Sandy Gall, Esq, CMG, CBE

Career: Nat Serv RAF 1945-48; foreign corr Reuters 1953-63 (Berlin, Nairobi, Suez, Geneva, Bonn, Budapest, Johannesburg, Congo); ITN: foreign corr 1963-92 (ME, Africa, Vietnam, Far East, China, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Gulf War), newscaster 1968-90 (News at Ten 1970-90); prodr/presenter/writer of documentaries, subjects incl Cresta Run 1970 and 1985, King Hussein 1972, Afghanistan 1982, 1984 and 1986, George Adamson 1989, Richard Leakey 1995, Empty Quarter 1996, Veil of Fear (World in Action) 1996, Imran's Final Test 1997, Sandy's War (Tonight with Trevor McDonald) 2001, Afghanistan: War Without End (History Channel) 2004; freelance writer; independent TV prodr 1993-; chm Sandy Gall's Afghanistan Appeal (SGAA) 1986-; rector Univ of Aberdeen 1978-81; Sitara-i-Pakistan 1985, Lawrence of Arabia Medal RSAA 1987; Hon LLD Univ of Aberdeen 1981

Books and Publications: Gold Scoop (1977), Chasing the Dragon (1981), Don't Worry About the Money Now (1983), Behind Russian Lines, an Afghan Journal (1983), Afghanistan: Agony of a Nation (1988), Salang (1989), George Adamson: Lord of the Lions (1991), A Year in Kuwait (1992), News from the Front (1994), The Bushmen of Southern Africa: Slaughter of the Innocent (2001), War Against the Taliban: Why It All Went Wrong in Afghanistan (2012)