On Friday, 6 March 2020 at 12:45:29 pm UTC+11, tonyw...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Friday, 7 August 1998 17:00:00 UTC+10, Ross Fraser wrote:
> > A dinner party conversation lately got onto comparing the media,
> > particularly current affairs, of 15-20 years ago to the present. Anyway
> > the question was asked about HUW EVANS, who was the presenter of ABC
> > Radio's "PM" program, ABC TV's "Mastermind" and ABC TV's "Pressure
> > Point" at various times throughout the 70's and 80's. After this era we
> > think he disappeared entirely from the media. I seem to remember years
> > ago hearing a rumour that he was to work for Channel Nine for a stint
> > but can't remember if this was right. It also rings a bell that he might
> > have been one of our Rhodes Scholars and might therefore have gone back
> > to academia. Someone remarked that he was looking "a bit sick"
> > (literally) around the last couple of his TV years and suggested that he
> > might have suffered from stress or some ailment or other and that this
> > might have something to do with his getting out of the media.
> >
> > I thought his current affairs stuff, both radio and tv, wasn't too bad,
> > and certainly would have been competitive with the likes of Kerry
> > O'Brien and Maxine McKew.
> >
> > Does anyone know what happenned to HUW EVANS?
> >
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> Contrary to everyones posts, Huw is alive and well and living in Mt Irvine. Has done so for many years now.
> He is a very dear friend and I still remain in touch with him on a somewhat regular basis.
> We have often had and still do have political discussions and his insight is a most rewarding experience. Hope this is of some assistance. Tony White

Great to hear that Huw is alive and well ! (Thankyou Tony White). Was only thinking about past TV presenters on the ABC last night, and one of the first presenters I thought of was Huw Evans.