Dickie Davies

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Quirky band Half Man Half Biscuit wrote the song ''Dickie Davies Eyes'' about him. Except it was about advertising and the work of Roger Dean, and not the voice of sport at all.
Quirky band Half Man Half Biscuit wrote the song ''Dickie Davies Eyes'' about him. Except it was about advertising and the work of Roger Dean, and not the voice of sport at all.
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He appeared in two [[Krypton Factor]] specials during the 1988 Seoul Olympics, 'Presenters versus Competitors', along with fellow-sports and quiz hosts, [[Nick Owen]], [[Alison Holloway]] and Elton Welsby. The presenters won!
== Web links ==
== Web links ==

Revision as of 12:30, 27 June 2009

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Contents

Shows

All in the Game

Home Grown

Fighting Talk (guest host)

Jigsaw

Sportsmasters

Biography

The host of ITV's Saturday afternoon World of Sport programme from 1968 until the show came to an end in 1985. He was the channel's public face of sport, and was an obvious choice to host quiz shows related to games and pastimes.

Trivia

Quirky band Half Man Half Biscuit wrote the song Dickie Davies Eyes about him. Except it was about advertising and the work of Roger Dean, and not the voice of sport at all.

He appeared in two Krypton Factor specials during the 1988 Seoul Olympics, 'Presenters versus Competitors', along with fellow-sports and quiz hosts, Nick Owen, Alison Holloway and Elton Welsby. The presenters won!

Web links

IMDb entry

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