Political reporter visits old school
He is more used to asking the questions, but the tables were turned on one of the county's top journalists, when he was grilled by budding young reporters during a visit to his old school.
James Landale is deputy political editor of the BBC, and before that worked as a journalist on The Times for a decade.
But in the 1970s, when he was still a pupil at Abberley Hall School, near Tenbury Wells on the south Shropshire border, the veteran news man was only dreaming of making headlines.
Mr Landale returned to the school, at Great Witley, to give a talk about journalism to the next generation and said he was impressed by the eagerness of the current pupils.
He said: "It was good to be back at Abberley and see how engaging and bright the children are – they asked me some very interesting and pertinent questions after my talk."
Mr Landale joined the BBC six years ago. He spoke about his varied work as a political journalist, which has led to him questioning President Obama and Vladimir Putin.
He said that one of the highlights of his career had been meeting Nelson Mandela whilst touring a school in South Africa.
And, in answer to one of the questions, he told the children the name of the person he would most like to interview.
"The Queen," he revealed "As she has never given an interview."
He also said that he was looking forward to reporting on the forthcoming general election.
His talk was part of a regular series of lectures for children, teachers and parents at the private prep-school, that help get pupils thinking about possible careers.
Mr Landale explained to his audience that he had considered various jobs before deciding to become a journalist and he encouraged all Abberley Hall's pupils to do the same.
The school educates around 300 day and boarding pupils aged from two to 13, drawn from throughout Shropshire, Worcestershire and surrounding counties.
