David Dickinson
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David Dickinson is the the real life Lovejoy; although David wears a suit and has a different style in patter. He was born and breed in Manchester. He was very much the budding entrepreneur working in the textile industry. David met his wife in the sixties, she was a hard working cabaret singer on the international nightclub circuit. David became her manager, and together they travelled the world. It was at this point that David began his interest in Antiques eventually opening his own shop.
An Olympic Start
In 1996 a chance meeting with a TV producer at a BBQ lead to David’s first TV appearance. A two part doc for the BBC made about his preparation for an antiques show at Olympia. This lead to him hosting the National TV Award winning game show Bargain Hunt for BBC; the prime time editions bagged 7.5 million viewers on BBC1.
David Dickinson On TV
David’s TV career is now well established and is still thriving. Since 2006 he presents the weekday show ‘Dickinson’s Real Deal’ on ITV; now in its tenth series and which has also enjoyed a stint on prime time. He is constantly being asked to appear on many panel and game shows and even hosted his own afternoon chat show for ITV in 2010, ‘The David Dickinson Show’.
This Is Your Life
It was a great honour for him to be the subject of ‘This is Your Life’ and the iconic chat show ‘Parkinson’. David’s own very personal story was told in Series 3 of ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’. Over the years David Dickinson has taken part in the nation’s favourite TV reality shows including; ‘I’m a Celebrity Get me Out of Here’ and ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.
With so many filming commitments David Dickinson no longer has the time to deal in antiques although they will always be his passion.
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