Geoffrey Wheeler, presenter of Songs of Praise and Top of the Form, has died "He was an absolute gentleman and that's the conclusion that everybody who dealt with him came to," the broadcaster's son, Robin, said. Geoffrey Wheeler had originally conceived Winner Takes All as a horse-racing quiz but it became a multiple choice game show when it was first produced by Yorkshire Television in 1975. His son recalled: "He didn't want there to be a quiz where people have to say 'I don't know the answer', which was very typical of him." The presenter was born in Manchester and much of his childhood was spend moving around the country due to his father's job as a hotel manager. He entered the world of broadcasting after auditioning for a radio drama and made some 200 radio programmes for the BBC while studying law at Manchester University. In 1954, he got the the job of BBC radio producer for the north region making variety programmes with the likes of Benny Hill, Morecambe and Wise and Ken Dodd. He went freelance in 1963 and presented school quiz Top of the Form for 12 years on BBC One from the early 1960s to the mid 1970s. He also presented Songs of Praise many times over 21 years. "My memories of going out with him when I was at prep school was that he was constantly recognised in restaurants and on the street, and he would get quite a few letters," his son said.