Sir Trevor McDonald OBE, born George McDonald is a Trinidadian-British newsreader and journalist. He had a long career as a news presenter with ITN. He is notable for having been ITN’s first black journalist, and for having won more awards than any other British broadcaster.
McDonald was knighted in 1999 for his services to journalism.
After working as a print and broadcast journalist in Trinidad during the 1960s, in 1969 McDonald was employed by BBC Radio as a producer, based in London but still broadcasting to the Caribbean.
In 1973 he began his long association with Independent Television News (ITN), first as a general reporter, later as a sports correspondent, but ultimately concentrating on international politics.
In the 1980s he spent some time with Channel 4 News, but returned to ITN in 1989, presenting the early-evening news.
McDonald was promoted in 1992 as the sole presenter of News at Ten and became a well-known face on British television screens.
McDonald stayed with ITN when News at Ten was axed in 1999, moving to present the new ITV Evening News. News at Ten was briefly relaunched in 22 January 2001, to which McDonald returned as a presenter. He presented the ITV News at 10.30 following News at Ten’s second axing.
From 1999 to 2009, McDonald hosted ITV’s flagship current affairs programme Tonight with Trevor McDonald.
On 29 November 2005, speculation that McDonald was about to leave ITV to work elsewhere ended when he signed a further two year contract involving producing both a documentary show and a new series of interviews which will be of a wider general interest.
McDonald presented his last ITV News bulletin on 15 December 2005. The veteran newsreader stepped down from his role as anchor after more than 30 years at ITN, but said he had no plans to retire completely from television. At the end of the final programme, he signed off with the words: That brings to an end my association with the news at 10.30. Thank you for watching. Over the opening and closing titles of the bulletin that McDonald presented, the November 1992 to March 1999 ITV News at Ten theme was played as a tribute to McDonald.
On 31 October 2007, ITV announced that, early in 2008, McDonald would come out of retirement to present the relaunched News at Ten together with Julie Etchingham. News at Ten began broadcasting once again on 14 January 2008.
It was announced on the 30 October 2008 that McDonald would step down from News at Ten once the US 2008 Presidential elections were over, to be replaced by Mark Austin. His last bulletin was on 20 November 2008. He continues to present links for The Tonight Programme.
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Film
2003 - JOHNNY ENGLISH (Newcaster - voiceover) - Universal Pictures
1995 - 3 STEPS TO HEAVEN (News Reporter) - British Film Institute (BFI)
1991 - BERNARD AND THE GENIE (Newscaster) - BBC
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TV
2013 - INSIDE DEATH ROW WITH TREVOR MCDONALD (Presenter) - Plum Pictures
2013 - WOMEN BEHIND BARS WITH TREVOR MCDONALD (Presenter) - Plum Pictures
2011 - THE ROYAL WEDDING: CELEBRATION (Narrator) - ITN
2011 - APPROPRIATE ADULT (Newsreader) - ITV Studios
2007 - NEWS KNIGHT WITH SIR TREVOR MCDONALD (Host) - Hat Trick Productions
2006 - EXTINCT (Presenter) - Endemol
2006 - EXTINCT (Presenter) - Endemol
2005 - NATIONAL TELEVISION AWARDS (Host) -
2005 - MUST SEE TV (Presenter) - Talent Television
2005 - THE SHOT THAT SHOOK THE WORLD (Host) - ITN
2005 - NATIONA L TELEVISION AWARDS (Host) -
2005 - NATIONAL TELEVISION AWARDS (Host) -
2005 - MUST SEE TV (Presenter) - Talent Television
2005 - THE SHOT THAT SHOOK THE WORLD (Host) - ITN
2005 - NATIONA L TELEVISION AWARDS (Host) -
1999 - TONIGHT (Presenter - 1999 - 2007) -
1999 - TONIGHT (Presenter - 1999 - 2007) -
1982 - CHANNEL 4 NEWS (Correspondent / Newsreader - 1982 - 2008) - Channel 4
1967 - NEWS AT TEN (Newsreader) - ITN
1955 - ITN NEWS (Anchor and reporter) - ITN
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