TV presenter and journalist Henry Kelly dies
Speaking to Challenge TV, external about his memories of Going for Gold, Kelly – who almost missed the hosting audition as he was planning to play golf – noted how “the whole point” of the show “was that it was Pan-European”.
“We were the only people in this country at the time, and probably since, who were really European, and so we had contestants from all over Europe,” he said.
Recalling one example of comedic cross cultural confusion on episode one of the new show, he added: “The question for all the contestants was, what is the name of the piece of least value on a chessboard?
“Bang, goes [Swedish contestant] Ida-Britt, and looked at me and said: ‘the farmer’.
“‘Right, I think not’ [he replied]. But we checked, only to discover that in Sweden, a pawn is in the shape of a little Swedish farmer. So she was right!”
Kelly also appeared in Victoria Wood’s comedy show Dinnerladies, and hosted journalistic talk show After Dark.
In 1994 he was voted national broadcaster of the year in the Sony Radio Awards.
Additional reporting by Paul Glynn.
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