Timothy Edward Patterson Hewat (4 May 1928 – 19 May 2004) was an Australian television producer and journalist. He has been described as the "maverick genius of

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's current affairs in its formative years" and "one of the true greats of the medium." Born in New Zealand, he was raised in Australia and educated at

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, where a contemporary was

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. After a start as a cub reporter on the

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, he migrated to London in 1948. He was a reporter, then a sub-editor on the

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, followed by a move to Canada to work at ''

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'' in Toronto. Returning to Britain in the late 1950s, he joined Granada TV's ''Searchlight'' programme (1959–60) in

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as a current affairs producer. Hewat is most celebrated for having created in 1963 Granada's revolutionary and long-running ''

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''. Hewat later went back briefly to the ''Daily Express'' as a senior editorial executive. His second marriage was to Granada casting director Ann Suudi. They had two children. He returned to Australia in the late 1960s and wrote many self-help books. He died aged 76 from injuries sustained in a road accident.

Works

*''Who Made the Mabo Mess'', Wrightbooks, North Brighton, Vic., c1993.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hewat, Tim 1928 births 2004 deaths Australian emigrants to England New Zealand emigrants to Australia People educated at Geelong Grammar School 20th-century Australian journalists