Paddy Haycocks is a broadcaster and producer who has worked in the British media for over 25 years. Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, on 9 April 1950IMDB details his first brush with fame came when he was appearing on the Streetwise section of the ill-fated Channel Four Daily. Haycocks regularly interviewed a lawyer who represented Ronnie Kray. The sartorially traditional Kray disapproved of Haycock's open-necked presenting style Standard Channel 4 policy at the time and sent him a beautiful silk tie,Morning Glory-A history of Breakfast TV Jones, I : Tiverton, Kelly, 2004 which Haycocks naturally wore at the first opportunity. He then went on to co-present South Today.
He is perhaps best remembered for a low-budget daytime show called As It HappensAppreciation of the programme where he was beamed live from a famous place waiting for something to unfold, a style many critics feelComparison of genres has been adopted by modern news channels. Haycocks himself was a pioneering presenter of Channel One, London's first digital news channelObituary of co-presenter Fiona McDiarmid but from the late 1990s worked increasingly on the other side of the camera and was, until his resignation in February 2006, factual programming executive at Talkback Thames.Perhaps his most well known programme is Open House with Gloria Hunniford Haycocks is, in his spare time, a leading light in the Wokingham Choral Society.Society information
He has two children, Timothy and Elizabeth.
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