Michael Deacon
Summary
Michael Deacon (1933 – 2000) was a Scottish actor.His many stage appearances included roles for venues such as the Hampstead Theatre, The Mercury Theatre, Colchester, Pentameters Theatre and the Finborough Theatre.He was also a highly distinguished radio actor, particularly for the BBC. His BBC Radio work ranged from productions of major classics and important new works to the long-running soap opera The Archers, in which he played the Vicar of Ambridge, Jerry Buckle. He also provided the voice of Grma Wormtongue in the animated film The Lord of the Rings and can be heard in many roles in commercially available audio productions of Shakespeare plays.
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Telegraph’s Andrew Gimson loses ‘Moore is a twat’ age discrimination case
Former Daily Telegraph journalist Andrew Gimson has lost his case for age discrimination after being ousted from his role as Parliamentary sketchwriter. Gimson, 54, resisted a plan to replace him with Michael Deacon (who is 20 years his junior) and refused to move over to the leader writing team, leading to his dismissal.
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Former Daily Telegraph sketchwriter loses ageism case
Tribunal finds Andrew Gimson's claim that he was moved to another role to make way for a younger writer to be 'implausible'.
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Daily Telegraph editor 'tried to force sketchwriter into inferior role'
Tony Gallagher denies age discrimination after Andrew Gimson was fired to make way for a writer who was 20 years younger.
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How did Blair do at Leveson? Mail leads the charge against its old foe
The Daily Mail was never going to let Tony Blair's claim that it waged a vendetta against his family pass without comment.
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Murdoch gets a measure of sympathy from rival newspapers
Rupert Murdoch may take heart, oddly, from some of the leading articles in today's national newspapers.
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News of the World hacks George Orwell's words | Media Monkey
The Telegraph's Michael Deacon followed up an ambitious choice of final salvo from the last page of Sunday's farewell News of the World. None other than George Orwell was quoted, describing an idyllic Sunday afternoon: "The wife is already asleep in the armchair and the children have been sent out for a nice long walk.
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