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...joint founder of two major network companies in the United Kingdom.
His interview of Richard Nixon was the most widely watched news interview in the history of television. Shown, in almost every televised nation in the world, it garnered the largest audiences ever achieved for a news interview in the United States. in fact, landmark interviews have always been the most prominent feature of Frost's remarkable career.
Among the many world figures that he has interviewed are the six most recent Presidents of the United States and the five most recent Prime Ministers of Britain, as well as Prince Charles and the Duke and Duchess of York, Robert F. Kennedy, Henry Kissenger, Mikhail Gorbachev in Russia, Menachem Begin and President Nelson Mandela. Outside the field of world affairs, Frost's subjects range from Orson Wells and Peter Ustinov to Arthur Rubenstein, Woody Allen and the Beatles.
Frost garnered a great deal of attention for his outstanding PBS series, . . .talking with David Frost, attracting news headlines and critical plaudits. The one-hour programs also air on other national networks around the world, and included former President and Mrs. George Bush, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Robin Williams, Margaret Thatcher, Luciano Pavarotti, Bill Gates and Shimon Peres.
Awards consist of two Emmys, the Royal Television Society Silver Medal and the Richard Dimbleby Awards, plus the Golden Rose of Montreaux, an international award. He was also knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
Frosts' television production company, David Paradine Television, Inc., has produced such specials as "A Gift of Song: The Music for UNICEF Concert" and "Peeping Times" with David Letterman.
He is the co-author of The Mid-Atlantic Companion, The Rich Tide, and the author of "David Frost: An Autobiography, Part I-From Congregations to Audiences."
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- Presidents and Prime Ministers
- Journalism: Life as a Peeping Tom
- MC & Moderating
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