Bob Wellings

Robert Arthur Wellings (1 April 1934 – 1 March 2022) was a British television presenter who worked on Nationwide and other programmes.

Life and career

Wellings was born in Jerusalem,[1] then Mandatory Palestine. From 1959, Wellings worked for Anglia Television's local news About Anglia in Norwich, as a reporter and presenter.[2] He joined the BBC Television's South East regional news in 1969 before working on Nationwide from 1971, remaining on the programme until 1979.[3] Colleagues included Frank Bough and Sue Lawley. “As a Nationwide reporter, you had to be able to tackle anything, from interviewing, say, Edward Heath to some extraordinary animal,” Wellings said in Let’s Go Nationwide, a 1991 documentary.[4]

He also co-presented That's Life! in its first year,[5] with the actor George Layton, and BBC 1's daytime Open Air (1986–89) programme.[4] Later he joined Sky News.

Wellings died on 1 March 2022, at the age of 87.[2]

References
  1. "Bob Wellings, broadcaster who became a cherished fixture of 1970s television on Nationwide and That's Life! – obituary". The Telegraph. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  2. "Former Anglia TV and Nationwide presenter Bob Wellings dies". ITV News. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  3. Morley, David; Brunsdon, Charlotte (1999). The Nationwide television studies. Psychology Press. pp. 70, 73, 80, 174. ISBN 978-0-415-14879-5.
  4. Hayward, Anthony (22 March 2022). "Bob Wellings obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  5. Rhys Williams "All good things must come to an end . . . that's life", The Independent, 18 June 1994


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