Alastair Stewart: ‘Joining GB News was liberating – to now have one of their studios named after me is a great honour’

Legendary broadcaster Alastair Stewart has said having a GB News studio named after him is a “great honour”.

Alastair attended the opening of the new studio named in his honour and was treated to a round of applause by regular People’s Channel fixtures Martin Daubney, Christopher Hope and Mark White.

Speaking to Martin about the gesture, the 72-year-old said “it was such a kind gesture”.

He continued: “I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the time I have spent with GB News, from when I left ITN to when I joined, right from the kickoff point.

“As many people know as they have been kind enough to know about it and comment on it, when I became ill with dementia, GB News as an employer and as a group of friends have helped look after me so well.

“To have a bit of real estate named after me is a great honour. I am enormously grateful.”

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Alastair stepped back from regular presenting duties in 2023 when he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, but has continued to provide sharp insights and broadcasting expertise as a contributor to the People’s Channel.

Martin, who was presenting the show, told Alastair he was delighted to welcome him and pay tribute to his esteemed career in journalism.

“As somebody who has followed your career my entire life, way before I got into journalism, it’s a genuine honour and a privilege to have you here”, he said.

“Thank you so much for everything you have done for the country and for GB News.”

Alastair replied: “Thank you, I appreciate that very much indeed. In a curious sense, how lucky we were to live and develop our careers in the era we did.

“It was the era of Margaret Thatcher, the era of Tony Blair, the fall of the Berlin Wall, democracy coming to Eastern Europe and the Falklands War.

“All sorts of amazing events that gave us the chance to report it accurately and with authority.

“It was such a joy to come to GB News because we could go one step further and interview all sorts of people who had profoundly different views.

“If we had profound different opinions ourselves, as long as it was balanced, that was important, we could give a little bit of our own views as well.

“That was like a liberation. That’s why joining GB News was such an important arrival on the landscape of television in this country.

“And now, I’m a permanent fixture.”