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- | MacDonald Hobley was one of the main BBC announcers when television resumed after the War. He was the first | + | MacDonald Hobley was one of the main BBC announcers when television resumed after the War. He was one of the first hosts of [[Come Dancing]], introduced arts films on ''Kaleidoscope'', hosted a travelling variety show ''Holiday Town Parade''. He spent three years on ABC, part of the ITV network, and later hosted such shows as ''Does The Team Think?'' and the first two BBC series of [[It's a Knockout]]. |
== Trivia == | == Trivia == |
Revision as of 22:08, 19 September 2016
Biography
MacDonald Hobley was one of the main BBC announcers when television resumed after the War. He was one of the first hosts of Come Dancing, introduced arts films on Kaleidoscope, hosted a travelling variety show Holiday Town Parade. He spent three years on ABC, part of the ITV network, and later hosted such shows as Does The Team Think? and the first two BBC series of It's a Knockout.
Trivia
Voted Television Personality of the Year 1954.
He introduced the first televised Party Political broadcast by saying that the viewers would hear from Sir Stifford Craps.
He was born in the Falkland Islands in 1917. He died in 1987.