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“Brian Curtois started his early career as a reporter with a small newspaper in Hornchurch before progressing onto the Ilford Recorder. He moved to Nottingham before returning to London as part of the Press Agency. He covered a number of major events including the Great Train Robbery and the wedding of Peter Sellers to Britt Ekland. His first attempt to join the BBC led to a rejection letter but on his second attempt a year later he was offered the post of ‘General News Reporter’. 

For three years he covered the Middle East and then Northern Ireland. Over the years he has interviewed numerous people including Ian Paisley, Margaret Thatcher, Mohammad Ali and Bruce Forsythe to name a few. He worked with people like Alan Freeman and Terry Wogan on Late Night Extra and later with David Dimbleby as the Political Correspondent at Westminster. Brian relayed several amusing stories from his time in media.