Robert Kee CBE (born October 5, 1919 in Calcutta, India) is a British broadcaster, journalist and writer, known for his historical works on World War II and Ireland. He was educated at Stowe School, Buckingham and read history at Magdalen College, Oxford where he was a pupil, then a friend of the historian A.J.P. Taylor.

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  • Robert Kee CBE (born October 5, 1919 in Calcutta, India) is a British broadcaster, journalist and writer, known for his historical works on World War II and Ireland. He was educated at Stowe School, Buckingham and read history at Magdalen College, Oxford where he was a pupil, then a friend of the historian A.J.P. Taylor. During World War II he served in the Royal Air Force as a bomber pilot. His plane was shot down over German-occupied Holland. He was imprisoned and spent three years in a German POW camp. This gave him material for his first book A Crowd Is Not Company. It was first published as a novel in 1947 but was later revealed to be an autobiography. It recounts his experiences as a prisoner of war and his various escapes from the Nazi camp. His career in journalism began immediately after the Second World War. He worked for the Picture Post, then later became a special correspondent for the Sunday Times and the Observer. He was also literary editor of the Spectator. In 1958 he moved to television where he became one of the great broadcasters of his generation. He appeared for many years on both the BBC and ITV as reporter, interviewer and presenter. He presented many current affairs programmes including Panorama , ITN's First Report and Channel 4's Seven Days. He was awarded the BAFTA Richard Dimbleby Award in 1976. Kee wrote and presented the documentary series Ireland - A Television History in 1980. The work received great critical acclaim and was widely shown both in the United Kingdom and the United States. Following the series' transmission on RTÉ, Ireland's national broadcaster, Kee won a Jacob's Award for his script and presentation. As one of the "Famous Five" he launched TV-am in 1983 along with Sir David Frost, Anna Ford, Michael Parkinson and Angela Rippon." (en)
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  • Robert Kee CBE (born October 5, 1919 in Calcutta, India) is a British broadcaster, journalist and writer, known for his historical works on World War II and Ireland. He was educated at Stowe School, Buckingham and read history at Magdalen College, Oxford where he was a pupil, then a friend of the historian A.J.P. Taylor. (en)
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