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Des Lynam
Television and radio presenter (born )
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| Born | Desmond Michael Lynam () 17 September (age&#;82) Ennis, County Clare, Ireland |
| Occupation | Radio/Television presenter |
| Years&#;active | –present |
| Spouses | Susan Skinner &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#;Rosemary Diamond &#; (m.&#;)&#; |
| Children | 1 |
Desmond Michael Lynam, OBE[1] (born 17 September ) is an Irish-born British television and radio presenter.
Countdown 2006 des lynam biography movie Due to persistent vandalism, account creation has been suspended. If you would like an account, please contact Charlie Reams on Apterous. It was the first programme aired on Channel 4 , and over eighty series have been broadcast since its debut on 2 November With over 7, episodes, it is one of the longest-running game shows in the world. The programme was presented by Richard Whiteley for over twenty years, until his death inIn a broadcasting career spanning more than forty years, he has hosted television coverage of many of the world's major sporting events, presenting Grandstand, Match of the Day, Wimbledon, the Grand National, Sportsnight, the World Cup and Olympic Games, as well as presenting non-sporting programmes such as Holiday, How Do They Do That? and Countdown.
Early years
Lynam was born in Ennis, County Clare, Ireland,[2] and moved with his family to Brighton, England, at the age of six.[3] He recalled having a strong Irish accent at that time, but eventually lost it. He passed the eleven-plus in , to attend Varndean Grammar School.
After sitting his A-levels, he went into the insurance business.[citation needed]
Broadcasting career
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Lynam started his career in broadcasting as a freelance radio journalist on BBC Radio Brighton (–). He quickly joined national BBC radio in London, and went on to anchor Sport on Two and Sports Report (–) on BBC Radio 2.
Countdown 2006 des lynam biography wikipedia Due to persistent vandalism, account creation has been suspended. If you would like an account, please contact Charlie Reams on Apterous. Series 54 began on 31 October , after days off air, and ended on 26 May The first of two series and a COC hosted by Des Lynam was won by Conor Travers who, aged 14, became the youngest series winner in Countdown history as well as the first recipient of the Richard Whiteley Memorial Trophy. Series 54 was the longest on record at the time with episodes being filmed due to the passing of Richard Whiteley , which pushed back the series' originally planned starting date of 4 July by nearly four months this would later be surpassed by Series 82 in due to the COVID outbreak.From to , he co-presented the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 on three mornings each week.[4] He was also the radio boxing commentator for 20 years.
Lynam moved to television in starting off with Sportswide as part of Nationwide continuing until the series ended in , and then presented Grandstand (–, occasionally until ), Sportsnight (–) and Match of the Day (–) on the BBC for many years, and also fronted BBC coverage of Wimbledon (highlights [5] to [6] with Gerald Williams, main presenter – and ), the Grand National (–), the Football World Cup (–) and the Olympic Games (–).[4]
In and , Lynam presented the BBC series Holiday.[7]
In April , Lynam was present at the Hillsborough disaster whilst covering the FA Cup semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest for Match of the Day.[8]
Between and the end of the – season, the BBC had lost the rights for top flight league matches to ITV, although the BBC retained rights for the FA Cup.
Lynam presented Match of the Day on FA Cup weekends for four years until the end of the – season. In August , at the start of the new formation of the Premier League, the BBC regained highlights of top flight league matches.[9] Lynam presented Match of the Day highlights of Premier League matches on the BBC until
Throughout his time on the BBC, Lynam was praised for his witty and down-to-earth style.
In , Lynam made a brief return to BBC Radio 2, presenting the 5–7pm Drivetime show on Fridays only. During this period, Johnnie Walker presented the show from Monday to Thursday.[10]
ITV: –
Lynam moved from the BBC to ITV in August , to present ITV's live football coverage, including coverage of the midweek UEFA Champions League.
Lynam said at the time: "Leaving the BBC after 30 years was not an easy decision to make, but it was time for a new challenge – and it's no secret that live football is what I love best." A month earlier, Lynam had complained in a newspaper interview about BBC1's late scheduling on a Saturday evening of Match of the Day, which had sometimes been shown with a late start time of pm.
