It is peoples' fantasies of what is true that is so extraordinary. That that we were born and that we face eternal extinction after death is an extraordinary fantasy.

When he came to Wellington at the end of 1962 he started reading the news both on television and on radio. He also provides formal readings for the comedy programme The News Quiz. The NZBC put him in at the deep end and introduced him to many forms of radio including compiling programmes commentary and other functions.

All of Perkins' relatives are New Zealanders although they refer to England as home. Brian Perkins (born September 11 1943 in Wanganui New Zealand) is a senior newsreader on BBC Radio 4.