Max Pearson

Max Pearson
Born	1959
Occupation	Journalist, Broadcaster
Notable credit(s)	The World Today Newshour

Max Pearson (born 1959) is a BBC journalist and news presenter with the BBC World Service. Currently he is one of the presenters of The World Today and Newshour.

After completing post-graduate training in broadcast journalism, he worked for the BBC in domestic radio.

Since the 1980s, he worked as a frontline news presenter with the BBC World Service.

In March 2011, Pearson suffered a cardiac arrest during a 14-hour flight from Singapore to Heathrow, London. The cabin crew allegedly refused to have the aircraft diverted when Pearson became ill shortly after it took off.^[1]

Since 2014, Pearson has also presented The History Hour, a weekly omnibus edition of the BBC World Service's daily history series Witness.

Awards

Sony Radio Award for news (1997)

External links

BBC profile (including a video).

References

↑ http://travel.aol.co.uk/2011/04/17/pilot-refuses-to-land-when-bbc-presenter-has-heart-attack-mid-air/

BBC World Service

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