Brunson began his broadcasting career at the
BBC. He joined ITN in 1968 and in 1971 covered the
Bangladesh Liberation War and wrote a testimony about the death, starvation and suffering of refugees in West Bengal. In 1973, Brunson became ITN
Washington Correspondent, where he remained until 1977, covering
Watergate and the
1976 US presidential election between
Jimmy Carter and
Gerald Ford. He was ITN Diplomatic Editor from 1978 to 1986, attending every major international summit meeting. In 1986, Brunson became ITN Political Editor, a role for which he is perhaps best known, and as an occasional ITN newscaster on the-then
News at 5:45 and
News at Ten. Brunson retired from ITN in March 2000 after 32 years' service with ITN. Since then, he has regularly appeared as a political commentator on
Sky News,
GMTV and elsewhere. He was appointed
OBE in 2000 and lives in
Letheringsett in Norfolk. Brunson's autobiography,
A Ringside Seat, was published in 2000. ==Publications==