Glyn Worsnip

Who was Glyn Worsnip?

Glyn Worsnip was a British radio and television presenter. Born in Highnam, Gloucestershire, he was most famous for his appearances on That's Life! and on Nationwide.

He attended Monmouth School and after two years service in the RAF as a Photographic Intelligence Officer he graduated from St John's College, Oxford, with an honours degree in English. He trained as a journalist and actor, was a prolific writer of revues and appeared on stage in revue, farce and Shakespearian productions before his first appearance as a TV presenter on That's Life!.

In the late 1980s Glyn began experiencing the symptoms af a cerebellar disorder. In 1986 he developed dysarthria as part of an initial cerebellar ataxia diagnosis. In his autobiography, Up the Down Escalator, he mentions being diagnosed with Multiple System Atrophy at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. Multiple System Atrophy is a progressive, adult onset disorder characterised by any combination of parkinsonism, autonomic failure and cerebellar ataxia.