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Lionel Kelleway

Lionel Kelleway

British radio presenter (born 1944)

Lionel Kelleway (born 1944)[1] is a British radio presenter. For many years until 2009, he was the lead presenter of the BBC Radio 4 natural history documentary series, The Living World.[2]

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Early life and education

Kelleway was born in Chichester but moved to Wales in 1974.[3] He studied at University College of Swansea.[3] At one time, he worked as a gamekeeper.[3]

In 2001, Kelleway won a case for racial discrimination against BBC Radio Wales, when they dropped his Landmark series, which won Sony Awards in 1991 and 1992,[4] after around ten years, because of his English accent.[3][4] At the time, he was living at Rhyd Uchaf Whitemill, Carmarthenshire.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  2. [2]
    "The Living World". BBC Online. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  3. [3]
    "BBC Wales loses 'race' case". BBC Online. 1 August 2001. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  4. [4]
    Keating, Matt (12 June 2001). "BBC voice 'not Welsh enough'". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 August 2013.


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