Fred Dinenage

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Fred Dinenage is a television host and newsreader, based in the south of England. He was born on 8 June 1942 in Birmingham, England.

Dinenage has appeared as presenter of many British TV programmes (most of them produced by Southern Television and its successors TVS and Meridian), such as Gambit (produced by Anglia), Tell The Truth, How, and its successor How 2 (which he still presents to this day), as well as the BBC quiz show Pass The Buck. He is also a well respected newsreader, currently presenting Meridian Tonight for ITV Meridian, alongside Debbie Thrower. He also appeared as a relief presenter of the networked ITV Saturday afternoon show, World of Sport. He also has his own weekly column featured on the magazine of the local newspaper Daily Echo.

Alongside his television career, Dinenage has written several factual books, including ghosting an autobiography of the Kray twins. He is also a keen follower of Association Football, and was on the board of directors at Portsmouth FC for a number of years, before retiring at the end of the 2005/06 season.