Nationality British Occupation Radio presenter | Name Lionel Kelleway Alma mater Swansea University | |
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Lionel Kelleway (born 1940 or 1941) is a British radio presenter. For many years until 2009, he was the lead presenter of the BBC Radio 4 natural history documentary series, The Living World.
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Early Life & Education
Kelleway was born in Chichester but moved to Wales in 1974. He studied at Swansea University. At one time, he worked as a gamekeeper.
Legal case
In 2001, Kelleway won a case for racial discrimination against BBC Radio Wales, when they dropped his Landmark series, which won Sony Awards in 1991 and 1992, after around ten years, because of his English accent. At the time, he was living at Rhyd Uchaf Whitemill, Carmarthenshire.
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