page_title: Martyn Lewis
section_title: Television news
hierarchical_section_title: Martyn Lewis / Television news
caption_attribution_description: Martyn Lewis at NCVO conference
context_page_description: Sir Martyn John Dudley Lewis CBE is a Welsh television news presenter and journalist. He was a presenter for various BBC News programmes between 1986 and 1999 and was known for his involvement in the coverage of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997. He is also active in the charity sector and is the Founder & Executive Chairman of YourBigDay Ltd.
context_section_description: He was a news presenter and reporter on HTV and ITN, before joining the BBC in October 1986 to present BBC News bulletins until the major relaunch of all output in 1999–2000.
  Lewis became the first presenter of the One O'Clock News on BBC One on 27 October 1986 when it was launched as part of the introduction of the channel's daytime schedule, replacing News After Noon.  Subsequently, he presented other bulletins including the Six O'Clock News and Nine O'Clock News.
  He created a modicum of controversy in 1993 when he claimed that television should feature more "good news".  He subsequently stated that he had been misunderstood on the matter.
  Lewis played a prominent role in the announcement of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales on Sunday 31 August 1997.  He was called into the BBC in the early hours of that morning to present short national bulletins during a late night viewing of Borsalino about the car accident in Paris. He returned home afterwards to get some sleep – expecting the Princess to pull through – only to be drafted in again in time for the special 6 am bulletin covering Diana's death.
  During the marathon coverage which was simulcast on BBC1, BBC World as well as broadcasters around the world which took in the BBC news feed, Lewis was almost brought to tears following Tony Blair's "People's Princess" statement. His uninterrupted presenting stint ended mid-afternoon when Peter Sissons took over.
  On 26 April 1999, a few weeks before the BBC relaunched its news programmes, he presented the Six O'Clock news bulletin with Jennie Bond on the day his co-host Jill Dando was murdered outside her home in West London. He also appeared on rival ITN that evening to pay tribute to his dead colleague.
  He presented his last bulletin at the start of May 1999 from Edinburgh, reporting on Scottish devolution, signing off with, "And from me, it's goodbye."
caption: Lewis in 2014
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