Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith

16 April 1924 - 12 August 2010

Television Reporter, Politician

A long serving Conservative MP respected on all sides of the house, Johnson Smith entered politics after a successful career as an interviewer and occasional presenter of the flagship television news programme Tonight (1953). After leaving Parliament he served as governor of the British Film Institute between 1980 and 1988.

- Read Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith's Telegraph Obituary
- Read Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith's Guardian Obituary