Des Lynam

Desmond Michael "Des" Lynam, OBE (born 17 September 1942, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland) is an Irish presenter on British television and radio. He has hosted television coverage of high profile events for many years. He has presented the popular shows, Grandstand, Match of the Day, Holiday, How Do They Do That? and Countdown. In 2002, the BBC released a CD of poems read by Lynam to music. 'Time to Stand & Stare' featured classic poems such as Rudyard Kipling's 'If', and others written by the likes of Roald Dahl, Sir John Betjeman and Brian Patten. The CD featured one of Lynam's own poems, "The Silly Isles", written about the Falklands War. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.