Denis Tuohy

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Denis Tuohy (born 2nd April 1937) is a retired British television newsreader and reporter who originally hailed from the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland. He participated in several of the BBC's current affairs programmes of the 1970s, including the long-running Panorama and also presented ITV's This Week (known for a period of the 1980s as TV Eye). During the 1990s, he was mainly known for his work as a reporter for ITN.

Probably Tuohy's most famous contribution to broadcasting history, however, was his early involvement with the BBC2 channel and in fact his was the first face to appear "officially" on BBC2. As the result of a disastrous power failure on the opening night, newsreader Gerald Priestland was seen briefly before transmission was aborted and the official launch postponed until the day after. Tuohy headed the successful second attempt, however, sarcastically referring to the power cut by blowing out a candle on his desk. This image has since become an iconic piece of British television, frequently shown on TV history and nostalgia programmes.

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