David Martin Vine was an English television sports presenter.
11 Facts About David Vine
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David Vine presented a wide variety of shows from the 1960s onwards, most notably covering major snooker tournaments for the BBC.
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David Vine joined Westward Television in 1961, though he worked for the BBC for the majority of his broadcasting career.
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David Vine joined the BBC, to work on BBC2, in 1966.
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David Vine was working at BBC2 even though Westward Television were not aware of this because at the time BBC2 could not be received in the South West.
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David Vine provided the BBC TV commentary for the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 which was the year that the pop band ABBA won the contest for Sweden with their song Waterloo and hosted the preview shows of the international entries, and compered the 1975 Miss World broadcast, the latter resulting in some embarrassment because he found it difficult to understand what many of the contestants were saying.
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David Vine introduced the 1967 professional tennis championships at Wimbledon in colour.
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David Vine hosted the first World Darts Championships in 1978.
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David Vine had a coronary artery triple bypass operation in 2001.
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David Vine contributed to programmes on the ESPN Classic channel shortly before he died aged 74 at his home near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
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David Vine married his second wife, Mandy, in 1972 in Wokingham.