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		</div><p>Former BBC radio presenter Brian Widlake has died aged 85.</p>
<p>The broadcaster and journalist’s death was announced on Monday on BBC Radio 4′s The World At One programme, which he presented in the 1970s and 1980s.</p>
<p>BBC director-general Tony Hall paid tribute to Widlake in a statement.</p>
<p>He said: <i>“Brian was a fine journalist and presenter who was key to establishing World At One as a pioneering program.</p>
<p>“He was a wonderful colleague and will be sadly missed.”</i></p>
<p>Dame Jenny Abramsky, the BBC’s former director of audio and music, said Widlake was <i>“a joy to work with”.</i></p>
<p>She praised him as “charming” and said he was a “really gifted broadcaster” during a discussion on The World At One.</p>
<p>Dame Jenny said of Widlake’s interviewing technique: <i>“Brian would always think, ‘what do you the listener want to find out?’</p>
<p>“He would approach the interviews in that way and, therefore, the listeners felt he was their friend, and that was the important thing.”</i></p>
<p>Widlake made broadcasting history when he became the first journalist to conduct a television interview with Nelson Mandela in 1961 while Mandela was on the run.</p>
<p>During his long and prestigious career, the former ITN reporter also interviewed US president Ronald Reagan, which he discussed last year while celebrating The World At Once’s 50th anniversary.</p>
<p><i>“We had a very good time,”</i> Widlake said of Reagan. <i>“He was a charming man, very well-mannered.”</i></p>
<p>Widlake was also known for co-presenting BBC 2′s Money Programme in the 1980s and he appeared on Radio 4′s long-running PM broadcast.</p>
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