Frederick Russell Harty (5th September 1934 - 8th June 1988) was a British television presenter of arts programmes and chat shows. Harty had strong connections with the village of Giggleswick in North Yorkshire: before beginning his TV career he worked as an English teacher at Giggleswick School, where one of his pupils was Richard Whiteley, the future journalist, TV presenter and host of Countdown. Harty subsequently lived in the heart of Giggleswick village. Following his death in 1988 (from hepatitis B) in a Leeds hospital aged 53, he was buried in the churchyard of St Alkelda, Giggleswick.