Bob Holness

Robert Wentworth John Bob Holness was an English radio and television presenter and occasional actor. He is best remembered as the presenter of the British version of Blockbusters.

Holness was born in Vryheid, Natal, South Africa. When he was seven, his family moved to the UK, initially to Herne Bay, Kent where his grandfather Nathaniel was brought up, then later to Ashford, Kent. After attending Ashford Grammar School and briefly Eastbourne College he went on to Maidstone College of Art . He then worked for a printing company before returning to South Africa. In 1955, he received his first job as a radio presenter. He married Mary Rose Clifford in 1955, whom he met in South Africa.

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