Michael Dean

Michael Dean may refer to:

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Michael Dean (broadcaster)

Michael Dean (15 May 1933 – 5 October 2015) was a New Zealand-born television broadcaster from the 1960s to the 1980s, best known for his work on the BBC in the United Kingdom, but who worked in his native New Zealand and in Australia.

Biography

Born in Palmerston North in 1933, Dean was the son of Mavis Eileen Dean (née Mason) and her husband, general practitioner Kenrick Holt Dean, a grandson of Robert Holt. He was educated at Palmerston North Boys' High School and joined the local newspaper as a cadet journalist. Aged 20 he became ill with tuberculosis and spent a period in a sanatorium. He spent a year in South Africa as a newspaper sports reporter in Cape Town, before returning to New Zealand to work for the New Zealand Broadcasting Service.

After a period in Sydney, Dean moved to the United Kingdom and gained prominence as a presenter for eight years on the BBC2 discussion programme Late Night Line-Up. During the early 1970s he made television documentaries on figures including George Formby, Noël Coward and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.

Michael Dean (cricketer)

Michael Matthew Dean (born 7 June 1972) is an English cricketer. Dean is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire.

Dean represented the Warwickshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2002. In his only List A match, he scored an unbeaten 8 runs.

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