Biographie

He interviewed US Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

Died after suffering a heart attack while on board the Cunard cruise ship Queen Elizabeth, just hours after setting sail from Southampton. He was due to give a speech to the passengers.

While a student, Frost edited a student newspaper as well as a literary publication at Cambridge University, throughout displaying a major talent for satire, and soon put to good use at the BBC.

He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in 1970 and knighthood of the British Empire in the 1993 Queen's New Years Honors List for his services to broadcasting and journalism.

He interviewed British Prime Ministers Harold Wilson, Edward Heath, James Callaghan, Margaret Thatcher, John Major and Tony Blair.

Over the last half century the television interview has given us some of TV's most heart-stopping and memorable moments. On the surface it is a simple format - two people sitting across from one another having a conversation. But underneath it is often a power struggle - a battle for the psychological advantage.

Vote Labour and you build castles in the air. Vote Conservative and you can live in them.

Love is when each person is more concerned for the other than for one's self.

Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in your home.

Being upbeat is the key to life.