Gerald William Vaughan Hine-Haycock (born 1951), known in his earlier broadcasting career as ''Gerald Haycock'', is a British broadcasting journalist of over thirty years' standing. He is a former correspondent for

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and

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, and has worked for former ITV regional broadcasters

Westward Television Westward Television was the first ITV franchise-holder for the South West of England. It held the franchise from 29 April 1961 until 31 December 1981. After a difficult start, Westward Television provided a popular, distinctive and highly regar ...

and

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, and for

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(all in

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), latterly as a programme presenter. He later became Director of the BBC Regional News Training Scheme, Course Director of the BBC's Journalist Training Scheme and Head of the BBC's SON&R Centre. From March 2020-March 2021 he was appointed High Sheriff of Devon.

Early life

Hine-Haycock was born on 13 January 1951 in London.''Who's Who on Television''. Entry under then-broadcasting name ''Gerald Haycock''. Publisher: ''ITV Books Ltd.'' Published: 1982. Retrieved: 13 January 2013. He is the son of Brigadier William Hine-Haycock of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry and Felicity Hine-Haycock (née Harrison) of Toorak, a suburb of

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, and has two sisters, Rozanthe and Daphne.

Education

Hine-Haycock was educated at

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, a boarding

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for boys (now co-educational) in the village of

Crowthorne Crowthorne is a large village and civil parish in the Bracknell Forest district of south-eastern Berkshire, England. It had a population of 6,711 at the 2001 census, which rose to 6,902 at the 2011 census. A 2020 estimate put it at 7,808. Cr ...

Berkshire Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ...

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, followed by the

University of Stirling The University of Stirling (, gd, Oilthigh Shruighlea (abbreviated as Stir or Shruiglea, in post-nominals) is a public university in Stirling, Scotland, founded by royal charter in 1967. It is located in the Central Belt of Scotland, built w ...

in the city of

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in Central Scotland, where he graduated with BA Honours, and

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, a private liberal arts college in

Saint Paul Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

, the capital city of

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, in the United States, where he studied English in 1972–73.

Life and career

Hine-Haycock started in radio as a BBC graduate news trainee. He worked at

, later becoming a reporter on ''Westward Diary'' for the-then ITV regional broadcasting contractor for South West England,

, followed by

. In 1981, he joined the regional ITV company

, followed by

, where he presented ''

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'' (between 1991-2000 known as ''BBC News West''), a regional BBC news programme. He then became BBC West's Staff Reporter, responsible for many national news stories across the BBC's output at home and abroad. He later became Director of the BBC Regional News Training Scheme, Course Director of the BBC's Journalist Training Scheme and Head of the BBC's SON&R (Sharing Opportunities across Nations & Regions) Centre, based in Bristol. He was picked as

High Sheriff of Devon The High Sheriff of Devon is the Queen's representative for the County of Devon, a territory known as his/her bailiwick. Selected from three nominated people, they hold the office for one year. They have judicial, ceremonial and administrative f ...

for the year 2020–2021.

Family

Hine-Haycock has a wife, Judy, and four children. They live at Hempstone Park in the village of

Littlehempston Littlehempston is a village and civil parish in the South Hams District of Devon in England consisting of 83 households, with a population of 207 in the parish. It has also been called Little Hempston and Hempston Arundel. The village has many ...

(near the

market town A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rural ...

Totnes Totnes ( or ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England, within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is about west of Paignton, about west-so ...

) in

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is ...

, in South West England, and provide bed-and-breakfast accommodation.Accommodation - Judy and Gerald Hine-Haycock
Publisher: ''The Devon School of Shiatsu''. Retrieved: 13 January 2013.

References

External links

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