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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Anthony Hayward

BIZARRE: Harry gration obituary - You Need To See This

Harry Gration started out as a teacher, but his love of rugby league led him to commentate for BBC Radio Leeds, beginning with a Batley v York match in 1971. He went on to become a successful sports broadcaster.
Harry Gration started out as a teacher, but his love of rugby league led him to commentate for BBC Radio Leeds, beginning with a Batley v York match in 1971. He went on to become a successful sports broadcaster. Photograph: BBC/PA

Harry Gration, who has died suddenly aged 71, was one of Britain’s longest-serving regional TV news presenters, anchoring Look North for most of four decades from the BBC’s studios in Leeds. He was also known to national audiences for his rugby league coverage as a radio commentator and TV presenter.

Through two periods fronting Look North, from 1982 to 1994 and 1999 to 2020, the Yorkshire-born broadcaster became an institution.

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