1. Frederick Edgar Dinenage is a British author, broadcaster and television presenter.
19 Facts About Fred Dinenage
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Fred Dinenage has appeared as presenter of many British television programmes, such as Tell The Truth, How and its successor How 2, as well as the BBC quiz show Pass The Buck and Gambit.
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Fred 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.
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Fred Dinenage later moved onto the station's local news magazine programme, Day By Day, as a reporter and presenter.
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Fred 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.
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Fred Dinenage's co-anchors included Debbie Thrower, Natasha Kaplinsky, Jane Wyatt and, from 2009, Sangeeta Bhabra with whom he presented pan-regional editions of the show.
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Fred Dinenage spent a brief period in the late 1970s covering regional sport for Yorkshire Television.
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Fred Dinenage has his own weekly column featured on the magazine of the Southampton local newspaper Southern Daily Echo.
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Alongside his television career, Fred Dinenage has written several factual books, including ghosting on autobiographies My Story and Our Story for the Kray twins.
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Fred Dinenage is a keen football follower and was on the board of directors at Portsmouth between 1998 and 2007.
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Fred Dinenage was a team captain on the ITV game show Never Had It So Good, shown in 2002.
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Fred Dinenage narrated driver's eye views for railway filming company Video 125.
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Fred Dinenage has narrated Most Evil Killers for Pick since 2017.
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Fred Dinenage was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2010 Birthday Honours, for services to broadcasting.
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On 16 October 2020, it was announced Fred Dinenage would appear in a new series of How, alongside Vick Hope, Sam Homewood and Frankie Vu.
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Fred Dinenage appears as the "Head of How" in an office apparently above the How studio set, which features a picture of a much younger Fred Dinenage as one of its many decorations.
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In June 2023, it was announced Fred Dinenage would join BBC Radio Solent to present on Saturdays afternoons for six weeks during the summer.
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Fred Dinenage's second daughter Dame Caroline Fred Dinenage was born on 1971 and is the Conservative member of Parliament for Gosport, first elected at the 2010 general election.
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Fred Dinenage served as the Digital and Culture Minister between February 2020 and September 2021 and is married to Mark Lancaster, Baron Lancaster of Kimbolton.