Derek Hobson (born 23 March 1949) is a TV and

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and

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, best known as the original host of ITV's '' New Faces'', which introduced, among others, Lenny Henry,

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, Jim Davidson, Les Dennis and

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to a Saturday night audience of more than 12 million viewers. Hobson was also a continuity announcer for

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in Birmingham and was one of the presenters of the regional news programme ''

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''. After leaving ATV, Hobson co-presented ''Not For Women Only'', a regional magazine programme for TVS, with Jill Cochrane. He also presented and co-created the format for the game show ''

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'' for TSW, which ran for four years on the ITV network from 1984. Recently, he completed his first novel and screenplay and is currently researching a biography of an Irish impresario (his great uncle) who owned the world's oldest touring opera company.

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