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Fred Dinenage
MBE
Dinenage in 2013
Born
Frederick Edgar Dinenage

(1942-06-08)8 June 1942(age 82)
Birmingham,England
EducationPortsmouth Grammar School
Occupation(s)Journalist and broadcaster
Years active1964–present
EmployerITV Meridian
Known forPresentingHow,How 2,ITV News Meridian
Spouse
Beverley Summers
​
(m.1967)​
Children3; includingCaroline

Frederick Edgar Dinenage[1]MBE(/ˈdaɪnɪdʒ/DYE-nij;[2]born 8 June 1942) is a British author, broadcaster and television presenter. His television career has spanned nearly 60 years, including the long-running children's programmeHowand ITV's regional programming in the south of England. Dinenage retired from presenting regional news onITV Meridianon 16 December 2021, after 38 years as a news anchor.[3][4]

Early life and education[edit]

Dinenage was born inBirmingham.[5]He was educated atPortsmouth Grammar School.[6]

Career[edit]

Dinenage has appeared as presenter of many British television programmes (many of them produced bySouthern Television,and its successorsTVSandMeridian Broadcasting), such asTell The Truth,Howand its successorHow 2,as well as theBBCquiz showPass The BuckandGambit(produced byAnglia).

News anchor[edit]

Dinenage began his career atSouthern Televisionin 1964, as a presenter onThree Go Round,a part-networked children's programme, alongside actressDiane Keenand future television producerBritt Allcroft.

He later moved onto the station's local news magazine programme,Day By Day,as a reporter and presenter. In later years, he concentrated on sports coverage, hosting the programme's weeklySouth Sportfeature.

Dinenage transferred from Southern toTVSin January 1982, chiefly as a sports presenter and reporter, working onCoast to Coast,SportshowandThe Saturday Match.The following year, he took over from Khalid Aziz as the main anchor for the South edition ofCoast to Coast,co-presenting alongside Christopher Peacock,Fern Britton,Debbie ThrowerandMai Davies.

After TVS lost its franchise, Dinenage was retained by Meridian as anchor for the South edition ofMeridian Tonightand other non-news regional programmes. His co-anchors included Debbie Thrower,Natasha Kaplinsky,Jane Wyatt and, from 2009,Sangeeta Bhabrawith whom he presented pan-regional editions of the show.

In October 2021, it was announced that Dinenage would step down from ITV, after 38 years as a news anchor in the south of England.[7]His final edition ofITV News Meridianaired on 16 December 2021.

Other work[edit]

Dinenage spent a brief period in the late 1970s covering regional sport forYorkshire Television.He also appeared as a relief presenter of the networkedITVSaturday afternoon show,World of Sport– a role which earned him an appearance on the children's Saturday showTiswas.He also has his own weekly column featured on the magazine of theSouthamptonlocal newspaper,Southern Daily Echo.[citation needed]

Alongside his television career, Dinenage has written several factual books, including ghosting on autobiographiesMy StoryandOur Storyfor theKray twins.He is a keenfootballfollower and was on the board of directors atPortsmouthbetween 1998 and 2007.[8]He was a team captain on the ITV game showNever Had It So Good,shown in 2002. He also narrated driver's eye views for railway filming company Video 125.

In February 2014, he celebrated his 50th anniversary as a reporter and presenter withITV,announcing that he hoped to continue broadcasting into the future.Fred Dinenage: Murder Casebook,a crime documentary series on 20th century murders was first broadcast on theCrime & Investigation Networkin 2011.[9]He has also narratedMost Evil Killersfor Pick since 2017.

Dinenage was appointedMember of the Order of the British Empire(MBE) in the2010 Birthday Honours,for services to broadcasting.[10]

On 16 October 2020, it was announced Dinenage would appear in a new series ofHow,alongsideVick Hope,Sam Homewood and Frankie Vu.[11]

In June 2023, it was announced Dinenage would joinBBC Radio Solentto present on Saturdays afternoons for six weeks during the summer. His first show was on 17th June.

Family[edit]

Dinenage's second daughterDame Caroline Dinenage(born 1971) is theConservativemember of Parliament forGosport,first elected at the2010 general election.[12]She served as theDigital and Culture Ministerbetween February 2020 and September 2021 and is married toMark Lancaster, Baron Lancaster of Kimbolton.

References[edit]

  1. ^Dinenage, Fred (21 July 2007). "Fearne and Reggie".BBC Radio 1(Interview). Interviewed byFearne Cotton.
  2. ^"Fred Dinenage shares his nature story".YouTube.19 June 2023.Retrieved31 May2024.
  3. ^"Fred Dinenage steps down as TV news anchor after 38 years".BBC News.12 October 2021.Retrieved14 October2021.
  4. ^"Fred Dinenage to leave ITV Meridian after nearly four decades".Bournemouth Echo.Retrieved14 October2021.
  5. ^"Record Transcriptions: England and Wales births 1837-2006".Find My Past.
  6. ^"Hampshire Heritage - Fred Dinenage".Southern Daily Echo, Southampton.20 June 2007. Archived fromthe originalon 15 July 2014.Retrieved14 June2014.
  7. ^"Fred Dinenage steps down as main presenter on ITV News Meridian".Press Centre.Retrieved6 December2021.
  8. ^"Redknapp trial 'waste of money'".BBC News. 8 February 2012.
  9. ^"About - Fred Dinenage: Murder Casebook".Crime and Investigation.Retrieved2 October2011.
  10. ^"No. 59446".The London Gazette(Supplement). 12 June 2010. p. 15.
  11. ^"The new HOW presenters are…".Press Centre.Retrieved16 October2020.
  12. ^"Dinenage to succeed duck house MP as Tory candidate".BBC News. 4 December 2009.Retrieved1 March2011.

Further reading[edit]

  • Dinenage, Fred (1 October 2020). "Your Daily Dinenage". In Burns, Marion (ed.).Reporting Coronavirus: Personal Reflections on a Global Crisis from ITV News Journalists.ITV Ventures.ISBN978-1910332160.

External links[edit]

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