Daily Echo. Alongside his television career, Dinenage has written several factual books, including ghosting on autobiographies My Story and Our Story for the Kray twins. He is a keen football follower and was on the board of directors at Portsmouth between 1998 and 2007. He was a team captain on the ITV game show Never Had It So Good, shown in 2002. He also narrated Driver's Eye Views for railway filming company "Video 125". In February 2014, he celebrated his 50th anniversary as a reporter and presenter with ITV, announcing that he hoped to continue broadcasting into the future. Fred Dinenage: Murder Casebook, a crime documentary series on 20th century murders was first broadcast on the Crime & Investigation Network in 2011. He has also narrated Most Evil Killers for Pick since 2017. Dinenage was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours, for services to broadcasting. On 16 October 2020, it was announced Dinenage would appear in a new series of How, alongside Vick Hope, Sam Homewood and Frankie Vu. A year later in December 2021, Dinenage announced his retirement from ITV Meridian, ending a career that has lasted nearly six decades. Family Dinenage's second daughter Caroline (born 1971) is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Gosport (elected at the 2010 general election). She also served as the Digital and Culture Minister between February 2020 and September 2021. References Further reading External links Living people 1942 births English television presenters British reporters and correspondents ITV regional newsreaders and journalists Members of the Order of the British Empire People from Birmingham, West Midlands People educated at The Portsmouth Grammar School