Lindley was born in
Winchester,
Hampshire, England, on 25 April 1936. He was educated at
Bedford School and studied English Literature at
Queens' College, Cambridge, where he was chair of the film society. Lindley's television career began in 1962. He joined
ITN, working as a war reporter in
Africa,
Asia and in the
Middle East. In 1973, he moved from news to current affairs, joining the
BBC's flagship
Panorama programme. He remained with
Panorama for 15 years, before being appointed as a television regulator at the
Independent Broadcasting Authority, forerunner of
Ofcom, regulating the accuracy and impartiality of
ITV news and current affairs. Returning to programme-making, he became a reporter and presenter for
ITV's
This Week. He subsequently rejoined ITN to present its
World News and make special reports for
News at Ten. He published two books about the history of British broadcasting: one on BBC
Panorama and another on the News from ITN. In 2008, he was elected to the council of the
Royal Free Hospital, for which he was latterly lead governor, and other charitable work included chairing the
Voice of the Listener & Viewer and also the St Pancras Almshouses, a sheltered accommodation charity. He was appointed
MBE in the
2017 Birthday Honours for voluntary and charitable services. Lindley's first marriage in 1976 to Clare Fehrsen, with whom he had two children, ended in divorce after ten years. Lindley died at home in London on 6 November 2019 of heart disease, a month after having been run over by a lorry when crossing the road and suffering multiple injuries. ==References==