- His parents moved to Ghana in 1961 so George therefore had his primary education there. He went to secondary school in Portsmouth, England however. He is a graduate of Durham University.
- He was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2008 Queen's New Years Honors List for his services to journalism.
- London N16, England (December 2007)
- His family pronounced the surname Alagiah as "Uller-hiya", but George gave up correcting people and the accepted pronunciation for his name was "Aller-giya".
- He was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in 2014 but lived a further nine years.
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