Dave Guest (born June 1959) is a journalist, and until October 2020, chief reporter and occasional presenter for BBC North West Tonight.

Guest started work at the BBC in 1983 after working as a reporter at the Lancaster Guardian, the Wigan Evening Post in Wigan and for national newspapers in Manchester.[1] He has been chief reporter at North West Tonight since 2006, having previously covered education and social affairs.[1]

In 2009 Guest won the O2 Media Award's Broadcast Journalist of the Year for his interviews with Jessica Knight, a schoolgirl who was stabbed while walking through a park in Lancashire.[2] In 2014 he received the judges’ award for outstanding contribution at the BBC's Ruby Awards for regional television.[3]

In September 2014 Guest was nominated for the award for Best Regional News Journalist by the Royal Television Society.[4]

On 23 October 2020, Dave retired from his role at the BBC.[5][6] On 5 June 2022 Guest returned to BBC North West Tonight to report on the attempt in Morecambe to break the world record for the longest Jubilee street party.[7][8]

He is married with two daughters.

References

  1. 1 2 Dave Guest (25 March 2008). "North West Tonight - Correspondents - Dave Guest". BBC. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "O2 Media Award Winners Crowned - The Blue". News.o2.co.uk. 30 September 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  3. ↑ Hartley, Sarah (28 March 2014). "Northern television reporters honoured by BBC". Prolific North.
  4. ↑ "North West Awards shortlist". rts.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2 October 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "Former Lancaster Guardian journalist to retire from BBC". 21 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Twitter - BBC North West". Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "North West Tonight - Late News: 05/06/2022". BBC Iplayer.
  8. ↑ "Flying the flag for Morecambe: Town bids to host Britain's biggest jubilee lunch". TheGuardian.com. 5 June 2022.
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