Fred Dinenage
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Fred Dinenage in 2013
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Frederick Edgar Dinenage 8 June 1942 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England |
| Other names | Freddie D, DJ Freddie Dee, Wallly, Bling bling fingers |
| Education | Portsmouth Grammar School |
| Occupation | Journalist and broadcaster |
| Employer | ITV Meridian |
| Known for | Presenting How, How 2, ITV News Meridian |
| Children | Caroline Dinenage |
Frederick Edgar "Fred" DinenageMBE (born 8 June 1942) is an English television presenter, broadcaster and author. He has had a TV career spanning more than 50 years.
Dinenage was born in the Midlands city of Birmingham. He was educated at Portsmouth Grammar School, an independent school in the city of Portsmouth in Hampshire.
Dinenage has appeared as presenter of many British television programmes (most 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). He is also a newsreader, for many years presenting Meridian Tonight for ITV Meridian, alongside Debbie Thrower. He joined Meridian in 1993, though he was inherited as chief male news anchor of Meridian Tonight's predecessor programme Coast To Coast, on the TVS franchise which preceded Meridian. He co-hosted Coast To Coast alongside Fern Britton and Mai Davies, and Meridian Tonight alongside Natasha Kaplinsky, Debbie Thrower and Jane Wyatt.
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