Ted Moult

Edward Walker Moult (11 February 1926 – 3 September 1986) was a British farmer at Scaddows Farm near Ticknall, Derbyshire, who became a radio and television personality.

[citation needed] Moult first came to public attention in the 1950s on BBC Radio's general knowledge quiz Brain of Britain, although he was knocked out in the first round.

The Sooty Show in 1984; Bullshot Crummond in 1984; Scarf Jack in 1981; Target in 1978; Blankety Blank in 1979; An Audience with Kenneth Williams in 1983; Milk for all It's Worth documentary in 1982; Connections in 1982; Calendar Countdown in 1982; Punchlines!

in 1978; Television Club in 1978; Celebrity Squares in 1976–1977; Parkinson 1974; A Question of News in 1971; Play School in 1964–1971 as the Story Teller; Ev in 1971; Call My Bluff in 1966–1979; Farming documentary as the presenter 1959–1969; Quiz Ball 1966; Know Your Onions 1966; The Eamonn Andrews Show in 1965; and Laugh Line in 1960.

Ted Moult died by suicide by gunshot in 1986 after a period of depression after several weeks of wet weather that worried arable farmers.