Bernard Venables

Bernard Venables had a lifelong passion for the countryside, nature and fishing. He worked as a painter, illustrator, designer, and journalist on most of the national newspapers. He first appeared on radio and television in 1948 and later went on to make a successful series of fishing films for the BBC. He held the record for having caught the largest shark in the northern hemisphere and was awarded the MBE in 1995.

Bernard Venables had a lifelong passion for the countryside, nature and fishing. He worked as a painter, illustrator, designer, and journalist on most of the national newspapers. He first appeared on radio and television in 1948 and later went on to make a successful series of fishing films for the BBC. He held the record for having caught the largest shark in the northern hemisphere and was awarded the MBE in 1995. See less