John Suchet is a British newsreader and television presenter. Most famous for being a newsreader for ITV News, John worked for the channel for 32 years, between 1972 and 2004. He retired from ITN in 2004, but made a welcome return to TV news in 2006, presenting Five News. He has now retired from newsreading, but appears occasionally as a guest presenter on daytime shows and TV news specials. In February 2009 John appeared on BBC Breakfast to talk about Bonnie's dementia and to raise awareness for the disease and the charities supporting it. He is now the patron of For Dementia.