1. John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge was a British newsreader and commentator on BBC Radio.
14 Facts About John Snagge
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John Snagge then joined the BBC, taking up the position of assistant director at Stoke-on-Trent's new relay station 6ST.
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In 1928, John Snagge was transferred to London to work as one of the BBC's main announcers alongside Stuart Hibberd.
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John Snagge provided commentary for the coronation of King George VI in 1937 and again in 1953 for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
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John Snagge announced on 6 February 1952 at 11:15 the Death of King George VI.
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At the start of the Second World War, John Snagge was made the BBC's presentation director and delivered important radio announcements as the war unfolded.
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John Snagge was the subject of many running gags during the show, and provided many self-parodying announcements, usually recorded.
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John Snagge featured as himself in the episode The Greenslade Story, alongside regular announcer Wallace Greenslade.
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John Snagge was a defender of the show against many efforts to cancel it, even to staking his career on it.
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John Snagge played himself in a 1961 episode of Here's Harry called 'The Request'.
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John Snagge retired in 1965, but continued to provide commentaries for the Boat Race until 1980.
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John Snagge was the guardian of Wally Hope, founder of the Stonehenge Free Festival, until his premature death in 1975.
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John Snagge died in Slough from throat cancer in 1996, aged 91.
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John Snagge was married twice: firstly, in 1936, to Eileen Mary Joscelyne.