what was his role in it?
Host
Bob Holness
In 1962, Holness became the host of UK game show "Take a Letter"
where is herne bay? A seaside town in Kent on the South East England what are some of the prominent landmarks in the region? The Clock Tower, off-shore wind farm, Reculver Country Park are there any famous people from here? The actor and presenter Bob Holness,  writer Will Scott where was the former born? Vryheid, Natal, South Africa was he a film actor? No, he was a television actor. can you name any series he was a part of? Take a Letter
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Bob Holness [SEP] Television career
In 1962, Holness became the host of UK game show "Take a Letter", was relief host of Thames Television's magazine programme "Today" in 1968, and from 1983 until 1994 presented the British version of "Blockbusters", for which he is best known. In 1988 he starred in a celebrity special of "Catchphrase" and appeared again with his daughter, Carol, in a Christmas version of Family Catchphrase. In 1995 he hosted Yorkshire Television's big-budget game show flop "Raise the Roof" before becoming the chairman of a revived "Call My Bluff" for the BBC. Holness appeared on one episode of "Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway" in 2004, when he presented the last round of Ant and Dec's "Blockbusters", with Ant as a contestant.