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} Geoffrey Wheeler (24 September 193030 December 2013) was an English broadcaster, who presented and developed a range of factual and entertainment programmes on radio and television, including the
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's '' Songs of Praise'' and '' Top of the Form''.


Life and career

Wheeler was born in
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, but as a child lived in various places in Britain, as his father worked as a hotel manager. While at the Grand Hotel near Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester both he and his younger brother, Peter, met Trevor Hill a
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producer who regularly put up BBC guests there, and for whom they appeared on BBC Radio's '' Children's Hour''. He studied law at the
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. After auditioning for a radio drama, he made some 200 radio broadcasts for the BBC while still a student. In 1954 he became a trainee BBC
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for the
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region, making
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programmes with comedians such as
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and
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, and rose to become senior programme producer for the region by 1962. He also began working as a television host on programmes including ''
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'' and, in 1960, an innovative early-evening regional programme using mobile cameras, ''Lookout''. After going freelance in 1963, he presented the school quiz show '' Top of the Form'' on BBC television from the early 1960s until the mid-1970s. For
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he presented the educational drama series ''How We Used to Live'' in 1969, and created the
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'' Winner Takes All''. Wheeler set the questions and provided
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s on the show, which was first broadcast in 1975 and which was based around betting odds. The show was initially hosted by comedian
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before Wheeler briefly presented it in 19871988. Between 1965 and 1985, Wheeler presented the BBC's religious programme '' Songs of Praise'' on many occasions. He also appeared on ''
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'' and '' Jackanory''. From the 1990s he presented nostalgic
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programmes drawing on the corporation's archives, many covering the lives of
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performers in Britain earlier in the century. He died after a lengthy illness in a
Prestbury, Cheshire Prestbury is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England, about 1.5 miles (3 km) north of Macclesfield. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 3,324; Peter Wheeler (1934–2010), remembered for his voiceover work, was his brother. He was also a
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in the
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wheeler, Geoffrey 1930 births 2013 deaths English game show hosts English television presenters English radio presenters Mass media people from Manchester