John Sergeant (born 14 April 1944) is a British television and radio journalist and broadcaster. The son of a missionary who was also a distinguished linguist, he is of Russian origin on his mother's side. Sergeant's early life meant that he followed his father's work, and was raised in locations including Jerusalem and Oxford.

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  • John Sergeant (born 14 April 1944) is a British television and radio journalist and broadcaster. The son of a missionary who was also a distinguished linguist, he is of Russian origin on his mother's side. Sergeant's early life meant that he followed his father's work, and was raised in locations including Jerusalem and Oxford. Sergeant was educated at Great Tew Primary School, briefly at the independent Bloxham School near Banbury, in Oxfordshire, and then at the independent Millfield School in Street, Somerset. He graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford, where he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics. Sergeant made a name for himself in student comedy revues, with the result that, after graduation, he starred with Alan Bennett in a series of sketch shows on the BBC entitled On the Margin and wrote comedy scripts. He then trained as a journalist at Darlington College while reporting for the Liverpool Echo.
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  • John Sergeant (born 14 April 1944) is a British television and radio journalist and broadcaster. The son of a missionary who was also a distinguished linguist, he is of Russian origin on his mother's side. Sergeant's early life meant that he followed his father's work, and was raised in locations including Jerusalem and Oxford.
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