Dickie Davies

Richard John Davies (30 April 1928 – 19 February 2023) was a British television sports presenter who anchored World of Sport from 1968 until 1985.

Early life Davies attended Oldershaw Grammar School in Wallasey after passing his eleven-plus; he then did National Service in the Royal Air Force, and worked as a purser on the Davies began work on World of Sport (initially called Wide World of Sports) in 1965 as an understudy to Eamonn Andrews, who was paid £40,000 by ITV to present it (about £825,250 at 2022 prices)

After leaving ITV, Davies joined the original incarnation of Eurosport, which was then owned by Sky, and the European Broadcasting Union. He fronted their snooker coverage, including the one-off 1991 Mita World Masters. He presented sports bulletins from his home for Classic FM in its early days as its inaugural sports editor. which forced him to give up his work on Classic FM.

In popular culture Davies is mentioned in the song "Dickie Davies Eyes" by Half Man Half Biscuit.

Davies made a cameo appearance at a racetrack in an episode of Budgie from 1972 ("The Outside Man"), and in a series 3 episode of Mind Your Language ("Guilty or Not Guilty").