Rico Daniels
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Rico Daniels | |
| Born |
Rico Daniels 1952 (age 63–64) Basildon, Essex, UK |
| Residence | Vosges, France |
| Education | Rayleigh, Essex, Sweyne School[1] |
| Occupation | Television Presenter and Salvager |
Rico Daniels is an English television presenter who has his own show, The Salvager[2] on Discovery Real Time. A passionate recycler, the second series (similar in content to the first) saw him moving in France and was called Le Salvager.[3]
Born in Basildon, Essex in 1952, Daniels was brought up in the town and left school at 15[4] to become a civil servant, but soon realised this was not for him and enrolled as an art student. Disliking the formal tuition[5] Daniels embarked on a range of jobs before settling for the life of a market trader.[6] In 2002 he was invited to screen test for a new programme about men and their sheds.[7] While he was not quite suitable for this assignment, the producer liked his idiosyncratic style and commissioned him for a series of programmes showcasing his imaginative talent for changing something unwanted into a distinctive piece of furniture which was to become the show we know today as The Salvager name changed to Le Salvager when the presenter moved to France.[8]
The Salvager is occasionally aired on Quest (Terrestrial Channel).
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Wikinews has related news: British TV presenter Rico Daniels tells Wikinews about being 'The Salvager' |
- Hardie, Donna (2004-09-18). "The junk male; HE'S THE ANTI-LLEWELYN-BOWEN WHO MAKES FURNITURE FROM RUBBISH.. MEET THE SALVAGER.". The Mirror.
