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Tony Bilbow

b. 1932

British television presenter

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Born 1932. Tony Bilbow is a British screenwriter, television presenter, television writer and film journalist.

Antony Bilbow (born 17 April 1928 ) is a British television interviewer, film expert and writer. He was a presenter of the BBC's Late Night Line-Up discussion programme which was broadcast on BBC2 between 1964 and 1972.

Bilbow's father was an architect. He was educated at the City of London School, Blackfriars, and began writing short stories for the BBC; he was then the anchorman for Day By Day on Southern Television. He was a screenwriter for the 1970s situation comedy Please Sir! and the spin-off series The Fenn Street Gang and in 1986 was a writer for the BBC soap opera EastEnders. From 1970 to 1973, he presented the film programme Film Night, on which his interviewees included David Niven and Alfred Hitchcock.

Bilbow narrated the English voiceover for the BBC three-part series of the cult East German film The Singing Ringing Tree.

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Who is Tony Bilbow?

British television presenter

When was Tony Bilbow born?

Tony Bilbow was born on 17 April 1932 in Burnham.

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Tony Bilbow is a screenwriter, television presenter, television writer and film journalist.

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Tony Bilbow is British.

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· Wikidata: Q7821898

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