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Profile of Johnny Morris
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20th June 1916 |
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Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia Johnny Morris OBE (20 June 1916 - 6 May 1999) was a children's television presenter for the BBC.
A farmer by trade, he was discovered telling stories in a pub. He made his first broadcast in 1946, and soon had a regular radio show, Pass the Salt, made for the BBC's West Region.
He first appeared on television as The Hot Chestnut Man, a short slot in which he was shown sitting in front of his hot chestnut stand. Whilst roasting the chestnuts, he would tell a humorous yarn, often ending with a moral, in his West country accent.
He was best known for Animal Magic (1962-1984, filmed in part at Bristol Zoo Gardens), a programme on which he would carry out a comic dialogue with the animals, whom he also voiced. He presented more than 400 editions.
In June 2004, Morris and Bill Oddie were jointly profiled in the first of a three part BBC Two series, The Way We Went Wild, about television wildlife presenters.
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