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== Shows == | == Shows == | ||
- | [[Come Dancing]] | + | [[Come Dancing]] (guest host) |
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+ | [[Does the Team Think?]] | ||
[[It's a Knockout]] | [[It's a Knockout]] | ||
[[State Your Case]] | [[State Your Case]] | ||
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+ | [[Tell the Tale]] (co-host) | ||
[[Tell the Truth]] | [[Tell the Truth]] | ||
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+ | [[Yakity Yak]] | ||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
- | 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 == | ||
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He introduced the first televised Party Political broadcast by saying that the viewers would hear from ''Sir Stifford Craps''. | 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 | + | He was born in the Falkland Islands in 1917. He died in 1987. |
== Web links == | == Web links == |
Current revision as of 19:48, 3 March 2021
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.