Lionel Fanthorpe - T.V. presenter

Who Is Lionel Fanthorpe?

Lionel was born in Dereham, Norfolk, England and worked as a Journalist in Cromer, before training as a Teacher, at Keswick Hall from 1961 - 63. He was Further Education Tutor at Gamlingay Village College in Cambridgeshire until he was head-hunted to
become the Chief Training Executive for the Phoenix Timber Group in Essex.
For over ten years he was Headmaster (Principal) of a big Comprehensive High School in Cardiff.
Lionel is President of ASSAP (The Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena) Lionel is also the newly elected President of BUFORA (the British UFO Research Association)
His showbiz career started with Anglia TV and BBC Look
East way back in the 'fifties. He's now a popular TV and Radio presenter and celebrity guest on chat shows.
He's also a singer-songwriter with a CD
album of Unsolved Mystery songs to be released very soon by Voice Print Records: Lionel's lead singer for John Downes and the Amphibians.
He's also the author of over 200 books -- several of which I co-authored with him.
His qualifications include a Government Teaching Certificate from Cambridge University's Institute of Education with an Advanced Main Subject Distinction, an Upper Second Class BA Honours Degree, Fellowship of the College of Preceptors (equivalent to a Ph.D. or M.Phil) and Fellowship of
the Institute of Management (equivalent to an MBA or an M.Sc in Management Science). He's a member of the Ghost Club, Mensa and the Welsh Academy, Patron of a Bikers' Charity called Jumbo, who take handicapped kids and their
parents for fun days out, and President of ASSAP (the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena). He writes a column each week forThe South Wales Echo.
He's also a fully ordained Anglican Priest working part-time and unpaid for the Church in Wales, a qualified weight-training
instructor and a Dan Grade martial arts instructor. He often works atwenty hour day seven days a week -- and we love every minute of it!
I've been married to him since 1957, and I'm his agent, manager, business partner and PR exec as well! We cruise around from job to job on our big black Harley Davidson Electra-glide.

~ PATRICIA FANTHORPE


SHOWBIZ CAREER:
Lionel began his showbiz career way back in the 'fifties when he appeared on Anglia TV and BBC Look East. His speciality in those days was to research a mystery and present it, then sing one of his songs about it -- which is pretty much what he still does on his now famous and popular Fortean TV series for Channel 4 TV in the UK. His other recent highly successful series include Stranger than Fiction for West Country TV and Stations of the Cross for HTV. He also presented a great mystery show called The Real Nostradamus on Channel 4 TV a few months back. He makes very frequent Guest Celebrity appearances on shows such as Find a Fortune on ITV. He's also a popular guest on children's programmes like the K-Club on BBC.

He's an actor, scriptwriter, presenter, celebrity guest panellist, singer songwriter and general all-round entertainer. He's a Full Member of Equity willing and able to consider any stage, screen, film or video offers. As a Dan Grade Martial Arts Instructor, he enjoys action sequences and does his own stunts. Our showbiz slogan is: "Have Harley-Davidson -- will travel!"
And we mean it!