Bunty Gunn Explained

Bunty Gunn
Birth Name:Bunty James
Birth Place:Maryport, Cumberland, England
Known For:How
Occupation:television presenter
Nationality:British

Bunty Gunn (née James; born 1933, Maryport, Cumberland, England) is a former British television presenter who is best known for her appearances on the educational children's television science programme How in the 1960s and 1970s with Jack Hargreaves, Jon Miller and Fred Dinenage.[1]

Career

Gunn attended Cheltenham Ladies College and was a radio announcer, before moving on to present a programme on Southern Television entitled Day by Day.[2] After appearing on How from 1966–1967 and from 1970–1976 she appeared in the 1991 television film The Happening and moved to Caithness, Scotland.

In November 2018, at the age of 85, she published her first book, a detective novel called See You Around.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Kelly. Michael. 15 November 2020. Iconic kids TV show 'How' returns and Fred Dinenage stars again. 29 November 2021. Hampshire Live. en.
  2. Who's Who on Television 1970. Independent Television Publications
  3. News: Former children's TV presenter Bunty Gunn publishes her first book at the age of 85. Munro. Alistair. 1 November 2018. The Press and Journal. 29 November 2021.