biography
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Frost, Sir David (Paradine)
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| lived:
| (1939– )
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| biography:
| Broadcaster and businessman, born in Tenterden, Kent, SE England, UK. He studied at Cambridge, participated in the Footlights revues, and edited Granta before moving into television in 1961. He presented That Was the Week That Was (BBC, 1962–3), an innovative, satirical, and irreverant late-night revue show, and has since hosted many programmes in Britain and America, such as The Frost Report (1966–7), The David Frost Show (1969–72), The Guinness Book of World Records (from 1981), The Spitting Image Movie Awards (1987), and a range of Frost Over ... programmes, dealing with America, Australia, and several other countries. He has interviewed world leaders in such programmes as The Nixon Interviews (1976–7) and The Shah Speaks (1980). A co-founder of London Weekend Television, in 1983 he was a co-founder, director, and presenter of Britain's TV–AM. His many international honours include the Golden Rose of Montreux (1967) and two Emmy Awards (1970, 1971). His publications include How to Live Under Labour (1964), I Gave Them a Sword (1978), and The World's Shortest Books (1987). He has presented the BBC's Breakfast with Frost programme since 1992. He was knighted in 1993. |
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