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'''Kenneth Kendall''' (born 7 August 1924, [[British India]]) is a retired [[United Kingdom|British]] broadcaster. He was a contemporary of [[Richard Baker (broadcaster)|Richard Baker]] and [[Robert Dougall]]. Although he worked for many years as a newsreader for the [[BBC]], he is perhaps better remembered in recent years as the host of the game show ''[[Treasure Hunt (UK game show)|Treasure Hunt]]'' (1982–89).<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Kendall was born in [[South India]], where his father worked, into a Cornish family with strong naval traditions and a history reaching back into the Crusades, and was brought up in [[Cornwall]]. He is also related to the Canadian pianist and composer Simon Kendall.<br />
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==Education==<br />
Kendall was educated at [[Felsted School]], an [[independent school]] in the village of [[Felsted]] near [[Great Dunmow]] in [[Essex]], followed by [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford|Corpus Christi College]] at the [[University of Oxford]] in [[Oxford]], where he studied Modern Languages.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Kendall served as a schoolmaster and later as a Captain in the [[Coldstream Guards]] during [[World War II]] and was injured on [[D-Day]]. He joined the BBC in 1948 as a radio newsreader and transferred to television in 1954. Though he was not the first person to read the news on BBC television, Kendall was the first newsreader to appear in vision (1955). As he was employed on a freelance basis by the BBC, he also worked as an actor for a repertory company based in [[Crewe]], and briefly at [[Austin Reed (retailer)|Austin Reed]] in [[Regent Street]], where he met the actor [[John Inman]] and offered him a job in the Crewe company <ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-inman-439428.html Obituary of John Inman - 'The Independent' newspaper]</ref>. <br />
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Kendall became known for his elegant dress sense and was even voted best-dressed newsreader by ''[[Style International]]'' and No.1 newscaster by ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' readers in 1979. He left the BBC in 1961. From 1961 to 1969 he was a freelance newsreader, working occasionally for [[ITN]] and presenting [[Southern Television]]'s ''Day By Day''. He appeared as himself in the [[Adam Adamant]] episode ''The Doomsday Plan'' where he is kidnapped and impersonated. He appeared in a cameo role as a newsreader in ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', as well as in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial ''[[The War Machines]]''. <br />
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He rejoined the BBC in 1969 and finally retired from newsreading in 1981, allowing him to work on the very popular [[Channel Four]] programme ''[[Treasure Hunt (UK game show)|Treasure Hunt]]'' throughout its first run (1982–1989), which featured [[Anneka Rice]] as a "skyrunner". He has also presented the television programme ''[[Songs of Praise]]''.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Kendall now lives in [[Cowes]] on the [[Isle of Wight]] where he has been the owner of a marine [[art gallery]], and is a keen beekeeper.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{imdb|0447611|Kenneth Kendall}}<br />
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[[Category:1924 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Coldstream Guards officers]]<br />
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]<br />
[[Category:British journalists]]<br />
[[Category:British game show hosts]]<br />
[[Category:Old Felstedians]]<br />
[[Category:Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford]]<br />
[[Category:People from Cowes]]<br />
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