Gordon Honeycombe: Author, playwright and newscaster who left ITN after article in support of striking firemen

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Although he could boast a range of accomplishments in literature and the theatre, Gordon Honeycombe's principal claim to fame was as a newscaster for Independent Television News from 1965 to 1977, and for TV-am from 1984 to 1989. By the time he left ITN he had produced four novels, along with two radio plays based on literary classics: Paradise Lost in 1975, and the following year Lancelot and Guinevere, derived from Malory's Morte d'Arthur. Ronald Gordon Honeycombe, newscaster and author: born Karachi 27 September 1936; died Perth, Western Australia 9 October 2015.