The much-loved newsreader, 67, died on Monday from bowel cancer after being first diagnosed in 2014.
Alagiah was best known for presenting the BBC News At Six for the last 20 years.
His colleagues at the BBC including presenters and journalists Clive Myrie, Naga Munchetty and Sophie Raworth paid moving tributes to the late newsreader.
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Raworth revealed at the end of Monday’s programme that Alagiah had hoped to come into the BBC studio one last time to thank the viewers but did not get the chance.
Before airing a video montage in his honour on the BBC’s News At Six, Raworth remembered Alagiah as a “man of great values and indomitable spirit”.
She recalled launching the evening news show with him 20 years in January 2003, saying that he felt “enormously proud and privileged” to be presenting the programme.
You can look back on the late newsreader’s life and career here.
“He loved being in the newsroom, being part of the team, and he made a good cup of tea as well. We all adored him,” Raworth added.
“He felt a real connection with the audience too. After he was diagnosed with cancer, just over nine years ago, he received thousands of letters and messages from people who wrote to him as if they knew each other, strangers who spoke to him as a friend.
“He was really touched by your support. George was a man of great values and indomitable spirit. A big smile of velvety love, a great friend.”
The emotional video featured clips and picture with Alagiah admitting that it had taken him time to process his bowel cancer diagnosis after he was first told.
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