Joaquín Prat Carreras (27 April 1927 – 3 June 1995) was one of the best-known Spanish radio and television presenters.

Biography

Joaquín Prat was born in

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on 27 April 1927. He earned a licentiate in Law, and before becoming famous, worked as an administrative officer. In 1959 he joined

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. He went on to work on more than 20 radio programs. He appeared on

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until 1987, with iconic shows such as ''Mañanas de Radio Madrid'', ', ''Radio Madrid madrugada'', and ''

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''. He was on

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from 1987 to 1990 with ''Vivir es formidable'' and ', and on Radio Nacional de España beginning in 1990 with ''Apúntate 5'' and ''La peña''. On television he made his debut with the popular game show ' (1968), where he would remain for a year before being replaced by . That same year he began his professional pairing with

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on the musical show ' (1968–1970), by , which achieved enormous popularity. He would also appear together with the actress and presenter on ', a similar program. From 1988 to 1993 he presented ' (the Spanish edition of ''

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''), a game show on which he made famous the exclamation ''¡A jugar!'' (Let's play!), accompanied by a distinctive arm movement. Other programs he presented were: * ' (1971), musical program * ' (1971), with * ' (1974), with José Luis Pécker * ' (1978), game show about the

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* ' (1980–1981), with

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and ' * ' (1981–1982), with ', Mari Ángeles Morales, Elena Escobar, and ' * ' (1993–1994), with

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* ' (1994) He received two

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: in 1970 (National Television) as Best Presenter, and in 1989 (National Radio) for ''Vivir es formidable''. He also received the

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three times: as Best Presenter in 1980 for ''Cosas'', in 1988 for ''El precio justo'', and a professional career award in 1991. He was married to Irishwoman Anne McKiernan from 1973 to 1984, and to Marianne Sandberg from Denmark from 1984 to 1995. His children , Alejandra, and Andrea Prat Sandberg have also dedicated themselves to the world of television. Joaquín Prat died in Madrid on 3 June 1995 after suffering a

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and spending two months in a coma.

References

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