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|fullname=Frank Page|origin=uk|sex=Male|occ=Presenter|media=Top Gear (1977 TV series)|debut=Top Gear (1977 TV series)/Series 2/Episode 5|debshort=Top Gear: Series 2, Episode 5|year=1979|final=Top Gear (1977 TV series)/Series 20/Episode 5|finshort=Top Gear: Series 20, Episode 5|year2=1988}} | |fullname=Frank Page|origin=uk|sex=Male|occ=Presenter|media=Top Gear (1977 TV series)|debut=Top Gear (1977 TV series)/Series 2/Episode 5|debshort=Top Gear: Series 2, Episode 5|year=1979|final=Top Gear (1977 TV series)/Series 20/Episode 5|finshort=Top Gear: Series 20, Episode 5|year2=1988}} | ||
'''Frank Page''' was a British motoring journalist who presented for ''[[Top Gear (1977 TV series)|Top Gear]]'' from 1980 until 1988. He also wrote weekly columns for various news outlets, in addition to serving as Chairman for the Guild of Motoring Writers | '''Frank Page''' was a British motoring journalist who presented for ''[[Top Gear (1977 TV series)|Top Gear]]'' from 1980 until 1988. He also wrote weekly columns for various news outlets, in addition to serving as Chairman for the Guild of Motoring Writers from 1983 to 1984. | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
Born in 1930, Page would start his career at the age of 22 for the ''Garage & Motor Agent'' magazine, which ran from 1913 before merging with ''Motor Trader'' in 1975 | Born in 1930, Page would start his career at the age of 22 for the ''Garage & Motor Agent'' magazine, which ran from 1913 before merging with ''Motor Trader'' in 1975. He would later write for ''The Daily Telegraph'', and from 1974 he would periodically present episodes of the long-running ''The World About Us'' television series for [[BBC Two]], a role which he would hold<ref>[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?order=first&q=%22Frank+Page%22+%22World+About+Us%22#top BBC Genome - Frank Page on ''The World About Us''.]</ref> until 1978. | ||
Frank Page would make his [[Top Gear (1977 TV series)/Series 2/Episode 5|first appearance]] on ''Top Gear'' in May 1979 as a guest interviewee whilst representing ''The Observer'' for the Guild of Motoring Writers. He was interviewed by then-host [[Angela Rippon]] at the [[Donington Park Circuit]] in Derby, as the segment concerned an event which had been specially arranged for Page and a group of fellow journalists at the venue in question. He would join | Frank Page would make his [[Top Gear (1977 TV series)/Series 2/Episode 5|first appearance]] on ''Top Gear'' in May 1979 as a guest interviewee whilst representing ''The Observer'' for the Guild of Motoring Writers. He was interviewed by then-host [[Angela Rippon]] at the [[Donington Park Circuit]] in Derby, as the segment concerned an event which had been specially arranged for Page and a group of fellow journalists at the venue in question. He would join the show a series later and became one of the show's four stalwart hosts for much of the 1980s, alongside [[William Woollard]], [[Chris Goffey]] and [[Sue Baker]]. | ||
Page would be a regular for the following eight years, however, following administrative changes made behind the scenes in 1986 at the behest of Alan Yentob, Page would begin to make fewer appearances starting from 1987's [[Top Gear (1977 TV series)/Series 18|Series 18]]. He would retire mid-way through the show's [[Top Gear (1977 TV series)/Series 20|twentieth series]] in 1988, presenting his final piece over the [[Jaguar XK120]], which had turned 40 years old at the time. Also that year, he would represent the 1940s for ''Top Gear's'' [[Top Gear (1977 TV series)/Series 20/Episode 1|Car of the Decade]] special, behind the wheel of that decade's finalist, the [[Volkswagen Beetle]]. | Page would be a regular for the following eight years, however, following administrative changes made behind the scenes in 1986 at the behest of Alan Yentob, Page would begin to make fewer appearances starting from 1987's [[Top Gear (1977 TV series)/Series 18|Series 18]]. He would retire mid-way through the show's [[Top Gear (1977 TV series)/Series 20|twentieth series]] in 1988, presenting his final piece over the [[Jaguar XK120]], which had turned 40 years old at the time. Also that year, he would represent the 1940s for ''Top Gear's'' [[Top Gear (1977 TV series)/Series 20/Episode 1|Car of the Decade]] special, behind the wheel of that decade's finalist, the [[Volkswagen Beetle]]. | ||
Page's role on the show would be replaced by [[Jeremy Clarkson]] from [[Top Gear (1977 TV series)/Series 20/Episode 6|the week following]] his retirement | Page's role on the show would be replaced by [[Jeremy Clarkson]] from [[Top Gear (1977 TV series)/Series 20/Episode 6|the week following]] his retirement. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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