Glenn Kinsey is a former presenter of Children's ITV, which is the brand name used for the majority of children's television output on
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in the
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. He is also a magician. He is now a successful presentation and communication skills coach in the UK.
Kinsey first appeared on Children's ITV in July 1991, to present their summer mornings service, which ran from 9.25am to 12.30pm each weekday throughout July & August.
Glenn Kinsey is a former presenter of Children's ITV, which is the brand name used for the majority of children's television output on
ITVITV is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK...
in the
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
. He is also a magician. He is now a successful presentation and communication skills coach in the UK.
Children's ITV
Kinsey first appeared on Children's ITV in July 1991, to present their summer mornings service, which ran from 9.25am to 12.30pm each weekday throughout July & August. He also stood in for the Children's ITV afternoons service presenter,
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on several occasions, one of which was the week before Christmas in 1991. There was no Children's ITV summer mornings service from 1992 onwards, so Kinsey didn't return to Children's ITV until late 1992, following Boyd's departure. Kinsey took over presenting in the afternoons from December 1992 to February 1993. He left Children's ITV in February 1993 though, after the new Children's ITV controller,
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abolished in-vision continuity in favour of an out-of-vision service, with voice-over links provided by Steven Ryde instead. Kinsey was a big fan of the Children's ITV programme,
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and was the first honorary member of the
Knightmare Adenturer's Club.
Other Work
Following Children's ITV, Kinsey moved behind-the-scenes to become a full-time presentation and communication skills consultant and coach. He is also a successful
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, with 3 books to his name so far. His first book,
Tricky Business, was published in 1990, when he was only 19 years old. This book was all about magic and accompanied the BBC TV series of the same name. He has worked on other TV shows for the
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,
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&
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too.