David Jessel [SEP] educated at
Dragon School, an independent school in Oxford, and at Eton College, to which he won a scholarship in 1959. He won an Exhibition to Merton College, Oxford, where he read Modern History. He was also secretary of the University's Dramatic Society, OUDS.
Career at the BBC.
He joined the BBC in 1967 on a trainee placement at BBC Birmingham, rising to become a presenter of the regional news programmes on television and radio. Early in 1968, Jessel moved to London to join the national
David Jessel
David Greenhalgh Jessel (born 8 November 1945) is a former British TV and radio news presenter, author, and campaigner against miscarriages of justice. From 2000 to 2010 he was also a commissioner of the Criminal Cases Review Commission.
Background.
David Jessel is the son of Robert Jessel, a former defence correspondent of "The Times" (London), and Dame Penelope Jessel, and the brother of journalist Stephen Jessel.
Education.
David Jessel was born in Abingdon and educated at the