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'''Rico Daniels''' is an [[England|English]] [[television presenter]] who has his own show, ''The Salvager''<ref>[http://tv.msn.com/tv/series/the-salvager/ Series Overview]</ref> on [[Discovery Real Time]]. A passionate recycler, the second series (similar in content to the first) saw him moving in [[France]] and was called ''Le Salvager''.<ref>[http://www.tiscali.co.uk/tv/shows/details/le-salvager/ Summary]</ref> Born in [[Basildon]], [[Essex]] in 1952, Daniels was brought up in the town and left school at 15<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20050911/ai_n15368428 Education details]</ref> to become a [[civil servant]], but soon realised this was not for him and enrolled as an [[art]] [[student]]. Disliking the formal tuition<ref>[http://www.thesalvager.com/ Rico Daniels own web site]</ref> Daniels embarked on a range of jobs before settling for the life of a market trader.<ref>[http://limelightmanagement.com/index.php?page=Biography_Rico_Daniels Limelight profile]</ref> In 2002 he was invited to [[screen test]] for a new programme about men and their [[shed]]s.<ref>[http://movie-tv-episode-database.com/Documentary/Shedheads-71993/season-0/ This was eventually to become ''Shedheads'']</ref> While he was not quite suitable for this assignment, the [[Television producer|producer]] liked his idiosyncratic style and commissioned him for a series of programmes showcasing his imaginative talent for changing something unwanted into a distinctive piece of [[furniture]] which was to become the show we know today as The Salvager name changed to Le Salvager when the presenter moved to France.<ref>{{cite news|last=Alli|first=Zena|title=Junk.. to genius|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20050911/ai_n15368428|date=2005-09-11|publisher=[[Sunday Mirror]]}}</ref> |
'''Rico Daniels''' is an [[England|English]] [[television presenter]] who has his own show, ''The Salvager''<ref>[http://tv.msn.com/tv/series/the-salvager/ Series Overview]</ref> on [[Discovery Real Time]]. A passionate recycler, the second series (similar in content to the first) saw him moving in [[France]] and was called ''Le Salvager''.<ref>[http://www.tiscali.co.uk/tv/shows/details/le-salvager/ Summary]</ref> Born in [[Basildon]], [[Essex]] in 1952, Daniels was brought up in the town and left school at 15<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20050911/ai_n15368428 Education details]</ref> to become a [[civil servant]], but soon realised this was not for him and enrolled as an [[art]] [[student]]. Disliking the formal tuition<ref>[http://www.thesalvager.com/ Rico Daniels own web site]</ref> Daniels embarked on a range of jobs before settling for the life of a market trader.<ref>[http://limelightmanagement.com/index.php?page=Biography_Rico_Daniels Limelight profile]</ref> In 2002 he was invited to [[screen test]] for a new programme about men and their [[shed]]s.<ref>[http://movie-tv-episode-database.com/Documentary/Shedheads-71993/season-0/ This was eventually to become ''Shedheads'']</ref> While he was not quite suitable for this assignment, the [[Television producer|producer]] liked his idiosyncratic style and commissioned him for a series of programmes showcasing his imaginative talent for changing something unwanted into a distinctive piece of [[furniture]] which was to become the show we know today as The Salvager name changed to Le Salvager when the presenter moved to France.<ref>{{cite news|last=Alli|first=Zena|title=Junk.. to genius|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20050911/ai_n15368428|date=2005-09-11|publisher=[[Sunday Mirror]]}}</ref> |
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{{wikinews|British TV presenter Rico Daniels tells Wikinews about being 'The Salvager'}} |
{{wikinews|British TV presenter Rico Daniels tells Wikinews about being 'The Salvager'}}Daniels is an avid fan of breath smelling and claims to be able to tell you a person's life story just from the pungency of their breath.Daniels also collects urinal cakes. |
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Revision as of 20:06, 9 December 2014
Rico Daniels is an English television presenter who has his own show, The Salvager[1] on Discovery Real Time. A passionate recycler, the second series (similar in content to the first) saw him moving in France and was called Le Salvager.[2] Born in Basildon, Essex in 1952, Daniels was brought up in the town and left school at 15[3] to become a civil servant, but soon realised this was not for him and enrolled as an art student. Disliking the formal tuition[4] Daniels embarked on a range of jobs before settling for the life of a market trader.[5] In 2002 he was invited to screen test for a new programme about men and their sheds.[6] While he was not quite suitable for this assignment, the producer liked his idiosyncratic style and commissioned him for a series of programmes showcasing his imaginative talent for changing something unwanted into a distinctive piece of furniture which was to become the show we know today as The Salvager name changed to Le Salvager when the presenter moved to France.[7]
Daniels is an avid fan of breath smelling and claims to be able to tell you a person's life story just from the pungency of their breath.Daniels also collects urinal cakes.
Notes
- ^ Series Overview
- ^ Summary
- ^ Education details
- ^ Rico Daniels own web site
- ^ Limelight profile
- ^ This was eventually to become Shedheads
- ^ Alli, Zena (2005-09-11). "Junk.. to genius". Sunday Mirror.
- Hardie, Donna (2004-09-18). "The junk male; HE'S THE ANTI-LLEWELYN-BOWEN WHO MAKES FURNITURE FROM RUBBISH.. MEET THE SALVAGER". The Mirror.
also The Salvager is aired on Quest (Terrestrial Channel), at 12pm consisting of two episodes. These are shown weekdays.
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