Fred Dinenage
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Fred Dinenage | |
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 Fred Dinenage in 2013 | |
| Born | Frederick Edgar Dinenage 8 June 1942 Birmingham, England |
| Education | Portsmouth Grammar School |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist and broadcaster |
| Years active | 1964-2021 |
| Employer | ITV Meridian |
| Known for | Presenting How, How 2, ITV News Meridian |
| Spouse |
Beverley Summers (m. 1967) |
| Children | 3; including Caroline |
Frederick Edgar Dinenage[1] MBE (born 8 June 1942) is an English author and retired broadcaster and television presenter. His television career spanned nearly 60 years, including the long-running children's programme How and ITV's regional programming in the south of England. Dinenage retired from ITV Meridian on 16 December 2021, after 38 years as a news anchor.[2][3]
Early life and education
Dinenage was born in Birmingham.[4] He was educated at Portsmouth Grammar School[5] (a state grammar school during the time he attended it; it later became an independent school).
Career
Dinenage has appeared as presenter of many British television programmes (many of them produced by Southern Television, and its successors TVS and Meridian Broadcasting), such as Tell The Truth, How and its successor How 2, as well as the BBC quiz show Pass The Buck and Gambit (produced by Anglia).
News anchor
Dinenage began his career at Southern Television in 1964, as a presenter on Three Go Round, a part-networked children's programme, alongside actress Diane Keen and future television producer Britt Allcroft.
He later moved onto the station's local news magazine programme, Day By Day, as a reporter and presenter. In later years, he concentrated on sports coverage, hosting the programme's weekly South Sport feature.
Dinenage transferred from Southern to TVS in January 1982, chiefly as a sports presenter and reporter, working on Coast to Coast, Sportshow and The Saturday Match. The following year, he took over from Khalid Aziz as the main anchor for the South edition of Coast to Coast, co-presenting alongside Christopher Peacock, Fern Britton, Debbie Thrower and Mai Davies.
After TVS lost its franchise, Dinenage was retained by Meridian as anchor for the South edition of Meridian Tonight and other non-news regional programmes. His co-anchors included Debbie Thrower, Natasha Kaplinsky, Jane Wyatt and Sangeeta Bhabra.
In October 2021, it was announced that Dinenage would step down from ITV, after 38 years as a news anchor in the south of England.[6] His final edition of ITV News Meridian aired on 16 December 2021.
Other work
Dinenage spent a brief period in the late 1970s covering regional sport for Yorkshire Television. He also appeared as a relief presenter of the networked ITV Saturday afternoon show, World of Sport - a role which earned him an appearance on the children's Saturday show Tiswas. He also has his own weekly column featured on the magazine of the Southampton local newspaper, Southern Daily Echo.[citation needed]
Alongside his television career, Dinenage has written several factual books, including ghosting on autobiographies My Story and Our Story for the Kray twins. He is a keen football follower and was on the board of directors at Portsmouth between 1998 and 2007.[7] He was a team captain on the ITV game show Never Had It So Good, shown in 2002. He also narrated Driver's Eye Views for railway filming company "Video 125".
In February 2014, he celebrated his 50th anniversary as a reporter and presenter with ITV, announcing that he hoped to continue broadcasting into the future. Fred Dinenage: Murder Casebook, a crime documentary series on 20th century murders was first broadcast on the Crime & Investigation Network in 2011.[8] He has also narrated Most Evil Killers for Pick since 2017.
Dinenage was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours, for services to broadcasting.[9]
On 16 October 2020, it was announced Dinenage would appear in a new series of How, alongside Vick Hope, Sam Homewood and Frankie Vu.[10] A year later in December 2021, Dinenage announced his retirement from ITV Meridian, ending a career that has lasted nearly six decades.[11]
Family
Dinenage's second daughter Caroline (born 1971) is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Gosport (elected at the 2010 general election[12]).
She also served as the Digital and Culture Minister between February 2020 and September 2021.
References
- ^ Dinenage, Fred (21 July 2007). "Fearne and Reggie". BBC Radio 1 (Interview). Interviewed by Fearne Cotton.
- ^ "Fred Dinenage steps down as TV news anchor after 38 years". BBC News. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ "Fred Dinenage to leave ITV Meridian after nearly four decades". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ "Record Transcriptions: England and Wales births 1837-2006". Find My Past.
- ^ "Hampshire Heritage - Fred Dinenage". Southern Daily Echo, Southampton. 20 June 2007. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- ^ "Fred Dinenage steps down as main presenter on ITV News Meridian". Press Centre. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- ^ "Redknapp trial 'waste of money'". BBC News. 8 February 2012.
- ^ "About - Fred Dinenage: Murder Casebook". Crime and Investigation. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
- ^ "No. 59446". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 2010. p. 15.
- ^ "The new HOW presenters are…". Press Centre. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ "Kids TV presenter Fred Dinenage finally retires after nearly 60 years on TV". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ "Dinenage to succeed duck house MP as Tory candidate". BBC News. 4 December 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
Further reading
- Dinenage, Fred (1 October 2020). "Your Daily Dinenage". In Burns, Marion (ed.). Reporting Coronavirus: Personal Reflections on a Global Crisis from ITV News Journalists. ITV Ventures. ISBN 978-1910332160.
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