Lynam said: "The moment you put it past I start fuming."[11]
ITV later gained a deal to air Premier League highlights.
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He began as a radio presenter in Sussex in the s after quitting a job selling insurance. Three years ago the Royal Television Society gave Lynam its lifetime achievement award and he has twice won Bafta's Richard Dimbleby Award for his contribution to factual television. And he named his autobiography after an endearing remark he made while introducing an important daytime football match during the World Cup in Lynam was one of the faces of sport on the BBC for two decades "Shouldn't you be at work? Together with co-star Carol Vorderman, Whiteley had been the face of the words and numbers game for 23 years.In , Lynam presented The Premiership, which was first aired on ITV at 7pm on 18 August After disappointing viewing figures in the first couple of months for The Premiership on ITV, a decision was made to shift the programme from its original 7pm slot to a permanent later time of pm, from 17 November [12] The programme ran until May
Lynam continued to present football coverage for ITV until He decided to retire from presenting live sport after the Euro football championships.
Soon afterwards the BBC announced that Lynam would present a new weekly radio programme, Des Meets, on BBC Radio Five Live from August [13]
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In May , Lynam presented the BBC One programme We'll Meet Again, marking the 60th anniversary of VE Day. During the show Tara McDonald performed the song "We'll Meet Again" live.
The following month, he presented an episode of Have I Got News For You on BBC One, the third time he had presented the show, having twice hosted the show the previous year.
In June and July , Lynam co-presented (with Sir David Frost) the series The World's Greatest Sporting Legend on Sky One.[14] In the summer of , Lynam also covered the Wimbledon Championships for BBC Radio Five Live.
In October , Lynam published his autobiography I Should Have Been at Work.[15] The title of the book is a reference to when Lynam said "Good afternoon.
Countdown 2006 des lynam biography Due to persistent vandalism, account creation has been suspended. If you would like an account, please contact Charlie Reams on Apterous. Lynam's tenure spanned from the beginning of Series 54 in to the end of Series 55 in , including the legendary Championship of Champions XII. After the death of Richard Whiteley , the show took a four-month hiatus, returning on 31 October with Lynam as the new presenter. Despite the long commute from his home in West Sussex to The Leeds Studios , Lynam proved to be a popular choice with fans.Shouldn't you be at work?" when introducing coverage of an England match at 2pm on a Monday during the Football World Cup finals.[16]
In , Lynam said that he regretted his decision to move to ITV from the BBC in Lynam said: "If it was a decision I had to make now I probably wouldn't do it. Some people said I went from being a great broadcaster, or at least a very acceptably good one, to being a somewhat inadequate one overnight".[17]
Also that year, Lynam replaced Richard Whiteley as the host of Channel 4's Countdown, with his first episode airing on 31 October , following Whiteley's death.
Although his contract was to last until December , Lynam left Countdown after less than 18 months at the end of , because he regularly needed to travel to Leeds where Countdown was recorded, while his home was in Worthing, West Sussex about miles away. He was replaced by Des O'Connor.[18] Lynam did, however, return for Countdown's th episode, broadcast on 26 March , as the Dictionary Corner guest.[19]
After leaving Countdown, Lynam hosted Sport Mastermind and appeared in Setanta Sports' commercials for its coverage of the Premier League.[citation needed]
In April , Lynam spoke about his recollection of the Hillsborough disaster for a Football Focus special programme marking the 20th anniversary of the disaster.[8]
From to , Lynam co-hosted, with Christopher Matthew, three series of Touchline Tales on BBC Radio 4, a humorous look at sport.
In a interview, Lynam stated that "I liked the radio boxing commentaries very much, especially following Muhammad Ali around the world. That was a great period of my life."[20]
Personal life
Lynam married Susan Skinner on 2 October [21] and they had one son, Patrick (born ); however, by the marriage began to break down owing to Lynam's career commitments, and they divorced in Lynam married his long-term partner, Rosemary Diamond, in [citation needed]
Lynam is a supporter of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
In the s he declined an invitation to join the board of directors at Brighton.[22]
Lynam was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the New Year Honours.[23]
In , Lynam endorsed the UK Independence Party, revealing that he voted for the party in local elections that year.[24][25]