Ian McNaught-Davis is most recognised nowadays for presenting the
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,
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and
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in the 1980s. However, he is also a well-known mountaineer and alpinist. He was managing director of the British subsidiary of Comshare Inc.
He is president of the UIAA (Mountaineering's international association) and a keen hill walker and hiker. In the 1960s he was a climbing partner of
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both in the UK and in the greater ranges.
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Ian McNaught-Davis is most recognised nowadays for presenting the
BBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation, usually referred to by its abbreviation as the "BBC", is the longest established and largest broadcaster in the world...
TV series
The Computer ProgrammeThe Computer Programme was a TV series originally broadcast by the BBC in 1982. The idea behind the series was to introduce people to computers and show them what they were capable of. The BBC wanted to use their own computer, so the BBC Micro was developed as part of the BBC Computer Literacy...
,
Making the Most of the MicroMaking the Most of the Micro was a TV series broadcast in 1983 as part of the BBC's Computer Literacy Project. It followed the earlier series The Computer Programme...
and
Micro LiveMicro Live was a BBC2 TV series that was produced by David Allen as part of the BBC's Computer Literacy Project, and followed on from earlier series such as The Computer Programme, Computers In Control, and Making the Most of the Micro...
in the 1980s. However, he is also a well-known mountaineer and alpinist. He was managing director of the British subsidiary of Comshare Inc.
He is president of the UIAA (Mountaineering's international association) and a keen hill walker and hiker. In the 1960s he was a climbing partner of
Joe BrownJoe Brown is an English climber, born the seventh and last child of a family in the Manchester suburb of Ardwick. He became famous for climbing during the 1950s, and was a member of the Valkyrie climbing club and founding member of the Rock and Ice climbing club. An early climbing partner was Don...
both in the UK and in the greater ranges. He took part with Brown in the televised climb of the
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. He also took part in a climb of the
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, which was televised on the
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network's Wide World of Sports. Davis was also one of the first to climb the "unclimbable"
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in 1956.
Reference Material
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The Alpine Journal", Vol. 66, No. 303, 1961. Pp. 250-260,
1960 Greenland Expedition, John A Jackson, A. Blackshaw and I. McNaught-Davis.
Referenced in "Staunings Alps Expedition Guide", Gaston's Alpine Books - West Col Productions, 1972.
External links
- 1980s BBC photo of McNaught-Davis presenting the BBC Micro
The BBC Microcomputer System, or BBC Micro, was a series of microcomputers and associated peripherals designed and built by Acorn Computers for the BBC Computer Literacy Project, operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation...