Born in Dublin, Eamonn Andrews began sports commentating for Radio Éireann in 1939 and subsequently worked on various programmes for BBC Radio, including Sports Report (1950 – 1962).
On television he hosted the BBC’s parlour game What’s My Line? (1951 – 1963), Crackerjack (1955 – 1964), ABC Television’s World of Sport (1965 – 1968) and This is Your Life until his death in 1987.
He joined Thames Television from ABC in 1968 and was the first anchor of its nightly news magazine programme Today until 1977. At the same time, he was active as a chat show host and children’s programmes presenter, as well as being a keen businessman.
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- 27th May 2019 at 8.00pm
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- ABC (Defunct), BBC, BBC One Network, ITV Network, ITV Network Limited/ITV plc, Thames Television (Defunct)
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- Children's Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: ITV Network, Presenters: ITV Regional News