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His first regular broadcasting work was on radio coverage of the Isle of Man annual Tourist Trophy motorcycle race alongside his father. His debut television broadcast came in the same year when he commentated on hill-climbing at the Knatts Valley motorcycle venue in Kent. He and Robertson were positioned at Stowe corner for the event. Walker later commentated on races alongside the tennis commentator Max Robertson, with his first radio broadcasting coming at the 1949 British Grand Prix for the BBC. He was given a recorded audition for the BBC at the 1949 Easter Monday Goodwood race. Walker made his first public broadcast at Shelsley Walsh hillclimb in 1948. Walker created the slogan 'Trill makes budgies bounce with health' вЂ“ an advertising slogan for bird seed in the 1960s вЂ“ as well as the slogan ' Opal Fruits, made to make your mouth water.' He is credited with the naming of the late 1960s Vauxhall Ventora, with the car's original proposed name, Ventura, being rejected by General Motors. He did not retire from this until the age of 59, long after he had gained fame as a commentator. Following this, he was employed as an accounts director by the Masius advertising agency, with clients including British Rail, Vauxhall and Mars, for whom they created the slogan 'A Mars a day helps you work rest and play' Walker repeatedly denied the attribution of the slogan to himself, saying that he was only an administrator on the project. He was then headhunted by McCann Erickson, where he worked on the firm's account with Esso. ДЄfter briefly attending Roehampton Technical Institute to study shipping management, Walker worked in advertising for Dunlop and Aspro.

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After limited success, he switched to competing in motorcycle trials, where he made a greater mark, including taking a gold at the International Six Days Trial and winning a first-class award at the Scottish Six Days Trial. ДЇollowing the war, Walker briefly followed in his father's footsteps by taking up motorcycle racing, competing against, among others, a young John Surtees. He left the Army in 1946, having attained the rank of captain. Walker went on to command a Sherman tank and to participate in the Battle of the Reichswald with the 4th Armoured Brigade. Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander for the upcoming Allied invasion of Normandy. The salute at his commissioning parade was taken by American General Dwight D. Walker later attended and graduated from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Royal Scots Greys on 16 April 1944. On 1 October 1942 he travelled to Wool in Dorset, where he reported to the 30th Primary Training Wing at Bovington, the headquarters of the Royal Armoured Corps. Walker had been evacuated to Erdington and lived with the Bellamy family at 58 Holly Lane. In the meantime, he worked with the Dunlop Rubber Company, which offered 12 scholarships annually and was based at Fort Dunlop in Erdington, Birmingham.

Walker was later conscripted into the armed forces and applied to volunteer for tanks, but was required to wait until a training place became available. During this time, Walker rose to the rank of Company Sergeant Major of the School Corps. Upon returning to Britain, the Highgate School governors became concerned about the possible extent of bombing raids on London, and so Walker and his fellow pupils were evacuated to Westward Ho! in Devon, staying there until 1941. Walker was at a trials event with his father in Austria when the outbreak of the Second World War occurred in September 1939. While at Highgate he joined the School Bugles, learning to play the bugle. He attended Highgate School, gaining a Distinction in Divinity. Walker's education began with a governess at the family home, followed by spells at preparatory schools around the country. The family later moved to Coventry in 1928, when Graham worked as the Sales and Competition Director for Rudge-Whitworth. In 1925 Walker and his family moved to Wolverhampton when Graham became the Competition Manager for Sunbeam. His mother, Elsie Spratt, was the daughter of Harry Spratt, a businessman from Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. His father Graham Walker was a despatch rider and works motorcyclist for the Norton Motorcycle Company who participated in the Isle of Man TT. Walker was born at 214 Reddings Lane in Hall Green, Birmingham, England, on 10 October 1923.

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