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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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Long-serving South-of-England ITV newsreader whose willingness to send himself up has made him something of a cult figure. Perhaps best known for the kids' non-quiz shows ''How'' and ''How 2'', but he's turned up in all sorts of improbable places - even on the BBC. Back home in the South he still presents ''Meridian Tonight''.
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Long-serving South-of-England ITV newsreader whose willingness to send himself up has made him something of a cult figure. In the 1970s he was a sports presenter, including fronting coverage of the 1972 Olympics.
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Perhaps best known for the kids' non-quiz shows ''How'' and ''How 2'', but he's turned up in all sorts of improbable places - even on the BBC. Back home in the South he still presents ''Meridian Tonight''.
== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==

Revision as of 22:48, 13 June 2006

Contents

Shows

Gambit

Never Had it So Good (team captain)

Pass the Buck

Star Kids

Tell the Truth

Vintage Quiz

Biography

Long-serving South-of-England ITV newsreader whose willingness to send himself up has made him something of a cult figure. In the 1970s he was a sports presenter, including fronting coverage of the 1972 Olympics.

Perhaps best known for the kids' non-quiz shows How and How 2, but he's turned up in all sorts of improbable places - even on the BBC. Back home in the South he still presents Meridian Tonight.

Trivia

He is very keen on football, and is a director of Portsmouth FC.

He was the Kray Twins' official biographer.

Techno twiddlers Orbital used a sample of him reading a report of a supposed alien abduction on their track "LC1".

He was the co-presenter to Dickie Davies on ITV's World of Sport.

Web links

IMDb entry

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