Sarah Kennedy
Biography
Sarah Kennedy began her broadcasting career with British Forces Broadcasting in Singapore before joining Radio 2 in 1976. In 1980 she became a newsreader for Southern TV and went on to present shows including Animal Roadshow (and a later ITV equivalent, "Animal Country", both of them with Desmond Morris) and 1983's ill-fated Nationwide replacement, Sixty Minutes. She returned to Radio 2 in 1992, taking up the early morning pre-breakfast-show slot, where she remains to this day.
Trivia
She coined the term "white van man". For the benefit of readers unfamiliar with modern British slang, a "white van man" is a man who drives a white van
Kennedy features in a clip that has been shown on "Before They Were Famous", not as the subject, but hosting a mid-80's daytime chat and discussion show. In this particular edition, there are a number of children in the studio and Kennedy finds out that one of them is very much into football - a young David Beckham, no less. At this point, Kennedy rather brusquely orders the other children to clear some space for the lad and he duly demonstrates his 'keepie-up' skills, although he manages to kick another boy in the process (accidentally, we can only hope).
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