David Frost
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Sir David Frost was born in Tenterden, Kent, UK in 1939. At Cambridge
University he edited the literary magazine Granta and was secretary of
the famous Footlights drama society.
After leaving university, he became a trainee at Associated-Rediffusion and worked for Anglia Television. At the same time, he kept up his cabaret performances and was chosen by writer and producer Ned Sherrin to host a pioneering satirical programme called That Was The Week That Was. This caught the wave of the satire boom in 1960s Britain and became enormously popular as well as influential, although it often riled politicians.
Frost also fronted many programmes, most notably The Frost Report (1966–67). On ITV’s The Frost Programme his memorable dressingdown of insurance fraudster Emil Savundra was generally regarded as the first example of ‘trial by television’ in the UK.
In 1963 a moving tribute to recently assassinated President John F. Kennedy on That Was The Week That Was saw Frost’s fame spread to the USA. His show Frost on America featured guests such as Jack Benny, Tennessee Williams and, in 1977, Richard Nixon. He is perhaps best known to most ordinary people in the UK for presenting various panel games, including Through the Keyhole, which featured house expert Loyd Grossman and, more recently, Catherine Gee. After transferring from ITV, his Sunday morning interview programme Breakfast with Frost ran on the BBC from January 1993 until 28 May 2005.
Frost was instrumental in starting up two important TV franchises: LWT in 1967, and as one of the Famous Five who launched TV-am in 1982. He owns a production company called Paradine Productions, after his middle name.
Frost is the only person to have interviewed all of the past six British prime ministers and the past seven US presidents. He was also the last person to interview HIM Mohammad Reza Shah, the last Shah of Iran. Sir David's latest project has been to present a live weekly current affairs programme for Al-Jazeera International, the English-language version of the Arab broadcaster, which started when the network launched in the spring of 2006.
David Frost has written 15 books, produced eight films and has – over the years – received just about all the major TV awards there are both in the UK and the US as well as internationally.
He has been married to Carina for 17 years. They have three sons.
After leaving university, he became a trainee at Associated-Rediffusion and worked for Anglia Television. At the same time, he kept up his cabaret performances and was chosen by writer and producer Ned Sherrin to host a pioneering satirical programme called That Was The Week That Was. This caught the wave of the satire boom in 1960s Britain and became enormously popular as well as influential, although it often riled politicians.
Frost also fronted many programmes, most notably The Frost Report (1966–67). On ITV’s The Frost Programme his memorable dressingdown of insurance fraudster Emil Savundra was generally regarded as the first example of ‘trial by television’ in the UK.
In 1963 a moving tribute to recently assassinated President John F. Kennedy on That Was The Week That Was saw Frost’s fame spread to the USA. His show Frost on America featured guests such as Jack Benny, Tennessee Williams and, in 1977, Richard Nixon. He is perhaps best known to most ordinary people in the UK for presenting various panel games, including Through the Keyhole, which featured house expert Loyd Grossman and, more recently, Catherine Gee. After transferring from ITV, his Sunday morning interview programme Breakfast with Frost ran on the BBC from January 1993 until 28 May 2005.
Frost was instrumental in starting up two important TV franchises: LWT in 1967, and as one of the Famous Five who launched TV-am in 1982. He owns a production company called Paradine Productions, after his middle name.
Frost is the only person to have interviewed all of the past six British prime ministers and the past seven US presidents. He was also the last person to interview HIM Mohammad Reza Shah, the last Shah of Iran. Sir David's latest project has been to present a live weekly current affairs programme for Al-Jazeera International, the English-language version of the Arab broadcaster, which started when the network launched in the spring of 2006.
David Frost has written 15 books, produced eight films and has – over the years – received just about all the major TV awards there are both in the UK and the US as well as internationally.
He has been married to Carina for 17 years. They have three sons.
