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Michael Charles Donkin (29 August 1951 – 6 December 2007) was an English reporter and journalist for BBC News. Donkin was born in Southend-on-Sea Essex in 1951. He went to school at the Northern Grammar School for Boys in North End Portsmouth. He landed his first job with the East Anglian Daily Times in Ipswich. In 1975 he joined the BBC as a freelancer. Shortly after he joined The Today Programme on BBC Radio 4 he was praised for good work and quickly progressed to television.