Bob Greaves

Robert Morgan Greaves (28 November 1934 – 14 March 2011)[3] was an English journalist and broadcaster, best known as a long-serving reporter, presenter and producer for Granada Television for 35 years.

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.

Away from his work for Granada, he is also 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.

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 fifth wife, Sonia, a naturopathic counsellor, and contemplated a permanent move there.