14 Facts About Derek Davis

Derek Davis was an Irish broadcaster from Bangor.

Derek Davis was born in Bangor, County Down to a Protestant father and a Catholic mother.

Derek Davis attended Garron Tower, a Catholic boarding school near Carnlough in County Antrim, and described his early childhood as ecumenical.

Derek Davis acquired a love of boats which later provided the inspiration for the TV series Out of the Blue.

Derek Davis started as a news reporter with the American network ABC and BBC Northern Ireland before spending 11 years in the newsroom in RTE.

Derek Davis impersonated Big Tom on the RTE satirical programme Hall's Pictorial Weekly.

Derek Davis was offered a part in a show-band in Cork as a result of this.

Derek Davis presented the Rose of Tralee twice in 1995 and 1996, the first of these when Gay Byrne was taken ill at short notice.

Derek Davis memorably thanked the providers of the air conditioning while wiping sweat from his brow.

Derek Davis returned to the screen in the late 1990s with a marine programme devoted to boats and the waters around Ireland called Out of the Blue, which ran for four series, the last of which was broadcast in 2001.

In 2000, Derek Davis presented a radio quiz show called A Question of Food.

On 10 May 2015, Derek Davis spoke on the topic of obesity on Marian Finucane's Sunday radio show.

Derek Davis's funeral took place in the Victorian Chapel, Mount Jerome, Harold's Cross, Dublin.

Derek Davis won his second award in 1991 for his co-presenting of Live at 3.