Redvers Kyle

I wasn't sure where to post this, but Transdiffusion's Facebook page has announced the death of Redvers Kyle, long serving YTV continuity announcer. No specific source available.

If true, and I'm sure the announcement wouldn't have been made otherwise, this is sad news indeed.

Sad news of an ITV pioneer and continuity legend.



I can't find any other source other than Greg, but as a former colleague I'm sure he will have made sure this is, sadly, correct before posting it.

Transdiffusion wrote a nice piece featuring Redvers earlier this year
http://www.transdiffusion.org/2015/03/02/three-giants

Apologies, I thought Redvers merited a thread before I saw your post.

Sad to hear that. I once had the pleasure of meeting him. Seemed like a lovely man.

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Sad news indeed. Redvers had a very distinctive voice, a classic announcer in many ways. He'd worked for Rediffusion too back in the day:


The fascinating thing about this clip is that they appeared to have coverage of Wimbledon that year. Was this a London only thing? I can find nothing on the Internet to suggest anything other than the BBC having broadcast rights in the uk since 1937. '67 was the first year the championships were shown in colour, on BBC 2 (then the only colour channel in the uk).

Redvers and Graham, both sadly passed on

Some snippets of info in this tribute that I wasn't aware of...

http://www.transdiffusion.org/2015/11/19/redvers-kyle-1929-2015

One of the videos I uploaded to YouTube earlier this year actually features Redvers:

As a tribute to Red, we're repeating the hour-long interview he did with me about ten years ago. Hear it on radio six international at www.radiosix.com on Saturday afternoon at 2pm.