Lindsay Taylor

Biography

Having failed to make the grade in the Cubs, and after turning down the SAS, Lindsay decided to pursue a career where he could forge ahead with his sense of truth and justice and his strong desire to make the world a better place.

However, he ended up at Channel 4 News - where he's been for many years, illuminating the screen in a variety of reporting and presenting guises.

He joined the programme in 1988 after an (allegedly) successful career in radio where he was Sony Radio Reporter of the Year for his coverage of the Kings Cross underground disaster.

Since then he's been a Channel 4 News reporter compiling more than 2,000 very worthy reports, on all manners of stories, foreign, domestic and political - not to mention the animals.

Foreign coverage includes reporting from conflict zones in Romania, Ethiopia, Afghanistan and from China and Hong Kong during the Tiananmen uprising.

A special report from inside Burma inspired a Letter from America from Alistair Cooke. Other reports have inspired letters of complaint.

He's also reported from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel, Iran and Iraq. In the US he covered the TWA crash, the Atlanta Olympics bombing, and the Shuttle tragedy.

When 9/11 occurred, Lindsay's reports led Channel 4 News coverage, culminating in a 30-minute special documentary.

His reports also formed a key part of the programme's coverage of the Beslan siege, the Madrid bombings and London terror attacks in 2005.

Such work has contributed to a number of award-winning programmes. Lindsay's picked up an RTS award himself as well as a considerable number of air miles.

A keen boater, he was part of the expedition which successfully located the wreck of the WW2 battle cruiser HMS Hood, resulting in a series of a reports and a Channel 4 Documentary. Finding a canoe paddle is another matter.

His other main hobbies include playing trumpet, piano and drums in a rock band, though there is on-going debate as to whether this can be described as music.

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