John Exelby was co-founder of BBC World Service

BBC World Service Television

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 TV News.

After leaving Durham University

Durham University

The University of Durham, commonly known as Durham University, is a university in Durham, England. It was founded by Act of Parliament in 1832 and granted a Royal Charter in 1837...

 with a degree in politics, John worked in newspapers before joining BBC TV News where he was news editor, editor of most of the major news programmes and co-founder and managing editor of BBC

BBC

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 World TV News. He is married to Judith Hann

Judith Hann

Judith Hann at Littleover, Derby, Derbyshire, England, is a freelance broadcaster and writer specialising in science, food and the environment.-Education:...

 who was formerly a presenter of Tomorrow's World

Tomorrow's World

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 for 20 years. They both run a media company based in the Cotswolds

Cotswolds

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