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An artist's impression of David Dickinson David Dickinson (born David Gulessarian, 16 August, 1941 in Stockport, Cheshire (now in Greater Manchester)) is an English antiques expert and television presenter of Armenian ancestry. David Dickinson is the name of: David Dickinson (born 1941), English antiques expert and television presenter of Armenian ancestry David W. Dickinson (1808-1845), U.S. Representative from Tennessee Category: ...
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Biography
Dickinson was born in Macclesfield to an unmarried mother, Eugenie Gulessarian. Eugenie was a member of Armenian textile trading family, whose father had moved from Istanbul to Manchester, England in 1904. Eugenie is also noted as being a gypsy who collected many antiques which sparked David's love for the industry. Dickinson had corresponded with his biological mother in her later life in Jersey, but they never met. Dickinson's biological father is unknown. , Macclesfield is a market town in Cheshire, England with a population of about 50,688 (2001 census for Macclesfield urban sub-area). ...
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David was adopted by the Dickinsons, a local couple. Mr. Dickinson died when David was 12, and as his adoptive mother worked hard to keep the family together, David was in part brought up by his French grandmother. Dickinson began an apprenticeship at an aircraft factory when he was 14, but quickly left to work in the cloth trade in central Manchester. At 19 Dickinson served four years in prison, the majority spent at Strangeways in Manchester, for fraud.[1] HM Prison Manchester is a British prison. ...
He began working as an antiques dealer 30 years ago, when he worked full time as agent to his wife, a cabaret singer. While she was working, Dickinson spent time visiting antique shops and learning from the trade - he believed this was due to his approach, in "chatting up and generally charming" the dealers. Eventually he opened his own shop with old school friend Chris Haworth in Disley. The pair sold the first shop in 1980, and opened another in Wilmslow for three years - but it was not a success, and they dissolved the partnership. Disley is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. ...
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Dickinson set up again in Manchester with the assistance of an old customer as silent partner, and the business ran until 1991 when, in light of forthcoming recession, the shop was closed. Dickinson decided to concentrate on selling antiques at prestigious fairs, taking stands at Olympia and other major antiques fairs three or four times a year, dealing in 18th and 19th century furniture and works of art. Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ...
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TV career In 1998, a chance meeting with a TV producer at a barbecue led to Dickinson's TV appearance, a two-part documentary for the BBC made about him and his preparation for a show at Olympia. His dark complexion (often implied to be a fake tan, but he claims that it's due to his Armenian ancestry) and numerous catchphrases quickly caught the viewers attention. He will often ask female contestants "Do you mind if I call you girls?", describe particularly excellent items as "real bobby-dazzlers" (and conversely, poor items as "a load of tat") and refer to anything he considers a bargain as being "Cheap as chips!" Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
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Dickinson came to public attention as an antiques expert on This Morning (owing in part to his facial resemblance to the fictional antiques dealer Lovejoy) as portrayed on television by Ian McShane), but his fame came from presenting the game show Bargain Hunt on the BBC. A weekly evening slot, added later, brought him to the attention of a wider public. This Morning logo This Morning is a British, ITV daytime television programme that was started on 3 October 1988 and includes celebrity guests, entertainment, advice, competitions and features. ...
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After the evening version of Bargain Hunt was axed, and having been replaced by Tim Wonnacott on the daytime slot, he went on to present a new show, Dealing With Dickinson, which first aired on BBC1 on 17 July 2005 although it was cancelled after only one season. Tim Wonnacott is an antiques expert, whos career includes auctioning and television presenting. ...
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Dickinson now has a new series on the ITV Network, called Dickinson's Real Deal which broadcasts on weekdays at 2pm. The programme asks people to come in and either sell their items to a dealer or take a gamble and go to auction. For other uses, see ITV (disambiguation). ...
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Guest Appearances In 2002 David Dickinson appeared as a guest on Shooting Stars joining Team B led by Ulrika Johnson and Johnny Vegas. Shooting Stars is a UK television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two. ...
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In 2003 he made a cameo in teen movie Eurotrip. EuroTrip is a 2004 American comedy film produced by the same people as Road Trip and Old School. ...
In 2004 he was one of several celebrities to have their portraits painted in the BBC 1 television series Star Portraits with Rolf Harris [1]. In 2005 Dickinson appeared on the ITV reality show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, where he first announced that he had used heroin in his younger years. He also presented information slots for viewers on how to bid on satellite shopping channel Bid TV. Star Portraits with Rolf Harris was a BBC television series that has so far had 2 series. ...
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Dickinson explored his family background in an episode of the third series of the BBC genealogical documentary series Who Do You Think You Are?[2] broadcast in the UK on 4 October, 2006. He was able to trace relatives in both the UK and Istanbul. Genealogy (from Greek: γενεα, genea, family; and λόγος, logos, knowledge) is the study and tracing of family pedigrees. ...
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On one radio episode of Dead Ringers, The Doctor (voiced by Jon Culshaw) phoned up Dickinson to ask him how much he could get for a Magnetic Core Extractor that was believed to be owned by the Doctor when he was Jon Pertwee. Dickinson described it as "a bit of a bobby dazzler". Dead Ringers is a UK radio and television comedy impressions show broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Two. ...
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Personal life Dickinson met his wife-to-be in a nightclub in the 1960s - the international cabaret artist Lorne Lesley, and they've now been married for over 30 years. As a wedding gift Lorne gave David an antique regency mourning ring, set with a rose cut diamond. Lorne is half African and half Welsh and one-sixteenth Scottish; she hails from Tiger Bay, Cardiff. The couple live in the village of Bollington, Cheshire and have two grown-up children, and also grand children. Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue — a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting around the tables (often dining or drinking) watching the performance. ...
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Bollington is a small town [1] in Cheshire, England, north of Macclesfield and east of Prestbury. ...
Dickinson's nickname is "The Duke", a play on the fact that he is a big John Wayne ("The Duke") fan and a reference to his smart but slightly eccentric dress sense. David has used the same tailor for forty years, Chris Nicolaou, who appeared as a guest for David's This Is Your Life programme. He drives a bright blue Bentley Continental GT. For other persons named John Wayne, see John Wayne (disambiguation). ...
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