Gardner worked as a marketing manager for Gulf Exports from 1984 to 1986 and in trading and sales for Saudi International Bank from 1986 to 1990. He worked for five years for Robert Fleming Bank from 1990 to 1995, becoming Director of Middle East. [6] He had a nine-year career as an investment banker. Gardner's bestselling first novel, Crisis, featuring the fictional SBS officer-turned MI6 operative Luke Carlton and a ruthless Colombian drug lord, was published in June 2016. [29] [30] His second novel, Ultimatum, was published in June 2018 followed by the third Luke Carlton novel, Outbreak in 2021. [31] Honours and awards [ edit ] On 24 September 2022, Gardner presented the BBC News special, Ukraine: Putin's Nuclear Threat. The documentary focuses on the recent gains by Ukrainian forces and how it could provoke President Putin into using tactical nuclear weapons against Ukrainian forces engaged in the Russo-Ukrainian War. [28] Published works [ edit ]

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Frank Gardner has written a fast and exciting story rooted in the present horrifying dangers that surrounds us. Crisis is brimful of an insider's insights and reeks of authority. GERALD SEYMOUR He is a keen birdwatcher [35] and presented a September 2009 BBC Archive Hour programme on Sir Peter Scott. [35] In 2019 he was elected President of the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO).In September 2012, he revealed that Queen Elizabeth II had been upset some years earlier that Abu Hamza al-Masri could not be arrested. The BBC apologised later that day for the revelation. [22] Other media work [ edit ] Gardner, Frank (31 August 2003). "Memories of a veteran explorer". BBC News . Retrieved 17 July 2012. Introducing Luke Carlton - ex-Special Boat Service commando, and now under contract to MI6 for some of its most dangerous missions. Gardner was born on 31 July 1961. His father and mother, Robert Neil Gardner (1922–2010) and Evelyn Grace Rolleston (1923–2014), were both diplomats, [1] and when he was six he moved from the UK to the Hague in the Netherlands. In 1951, while second secretary at the British Embassy in Czechoslovakia, his father was expelled from the country for espionage activities after an incident in a prohibited military area where he was shot at. [2] [3] His grandfather was physician John Davy Rolleston. Educated at Saint Ronan's School, and Marlborough College, Gardner was pushed by his teachers into taking up biathlon, which enabled him to travel to Austria to train with the British Army biathlon team. [4] In 2016, Gardner appeared on Channel 4's coverage of the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in his role as President of the GB Ski Club.

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BBC apology to Queen over Abu Hamza disclosure". BBC News. 25 September 2012 . Retrieved 9 September 2020. Crisis” is the first novel in the “Luke Carlton” series and was released in the year 2016. Luke Carlton was a Special Boat Service commando, and currently he works under contract to MI6 for some of the most dangerous missions they get. Frank Gardner has written a fast and exciting story rooted in the present horrifying dangers that surrounds us. Crisis is brimful of an insider's insights and reeks of authority." -- GERALD SEYMOUR Sherwin, Adam (10 March 2012). "BBC star quits 'awards dinner for arms dealers' ". The Independent . Retrieved 9 September 2020. Gardner obviously has an up-to-the-minute understanding of contemporary warfare and he is also a very good writer. This is a thrilling adventure. LITERARY REVIEWOn 11 November 1993, Gardner was appointed a captain in the Regular Army Reserve. [11] He returned to the Territorial Army on 24 April 1997, serving in the Educational and Training Services Branch of the Adjutant General's Corps. [12] He was promoted to major in the Territorial Army on 1 July 2006, [13] and retired on 30 July 2021. [14] Banking [ edit ] It took fourteen operations and a seven month stay in the hospital and a few months of physical therapy before he could return to his job reporting for the BBC in the middle of 2005. He had to use either a frame or a wheelchair. After, he would still do some reports from the field, but usually throws in his comments from one of the BBC’s studios. Find sources: "Frank Gardner"journalist– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( November 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Few thriller debuts possess the confidence and verve of Frank Gardner's CRISIS . . . a book of exhilarating panache." * SUNDAY TIMES * His book is as much a travel writer's as a journalist's - a thank you letter for all the good experiences he has had in the Middle East. We talk about his special fondness for Egyptians. 'Brits and Egyptians have this in common: they laugh at themselves.' And it is easy to see how this bond developed: Gardner delights in sending himself up. My favourite story could be called the Tunisian Debacle. He relives the embarrassment of mispronouncing the traditional greeting 'laa bas' (meaning 'no harm', 'no evil') as 'libas', which turns out to mean underwear. As he says, 'Touring a country saying "Pants" to everyone you meet is not the best way to ingratiate yourself.'

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Czech Sentries Shoot British Official, Embassy Employee". Sydney: The Sunday Herald. Australian Associated Press. 16 December 1951 . Retrieved 29 July 2023. He wrote a bestselling memoir called “Blood and Sand” that described his experiences while in the Middle East, and wrote another book that documents his travels to unusual places around the globe. Gardner has also written some books about a character named Luke Carlton, which are from the thriller genre. Sent to Colombia to investigate the murder of a British intelligence officer, Spanish-speaking former SBS man Luke Carlton is caught in a revenge plot with international dimensions – and London as its target. Special forces stories have largely replaced Bond-type heroes at the top of the action/espionage genre thanks to authors like Andy McNab and Chris Ryan. But Gardner is clearly determined to highlight the little publicised role of the Special Forces in protecting the country in increasingly troubled times. He has also fully taken on board the P7 mantra of the units – and the ‘teeth’ regiments which provide most of their manpower – Prior Planning and Preparation Prevents Piss-Poor Performance – and has produced an absolutely irresistible debut: smart, authentic, and always entertaining. Sent into the steaming Colombian jungle to investigate the murder of a British intelligence officer, Luke finds himself caught up in the coils of a plot that has terrifying international dimensions.But he adds: 'I have to say it is not that easy because I am in pain a lot of the time, and when I am in pain I can't be a good husband or father. If I am having to deal with agony in my legs or am exhausted and have to lie down, I can't take part in the children's games, which is tough.' While only sixteen, he and his mother met Sir Wilfred Thesiger on a bus ride. His mother had already known the man. They were invited to his home, in Chelsea, and though Gardner was reluctant at first, he later fell in love with Arabia.