Vincent Duggleby

Charles Vincent Anstey Duggleby MBE (born 23 January 1939) has died. He was educated at Blundell's School in Tiverton, and Worcester College, Oxford. At 18, he was reporting on rugby union for the Bristol Evening Post (his uncle was chairman and managing director).  

In 1963, he joined the Radio Sports Unit at the BBC, and was soon presenting "Sports Session", on the BBC Home Service, a Saturday evening round-up after the Six O'Clock News, which lasted for him until 1966. He was host of the London edition; there were variants around the UK. He also found to present a number of editions of "Playtime", records for young people on The Light Programme. 

In 1969 he fronted the whole Saturday afternoon of live sport, then called "Sport Service" which came, bizarrely, on Radio 3, ending with Sports Report. He was then also deputy editor of the show, supporting Angus Mackay, and presented a BBC record of highlights when the show reached 21 years. 

In 1970, Saturday afternoon sport moved to Radio 2, presented by Peter Jones; there was also a re-organisation in the air, with sport and outside broadcasts to merge. Vincent moved to news and current affairs, as deputy editor of The World Tonight team, which also produced Newsdesk.  

In 1974, he launched the sub-brand The Financial World Tonight. In my brief encounters with him, I learned that he had purchased at least a dozen of the same grey suit at once, stored carefully in a garage, because he wasn't going to change size, and inflation was on the up. 

In 1975, he published his great collectors oeuvre, English Paper Money, which was later to have 10 editions.  It gave the world 'Duggleby Numbers', his own cataloguing system. 

In 1977 came Radio 4's Money Box, hosted by Peter Hobday and Louise Botting.  By the 1980s, Vincent was often a panellist, and eventually Vincent eased his way back into the presenter's chair, alternating with Paul Lewis. 

In 1984 came the book "Making the Most of Your Money", co-authored with Louise Botting. In 1985, he was a member of the Royal Mint Advisory Committee. In 1989, when the Financial World Tonight moved to an earlier slot on Radio 4, Vincent hosted the Financial Week on Fridays.   In 1990 came Money Box Live.

The presenting gigs at Money Box lasted for Vincent until 2013. He was also writing on personal finance for The Independent, rather frankly discussing his daughter's mortgage prospects amongst other things.