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John Humphrys

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born

August 17, 1943 in Splott, The United Kingdom

gender

male

genre

Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Religion & Spirituality

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Desmond John Humphrys is a Welsh author, journalist and presenter of radio and television, who has won many national broadcasting awards. From 1981 to 1987 he was the main presenter for the Nine O'Clock News, the flagship BBC news television programme, and since 1987 he has been a presenter on the award-winning BBC Radio 4 programme, Today. He is also currently the host of the popular BBC Two television quiz show Mastermind.

John Humphrys has written several books, including Lost for Words, in which he criticizes what he sees as the widespread misuse of the English language, plus 'Devil's Advocate', 'Beyond Words', 'The Great Food Gamble' and 'In God We Doubt: Confessions Of A Failed Atheist'. Humphrys is an agnostic, but has a curiosity to...more

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Books by John Humphrys

Average rating: 3.45 · 289 ratings · 59 reviews · 13 distinct works

	Lost For Words 3.47 avg rating — 78 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	In God We Doubt: Confessions of an Failed Atheist 3.36 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Beyond Words 3.50 avg rating — 32 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Blue Skies And Black Olives: A Survivor's Tale Of Housebuilding And Peacock Chasing In Greece 3.41 avg rating — 22 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Great Food Gamble 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Devil's Advocate 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Welcome Visitor: Living Well, Dying Well 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Welcome Visitor: Living Well, Dying Well 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	Between You and I: A Little Book of Bad English by James Cochrane, John Humphrys (Introduction) 3.51 avg rating — 77 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Confessions of a Failed Atheist by John Humphreys, John Humphrys 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007	My rating: