain Macleod
Iain Norman Macleod (11 November 1913 – 20 July 1970) was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician.
A playboy and professional Contract bridge, bridge player in his twenties, after war service Macleod worked for the ...
. His father was the Unionist Party MP for West Edinburgh from 1924 to 1929 and also a renowned rugby player.
In the
Second World War
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he served with the
Royal Scots
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at the rank of Major.
On 14 March 1952 Macintyre was the first announcer for
BBC Scotland
BBC Scotland is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland. Its headquarters are in Glasgow, employing approximately 1,250 staff as of 2017, to produce 15,000 hours of television and radio programming per year. BBC Scotla ...
(alongside
Mary Malcolm
Helen Mary Malcolm Retrieved 2012-11-08 (15 March 191813 October 2010) was one of the first two regular female announcers on ), and wore a kilt for the occasion. The live broadcast, from BBC Scotland, Studio 1 on
Queen Street, Edinburgh
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Lord Provost
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, James Miller. It marked a sharp rise in TV sales immediately thereafter.
On 30 August 1957 was the first newsreader on Scottish Television News. On 17 April 1954 he made his first live sports broadcast, covering the Hawick Rugby seven-a-side tournament alongside
Bill McLaren
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.
He died in
Taunton
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in
Somerset
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in 1979 but is buried with his parents in
Warriston Cemetery
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Family
In 1939 he was married to Margery Constance Grant-Morris (d.1978).
Filmography
see
*
Who Goes Next?
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as Lt. Mackenzie (1938)
*
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
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as Carter (1939)
*Another World: as Voice (1948) with
Stanhope Forbes
Stanhope Alexander Forbes (18 November 1857 – 2 March 1947) was an Irish artist and a founding member of the influential Newlyn school of painters. He was often called 'the father of the Newlyn School'.The Kilt is my Delight (presenter, 1956 to 1963 TV series)