Chris Vacher

Education

Brought up near Axminster on the Somerset-Devon border, Vacher attended Sherborne School and the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth (in the same year as Prince Charles) before joining the Royal Navy in 1969 as a seaman officer

Career

He joined the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1981 working for Radio Bristol before becoming a freelance reporter and newsreader for Points West a year later. He joined the main presenting team in 1983 and holds the record as the programme"s longest serving main presenter. Vacher presented Points West for the final time on Friday 9 December 2011.

Achievements

• Vacher, a past winner of the Royal Television Society"s "Regional television Personality of the Year in the West" award, has also worked on various documentary specials as part of the regional current affairs series Close Up W.