Bob Wellings
Robert Arthur Wellings (1 April 1934 – 1 March 2022) was a British television presenter who worked on "Nationwide" and other programmes. Life and career. Wellings was born in Jerusalem, then Mandatory Palestine. From 1959, Wellings worked for Anglia Television's local news "About Anglia" in Norwich, as a reporter and presenter. He joined the BBC Television's South East regional news in 1969 before working on "Nationwide" from 1971, remaining on the programme until 1979. Colleagues included Frank Bough and Sue Lawley. “As a "Nationwide" reporter, you had to be able to tackle anything, from interviewing, say, Edward  Heath to some extraordinary animal,” Wellings said in "Let’s Go Nationwide", a 1991 documentary. He also co-presented "That's Life!" in its first year, with the actor George Layton, and BBC 1's daytime "Open Air" (1986–89) programme. Later he joined Sky News. Wellings died on 1 March 2022, at the age of 87.