Derek Hobson

Derek Hobson (born 23 March, 1949) is an English TV and radio broadcaster and journalist. He was best known as the original host of ITV's New Faces^[1] which he presented from 1973 to 1978; a total of 164 episodes. He introduced, among others, Lenny Henry, Victoria Wood, Debbie McGee, Jim Davidson, Les Dennis and Michael Barrymore to a weekly Saturday night audience of more than 12 million viewers.

Derek Hobson
Born	Derek Hobson (1949-03-23) 23 March 1949 (age 76) Essex, England
Occupation(s)	radio broadcaster and journalist

Hobson was also a continuity announcer for ATV in Birmingham and was one of the presenters of the regional news programme ATV Today.

After leaving ATV, Hobson co-presented Not For Women Only,^[2] a regional magazine programme for TVS with Jill Cochrane who worked as a features reporter. He also presented and co-created the format for the game show That's My Dog for TSW which ran for four years on the ITV network from 1984.^[3]