Muriel Young was an English television continuity announcer, presenter and producer.
12 Facts About Muriel Young
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Muriel Young worked briefly as a librarian on leaving school and attended art college, before deciding to embark on a career as an actress.
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Muriel Young joined a repertory theatre in Henley-on-Thames, where her uncle was directing.
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Muriel Young subsequently performed at the Gateway Theatre, London, and the Theatre Royal in Chatham.
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Muriel Young studied to be a dental nurse and used her artistic talents to paint glassware.
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Nevertheless, Muriel Young was instantly hired and announced for Associated-Rediffusion on 22 September 1955, the opening night of commercial television in the UK.
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Muriel Young worked as a presenter and interviewer for regional programmes on Granada Television and Southern Television, and as a disc jockey on Radio Luxembourg.
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Muriel Young was a presenter of children's programmes for Associated-Rediffusion and Rediffusion London between 1959 and 1968, working alongside Wally Whyton and Bert Weedon and featuring the puppet characters Pussy Cat Willum, Ollie Beak and Fred Barker.
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Muriel Young devised Clapperboard, presented by Chris Kelly, Granada's film magazine show for children.
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Muriel Young was an occasional panellist on the ATV talent show New Faces.
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In 1986, Muriel Young left her successful career in television and moved back to County Durham, where she lived in part of Stanhope Castle with her husband Cyril Coke, a television drama director, whom she had married in 1954.
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Muriel Young died in Stanhope, County Durham on 24 March 2001, aged 77.