Kristian Digby
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| Born |
Scott Kristian Edwin Digby 24 June 1977 Torquay, Devon, England |
| Died | 1 March 2010 (aged 32) Newham, London, England |
| Occupation | Television presenter and director |
| Years active | 1998–2010 |
| Parent(s) | David Digby, Paula Dubois |
Kristian Digby (/ˈkrɪstjən ˈdɪɡbi/; 24 June 1977 – 1 March 2010) was an English television presenter and director best known for presenting To Buy or Not to Buy on BBC One. On 1 March 2010 he was found dead in what police said were "unexplained circumstances". On 9 November 2010, a coroner recorded a verdict of death by misadventure.
Digby was born Scott Kristian Edwin Digby in Torquay, Devon to parents who were property developers. He attended Bramdean School in Exeter, where he battled with severe dyslexia and graduated from the University of Westminster with a 2:1 in film and photography. He later presented a documentary for the BBC entitled Hiding the Truth: I Can't Read in which he returned to the school. In 1997, Digby's film Words of Deception won him a Junior BAFTA. The following year, his film Last Train to Demise, which featured actress and model Lucy Perkins, won the Melbourne Film Festival's Best Student Film award.
Digby was openly gay. He claimed to have discovered his sexuality when he was studying for his degree in "Film, video and photographic arts" at the University of Westminster (1995 to 1998). According to a friend, Digby had an eight-year relationship, which had ended a year before.
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