Kenneth Kendall

Kenneth Kendall (born 7 August 1924, British India) is a retired British broadcaster. He was a contemporary of Richard Baker and Robert Dougall. Although he worked for many years as a newsreader for the BBC, he is perhaps best known as the host of the game show "Treasure Hunt".

Kendall was born in South India – where his father worked – and educated at Felsted School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He served 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.

Kendall became known for his elegant dress sense and was even voted best-dressed newsreader by Style International. 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 in a cameo role as a newsreader in "", as well as in the "Doctor Who" serial "The War Machines". He rejoined the BBC in 1969 and retired from newsreading in 1981, allowing him to work on the very popular Channel Four programme "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".

He now lives in Cowes on the Isle of Wight where he has been the owner of a marine art gallery.

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