Derek Hobson Northern Ireland born Hobson is a TV and radio broadcaster and journalist, best known as the original host of ITV's New Faces,[1] which introduced, among others, Lenny Henry, Victoria Wood, Debbie McGee, Jim Davidson, Les Dennis and Michael Barrymore to a Saturday night audience of more than 12 million viewers.
Hobson was also a continuity announcer for ATV in Birmingham and was one of the presenters of the regional news programme ATV Today.[2]
After leaving ATV, Hobson co-presented Not For Women Only,[3] a regional magazine programme for TVS, with Jill Cochrane. 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.[4]