Dave Guest

Dave Guest (born June 1959) is a journalist, and until October 2020, chief reporter and occasional presenter for BBC North West Tonight.

Not to be confused with Dave Guest (bodybuilder) or David Gest.

Guest started work at the BBC in 1983 after working as a reporter at the Lancaster Guardian, the Wigan Evening Post in Wigan and for national newspapers in Manchester.[1] He has been chief reporter at North West Tonight since 2006, having previously covered education and social affairs.[1]

In 2009 Guest won the O2 Media Award's Broadcast Journalist of the Year for his interviews with Jessica Knight, a schoolgirl who was stabbed while walking through a park in Lancashire.[2] In 2014 he received the judges’ award for outstanding contribution at the BBC's Ruby Awards for regional television.[3]

In September 2014 Guest was nominated for the award for Best Regional News Journalist by the Royal Television Society.[4]

On 23 October 2020, Dave retired from his role at the BBC.[5][6] On 5 June 2022 Guest returned to BBC North West Tonight to report on the attempt in Morecambe to break the world record for the longest Jubilee street party.[7][8]

He is married with two daughters.

References
  1. Dave Guest (25 March 2008). "North West Tonight - Correspondents - Dave Guest". BBC. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. "O2 Media Award Winners Crowned - The Blue". News.o2.co.uk. 30 September 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  3. Hartley, Sarah (28 March 2014). "Northern television reporters honoured by BBC". Prolific North.
  4. "North West Awards shortlist". rts.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2 October 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  5. "Former Lancaster Guardian journalist to retire from BBC". 21 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  6. "Twitter - BBC North West". Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  7. "North West Tonight - Late News: 05/06/2022". BBC Iplayer.
  8. "Flying the flag for Morecambe: Town bids to host Britain's biggest jubilee lunch". TheGuardian.com. 5 June 2022.
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