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It’seighto’clockonChristmasmorning,andUncleTomsayshewantstolistentothenews.Iamwonderingwhyonearthgrownupswouldbeinterestedinthenewswhenthereareimportantthingstobedone,suchashandingoutpresents.Andthen,whileIamonlyhalf-listeningtotheradiobroadcast,somethingsurprisinghappens:TheboringnewsreaderbeginstalkingaboutaChristmasmessagefromtheVatican.Hadn’tweheardthatreportearlier?Myolderbrother,Colin,figuresoutwhat’shappening.“Pete,Pete,it’sataperecorder!We’vegotourtaperecorder!”
ColinandIhadbothbeenblindfrombirth.AtthespecialboardingschoolinWorcesterinwesternEnglandthatColinandIattended,ataperecorderofyourownwastheheightofaspiration.However,Colin—betterinformedandmorerealisticaboutfamilyfinancesthanIwas—hadnoreal-expectationsofgettingone.Irealized,muchlater,thatthetaperecordermyfatherhadboughtuswouldhavecostmorethanfourtimeshisweeklywage.
Thenewtoy,thesizeofasmallsuitcase,dominatedtherestoftheChristmasholidays.ItookmyfirststepsdownthepathtomycareerasabroadcasterwhenIreturnedtoschoolaftertheholidays.Iwouldwanderroundtheschoolwithmymicrophone,recordingmythoughtsinthestyleofthevoicesIheardontheradio.Buttenyearslater,afterIhadstartedandabandonedauniversitylawcourse,IdrewontheconfidenceandwalkedintoaBBCradiostation,inthehopeofsellingmyselfasabroadcastjournalist.Aproducerattheradiostationwhowasputtingtogetheraweeklyprogramforblindpeoplehadseenme.HelaterphonedmeandinformedIwasadmitted.
Twenty-fiveyearslater,IpresentedmyfirstreportforBBCTV’sSixO’ClockNews,aprogrammyfatherhadnevermissed.Althoughbythenhe’dbeendeadformorethanadecade,Iliketothinkhe’dhaverealizedthathisinspiringChristmaspresenthadchanged