Ted Moult
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Edward Walker "Ted" Moult (11 February 1926, Derby
Derby
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, England
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 – 3 September 1986) was a British
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 farmer at Scaddows Farm near Ticknall
Ticknall
Ticknall is a small village and civil parish in South Derbyshire, England. Situated on the A514 road, close to Melbourne, it has three pubs, several small businesses, and a primary school. Two hundred years ago it was considerably larger and noisier with lime quarries, tramways and potteries. Coal...

, Derbyshire
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, who became a radio and television personality.

Early life

Moult left Derby School at 17 but, by 22, had his first dairy farm in Sinfin, on the outskirts of Derby
Derby
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. He has been credited with the concept of "pick your own" strawberries at his farm; he began in 1961, and always made a point of greeting his customers.

Showbiz career

In the 1950s, Moult first came to public attention on BBC Radio
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's general knowledge
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 quiz
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 Brain of Britain
Brain of Britain
Brain of Britain is a BBC radio general knowledge quiz, broadcast on BBC Radio 4.-History:It began as a slot in What Do You Know? in 1953 before becoming a programme in its own right in 1967. It was chaired by Franklin Engelmann until his death in 1972.-Format:The format of the quiz is simple...

although he was knocked out in the first round. He consolidated his fame with appearances on discussion programmes such as Any Questions?
Any Questions?
Any Questions? is a topical debate radio programme in the United Kingdom.-Format:It is broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on Friday evenings and repeated on Saturday afternoons, when it is followed by a phone-in response programme, Any Answers?, previously a postal response slot...

and panel games such as Ask Me Another and was a household name by the mid-1960s. The presenter Franklin Engelmann
Franklin Engelmann
Franklin Engelmann was a radio personality popular in Britain in the 1950s and 1960s, nicknamed "Jingle". He was best known for hosting Down Your Way , Gardeners' Question Time and the quiz show What Do You Know?, which later became Brain of Britain. In 1955 he was also the original host of Pick...

 gave him the nickname 'Ticknall Ted'.

Moult was perhaps best known latterly for his series of adverts for Everest Double Glazing in the 1980s, featuring the selling line: "You only fit double glazing once, so fit the best, fit Everest". He appeared in the opening edition of Channel 4
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's first show Countdown
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and had a number of small cameo roles in films and television, including as the love interest of the housekeeper Mrs Hall in a 1980 episode of the TV series All Creatures Great and Small.

Death

Sadly, Ted committed suicide
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 by gunshot after a period of depression  in 1986. Shortly after a private funeral, his life was celebrated at a public ceremony, in Derby Cathedral.

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