That BBC article has a link to a clip of Cliff Michelmore interviewing David Bowie in his first television appearance aged 17 in the days when he used his real name David Jones. The BBC clip is poor quality. This clip is better quality:

I saw that interview when Bowie died, but good post. 

What a great innings! I didn't know he was still with us. I can just to say remember him doing the "Nationwide" spot on the tellybox.

He was very much part of my childhood ....we always had Sunday dinner listening to two way family favourites ...happy memories RIP  

Another television personality from my youth is gone, but 96 is a good age. 

R.I.P.

Some of the details have become a little sketchy over the years, but the following is essentially a true story:

Many years ago, my maternal Grandmother was visiting an old friend of hers. The friend's son happened to be home on holiday, and he'd brought a friend with him. During conversations, that new-fangled device the television came up. My Gran didn't have one, and the son's friend asked her what she thought of it. My Gran didn't care for it at all, and she said so: she thought it was boring and time-wasting, and got in the way of family "group" activities (my Mum's family were into things such as regular sing-a-longs). The son's friend politely said that she made some good points, and the subject was quickly dropped.

A long time later, when Gran finally did own a TV, she got the shock of her life when, during a current affairs programme, she saw that polite young man staring back at her. He was of course Cliff Michelmore...

Eugene's Lair posted:

Some of the details have become a little sketchy over the years, but the following is essentially a true story:

 

Many years ago, my maternal Grandmother was visiting an old friend of hers. The friend's son happened to be home on holiday, and he'd brought a friend with him. During conversations, that new-fangled device the television came up. My Gran didn't have one, and the son's friend asked her what she thought of it. My Gran didn't care for it at all, and she said so: she thought it was boring and time-wasting, and got in the way of family "group" activities (my Mum's family were into things such as regular sing-a-longs). The son's friend politely said that she made some good points, and the subject was quickly dropped.

 

A long time later, when Gran finally did own a TV, she got the shock of her life when, during a current affairs programme, she saw that polite young man staring back at her. He was of course Cliff Michelmore...

Great true story, Eugene.