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Only two complete editions of Dee Time survive in the BBC Archives; the programmes were transmitted live and the BBC seldom retained recordings at the time. Dee became very successful and adopted an extravagant lifestyle.
Aug 30, 2009 · In the mid-1960s, Simon Dee, who has died at the age of 74, was one of the biggest stars in the country. But just a few years later, he suffered a sudden and spectacular fall from fame. After...
Sep 4, 2009 · Mr Dee, 74, real name, Nicholas Henty-Dodd, passed away at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester last Saturday, only weeks after being diagnosed with bone cancer. In the 1960s he was among the biggest stars on TV, pioneering the chat show, compering Miss World, and appearing on Juke Box Jury and Top of the Pops.
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Aug 30, 2009 · Chat show host Simon Dee, one of the biggest stars on British TV in the 1960s, has died at the age of 74. Dee presented the Dee Time programme on BBC TV in the late 1960s. He was synonymous with...
Frozen out of showbiz, Dee famously signed on at the Fulham labour exchange and rapidly sank from public view, taking a job as a bus driver and falling into debt.
Nov 3, 2020 · BBC’s Dee Time‘s five series ran between 1967 and 1969 and broadcast 157 shows and subsequently on ITV with The Simon Dee Show in 1970. The format rarely changed, two or three guests to chat with Simon and a couple of musical guests to pad out the variety.
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Dee was a boarder at Shrewsbury public school and made his first stage appearance in a school production of The Pirates of Penzance. After his mother died of cancer in 1952, Dee lived with his...
