Thomas Cornelius Mangold (born 20 August 1934) is a British broadcaster, journalist and author. For 26 years he was an investigative journalist with the

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'' current affairs television programme.

Personal life

Tom Mangold was born in

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and came to Britain in 1939. He attended Dorking County Grammar School. He did National Service with the Royal Artillery. He is married, lives in London, has three daughters by previous marriages, and works as a freelance reporter specialising in intelligence and travel.

Journalism

Mangold was a reporter with the ''

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'' and then the ''

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''. After spending nearly two years investigating the

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, he joined BBC TV News in 1964 to be a war correspondent covering conflicts in

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, Vietnam, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, the Middle East and Afghanistan. In 1971 he moved to BBC TV Current Affairs working first for '' 24 Hours'', then ''Midweek'', becoming involved in some of the first investigative news documentaries of the BBC. In 1976 Mangold transferred to ''

'', still concentrating on investigative journalism and making over 100 documentaries in 26 years. In 1993 he won both the Business / Consumer Investigative Reports category in the CableACE Award in and also the Royal Television Society's Journalism Award. These were followed in 1996 by the bronze award in the Best Investigative Report Category at the New York Television Festival and in 1999 he won Investigative Reporting / News Documentary category in the Chicago International Television Competition. Between 2004 and 2008 Mangold helped

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resident Susan Galbreath investigate and solve the case of the murder of Jessica Currin, which had occurred in 2000 but remained unsolved until 2008. Galbreath had contacted Mangold after seeing some of his ''Panorama'' programmes on local cable TV. Mangold has been described in ''

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'' as "the doyen of broadcasting reporters."

Works

Books

Mangold has written or co-written five books: * ''The File on the Tsar'', with Anthony Summers.

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(1976). . * ''The Tunnels of Cu Chi'', with John Penycate . New York: Berkeley Books (1985). . *'' Cold Warrior: James Jesus Angleton: The CIA's Master Spy Hunter'' (1991). . * ''Plague Wars'', with Jeff Goldberg.

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(1999). . * ''SPLASHED! A Life from Print to Panorama''. London: Biteback (2016). .

Filmography

In 1996, Mangold did research for the

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drama-documentary '' Hostile Waters'', about the loss of a Russian submarine. * "The Man Who Armed the World." ''

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'', Season 49, Episode 4 (Mar. 2, 2009). :: On Russian arms dealer Victor Bout.

References

External links

Official website

Tom Mangold
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