Franklin Engelmann
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Franklin Engelmann (1908-1972) was a radio personality popular in Britain in the 1950s and 1960s, nicknamed "Jingle". He was best known for hosting Down Your Way (1955-1972), Gardeners' Question Time (1961-1972) and the quiz show What Do You Know?, which later became Brain of Britain. In 1955 he was also the original host of Pick of the Pops.
Franklin Engelmann was born in Wood Green, London, in 1908, the son of Friedrich August E. Engelmann, a German importer, 1874-1950, and his wife, Ida Josephine Cox, born 1875 in Worcester.
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