Chris Vacher
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Chris Vacher is a British television presenter, best known as the long-serving main anchor of BBC West
's flagship regional news programme Points West
.
Brought up near Axeminster on the Somerset-Devon border, Vacher attended Sherborne School and the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth
(in the same year as Prince Charles) before joining the Navy in 1969 as a seaman officer.
He joined the BBC in 1981 working for Radio Bristol
before becoming a freelance reporter and newsreader for Points West a year later. He joined the main presenting team in 1983 and holds the record as the longest serving presenter for any BBC regional news programme. Vacher, a past winner of the Royal Television Society
's 'Regional TV Personality of the Year in the West' award, has also worked on various documentary specials as part of the regional current affairs series Close Up West.
On 9 September 2011, Vacher announced he would retire from Points West after 28 years in December 2011. He is married to Tilly with two sons.
BBC West
BBC West is the BBC English Region serving Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.-Television:...
's flagship regional news programme Points West
BBC Points West
BBC Points West is the BBC's regional news programme for the West of England, covering Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire...
.
Brought up near Axeminster on the Somerset-Devon border, Vacher attended Sherborne School and the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth
Britannia Royal Naval College
Britannia Royal Naval College is the initial officer training establishment of the Royal Navy, located on a hill overlooking Dartmouth, Devon, England. While Royal Naval officer training has taken place in the town since 1863, the buildings which are seen today were only finished in 1905, and...
(in the same year as Prince Charles) before joining the Navy in 1969 as a seaman officer.
He joined the BBC in 1981 working for Radio Bristol
BBC Radio Bristol
BBC Radio Bristol is the BBC Local Radio service for the English city of Bristol and the surrounding former Avon area. Launched in September 1970, it broadcasts from Broadcasting House in Bristol on FM frequencies 94.9 MHz , 104.6 MHz , 103.6 MHz , on AM 1548 kHz and on DAB.The...
before becoming a freelance reporter and newsreader for Points West a year later. He joined the main presenting team in 1983 and holds the record as the longest serving presenter for any BBC regional news programme. Vacher, a past winner of the Royal Television Society
Royal Television Society
The Royal Television Society is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the oldest television society in the world...
's 'Regional TV Personality of the Year in the West' award, has also worked on various documentary specials as part of the regional current affairs series Close Up West.
On 9 September 2011, Vacher announced he would retire from Points West after 28 years in December 2011. He is married to Tilly with two sons.