Fred Harris is a British
comedian
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and children's
television presenter
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. Formerly a schoolteacher, he began his television career as a presenter of the
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Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...
children's programme ''
Play School'', on which he appeared regularly between 1973 and 1988. During this time he was also a presenter on ''
Ragtime
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'' and ''
Chock-A-Block''.
During the rise of the microcomputer in the early 1980s he fronted several
home computing BBC programmes, including ''
Micro Live
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'' (which formed part of BBC's ongoing Computer Literacy Project
). He also presented a number of educational and schools programmes on the subject of maths, including
ATV
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's ''Figure it Out'' (memorable for having a set which included a giant pocket calculator), Central Television's ''Basic Maths'' and