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Encyclopedia > Fred Dinenage

Fred Edgar Dinenage is a television host and newsreader, based in the south of England. He was born on 8 June 1942 in Birmingham, England. It is commonly mislead that his middle is Algernon but he confirmed on 21st July 2007 on Radio 1 with Fearne Cotton that his middle name is in fact Edgar. is the 159th day of the year (160th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Birmingham (pron. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is God Save the Queen. See also Proposed English National Anthems. ... Fearne Marie Cotton (born 3 September 1981) is an English television presenter and DJ. Known for presenting a number of popular TV programmes such as Top of the Pops and Red Nose Day, she can also now be heard co-hosting the BBC Radio 1 Weekend Breakfast show with Reggie...


Dinenage has appeared as presenter of many British TV programmes (most of them produced by Southern Television and its successors TVS and Meridian), such as Gambit (produced by Anglia), Tell The Truth, How, and its successor How 2, as well as the BBC quiz show Pass The Buck. He is also a well respected newsreader, currently presenting the Southampton edition of Meridian Tonight for ITV Meridian, alongside Debbie Thrower. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Meridian Broadcasting (ITV Meridian) is the holder of the ITV franchise for South and South East England. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... How 2 is an informative childrens programme produced by TVS between 1990 and 1992, and SMG Productions (stv) from 1993. ... How 2 is an informative childrens programme produced by TVS between 1990 and 1992, and SMG Productions (stv) from 1993. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... Southampton is the largest city[1] on the south coast of England. ... Meridian Tonight is the flagship news programme in the ITV Meridian region. ... Meridian Broadcasting (ITV Meridian) is the holder of the ITV franchise for South and South East England. ... Debbie Thrower (born 17 Nov 1957) is a British Television presenter currently working for ITV region Meridian on the Southern edition of its flagship programme Meridian Tonight. ...


He also spent a brief period in the late 1970's covering regional sport for Yorkshire Television (Dinenage was shown in a YTV technicians' Christmas tape as being On loan from Southern Television). He also appeared as a relief presenter of the networked ITV Saturday afternoon show, World of Sport, something which earned him an appearance on the anarchic children's show Tiswas. He also has his own weekly column featured on the magazine of the local newspaper Daily Echo. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... In relation to British television, Christmas tapes are unendorsed videotapes compiled by technical staff for their personal amusement. ... Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... Dickie Davies in the World of Sport studio World of Sport was a British television sport anthology programme launched on ITV on January 2, 1965 in response to Grandstand. ... Tiswas was an anarchic Saturday morning childrens British TV show which ran from 5 January 1974 to 3 April 1982. ... The Southern Daily Echo is a local newspaper that covers the area of south-central Hampshire,UK, including the city of Southampton. ...


Alongside his television career, Dinenage has written several factual books, including ghosting an autobiography of the Kray twins. He is also a keen follower of Association Football, and was on the board of directors at Portsmouth FC for a number of years, before retiring at the end of the 2005/06 season. Fred also likes to relax by playing keyboards in the sexy Jazz band, Fred Dinenage & the Sex Machines. [citation needed] Ronald Ronnie Kray (24 October 1933 – 17 March 1995) and Reginald Reggie Kray (24 October 1933 – 1 October 2000) were identical twin brothers, and the foremost organised crime leaders in Londons East End during the 1950s and 60s. ... Founded in 1898, Portsmouth Football Club are an English association football club based in the south coast city port of Portsmouth. ...


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Fred Dinenage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (208 words)
Fred Dinenage is a television host and newsreader, based in the south of England.
Dinenage has appeared as presenter of many British TV programmes (most of them produced by Southern Television and its successors TVS and Meridian), such as Gambit (produced by Anglia), Tell The Truth, How, and its successor How 2 (which he still presents to this day), as well as the BBC quiz show Pass The Buck.
He is also a keen follower of Association Football, and was on the board of directors at Portsmouth FC for a number of years, before retiring at the end of the 2005/06 season.
Gambit - UKGameshows (1673 words)
Fred also took the art of quizzing seriously, and after nobody was able to tell him what animal a member of the lupine family was, asked dippy sidekick Michelle Lambourne what she thought.
Fred also had tips for a harmonious married life at the same time, claiming "One or two of the couples have had a blazing row after the show because the husband got it wrong.
Sadly, Fred decided that Gambit was too small a platform for him to launch his intended world domination, and so he left the programme in the early eighties, and was replaced by Tom O'Connor, who inevitably was just your standard game show host and had none of Fred's little quirks.
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