1948 - 2006
Clarke joined the BBC in 1973 as a reporter, subsequently working on The Nine O'Clock News, The Money Programme and Newsnight before moving to The World This Weekend in 1989.
BBC director general Mark Thompson said, “He was one of the BBC's finest broadcasters and a brilliant political interviewer, who was also a great listener. Nick's interviewing style was penetrating but unfailingly courteous."
Clarke joined the BBC in 1973 as a reporter, subsequently working on The Nine O'Clock News, The Money Programme and Newsnight before moving to The World This Weekend in 1989.
BBC director general Mark Thompson said, “He was one of the BBC's finest broadcasters and a brilliant political interviewer, who was also a great listener. Nick's interviewing style was penetrating but unfailingly courteous."
