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Bob Greaves (28 November 193414 March 2011)〔(Bob Greaves dies ), itv.com video tribute〕 was an English journalist and broadcaster, best known as a long-serving reporter, presenter and producer for Granada Television for 35 years. Robert Morgan Greaves was born in Sale, Cheshire and educated at the local Sale Boys' Grammar School, but did not attend university. He began his career working on the local newspaper, the ''Sale and Stretford Guardian'', and later on the ''Nottingham Evening News'', then at the ''Daily Mail'' at its Manchester office. Greaves joined Granada Television in Quay Street, Manchester in 1964 as a reporter and editor for the regional news magazine ''Scene at 6:30'', working alongside the likes of Bill Grundy, Brian Trueman, Michael Parkinson and Mike Scott. Greaves became a mainstay chief presenter of the station's flagship regional news output, including ''Newscene'', ''Granada Reports'' & ''Granada Tonight'' for over 30 years and fronted a wide range of local current affairs and features programming, including ''Scramble'', ''Family Trees'', ''Bob's Century'', ''Time Off'' and ''Bob's Hotline''. One such regional programme hosted by Greaves, the social action series ''Reports Action'' (a ''Granada Reports'' spin-off) was transmitted across the ITV network during the early 1980s. He also presented and reported for the Channel 4 series ''Union World''. Away from his work for Granada, he is best remembered for a clip on ''It'll Be Alright on the Night'' involving Greaves and an elephant called Judy while he was presenting a live programme from Chester Zoo in 1981. He retired from Granada Television in 1999. On 17 January 2008, he appeared on the BBC One daytime programme ''Wanted Down Under'', in which he visited the coastal city of Cairns in Queensland, Australia with his fourth wife, Sonia, a naturopathic counsellor, and contemplated a permanent move there. Greaves died at home after a long battle with cancer on 14 March 2011, aged 76.〔(Tributes for Granada legend ), North West Media News〕 His funeral service took place at Timperley Methodist Church on Friday 1 April. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bob Greaves」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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