Eric Halsall

Eric Halsall (18 March 1920 – 21 October 1996) was an English countryman, author and television presenter.

He was best known for his fourteen-year run as a commentator on BBC TV series One Man and His Dog.

Turned down by the RAF, he joined the Burnley Express, initially in advertising and then as a writer.

However, he was best known as the presenter of the long-running TV series One Man and His Dog, in which he commentated on sheepdog trials for 14 years from 1975 to 1989.

[2] Halsall was for 21 years a director of the International Sheep Dog Society and was a winner of its Wilkinson Sword Trophy Award.