This was the springboard for his incredible record-breaking 24-hour Drumathon for Children In Need, which raised over 3.8m, making it the most successful 24-hour challenge in the 41-year history of BBC Children In Need. Most importantly to what has happened, Clause 1:36:2 of the Ofcom licence requires the BBC to reflect the diversity of the United Kingdom, and Clause 1:37 to make demonstrable year-on-year progress towards greater diversity both on and off air. Sue MacGregor 4. Sheila was something of an enigma. Live music has always been a big feature of Radio 2, from venues up and down the UK and abroad. Published: Saturday, 3rd November 2018 at 8:00 am, Its a lot of change for listeners to accept at once, Simon Mayo to leave Radio 2 after 17 years, he was leaving to join Virgin Radio in 2019, the announcement of Zoe Ball as Evanss successor, publish the names of anyone paid more than 150,000 per year, strongly criticised the BBC for its handling of this issue. Pages in category "BBC Radio 2 presenters" The following 182 pages are in this category, out of 182 total. There he remained until he was 88, when in 2017, he presented his final Sounds of the Sixties, his best remembered programme. Another factor in Mayos unhappiness seems likely to have been the fallout from the publication of salaries. Their replacements, including Scott Mills, Rob Beckett and Owain Wyn, are all younger, leading to ageism complaints from some listeners. A David Allan (broadcaster) Barry Alldis Richard Allinson Richie Anderson (presenter) Michael Aspel Rick Astley Pam Ayres B Danny Baker Richard Baker (broadcaster) Clare Balding Michael Ball Zoe Ball Findings in a BBC review in the early 90s showed that 40 somethings felt dispossessed, and no longer knew if they were Radio 1 or 2 listeners. That was the motto of Jim Moir, when Controller of the network, reflecting the view that the station on which Ken Bruce has hosted the same show for 26 years, Steve Wright for 19 and Jeremy Vine for 15 has an unusually stable schedule, which is rewarded by exceptional listener loyalty: the stations reach of 28.1 per cent of the population and cost per listener (0.5p) are both exceptional by BBC radio standards. Only a sadomasochistic porcupine would bring on the next generation in this way. Huw Edwards BBC News. Available as part of a Spice Girls Collection on BBC Sounds from 4 October, and hear it in Sounds Of The 90s (Radio 2, 11pm on Saturday 5 November). Maitlis has also accused the BBC of "both side-ism" - in other words, providing a superficial balance. Labour politician Roy Hattersley described his style as "courtesy with a cutting edge", and so it was for 30 years. Kay, who is celebrating his 20th wedding anniversary to Strictly Come Dancing presenter Tess Daly this year, is known for fronting various shows on Channel 4's T4 as well as ITV programmes including All Star Family Fortunes, Just The Two Of Us, and Beat The Star. However, the problem, an insider argues, is that: The bosses have never admitted, privately or publicly, that the Mayo-Whiley decision was gender equality driven. If so, this was likely to be on legal advice: changing Mayos working arrangements purely on the basis of his being male could be seen as law-breaking discrimination. ", The BBC's director-general Tim Davie has said: "Trust in our impartiality is not a nice to have, it is the very essence of who we are. Vernon said he was "absolutely over the moon" to be handed the microphone . Has Greta Thunberg declared war on environmentalism? Alistair Cooke 6.Kenny Everett 7. Bruce will present his final 9.30am-to-midday show on 3 March. But, at the BBC, there seems to be a rule that managers are only responsible when things go well, not when they go wrong.. Owain says: When I asked my parents for a pair of turntables and a mixing desk from a DJ shop in Llanelli when I was 13 I never allowed myself to dream that one day I'd have my own show on Radio 2! His successful Round Midnight arts programme was equally popular, and ran for 12 years. On the same day, a new Unitary Board (combining both BBC high-ups and independent non-executive directors) took over internal oversight of the corporation from previous committees of governors or trustees. Nick Clarke20. Owain takes over from Vanessa Feltz, who stepped down from presenting the Early Morning Breakfast show in July this year. A small spurt of positive publicity, from the announcement of Zoe Ball as Evanss successor, was offset by disappointment from some listeners, who would have preferred Sara Cox. Starting with music presenting, news reading, and acting work on the British Forces Network in Germany, Brian went on to train at RADA in 1949. We are so very proud of all that we have achieved whilst presenting on the largest BBC local radio station outside of London for the past 7 years. Lewis Capaldi, RAYE, The 1975 and more to play BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend 2023, Annie Mac to leave Radio 1 after 17 years, Miley? But at the same time, presenter paranoia exists for a reason - we're all aware there's always somebody behind you wanting to do your job. Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker and Sounds Of The 80s with Gary Davies are Listen productions. 3 on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs Chart and reached No. "They couldn't give me any reason other than, they just wanted a change.". VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Perhaps the departures that attract the most uproar are when a presenter doesn't want to leave - but the BBC is looking to appoint someone new who will attract younger listeners and viewers. At its height in 2008, 8.1 million people were listening, beating Radio 1 in the ratings war. The Beatles At The BBC - a rare chance to hear The Beatles in 1963 and 1964, featuring extracts from Pop Go The Beatles, Public Ear, From Us To You, The Alan Freeman Show, and Saturday Club, to create a revealing portrait of how British audiences would have originally heard the Beatles, the way they presented themselves and the impressions that they left. By entering your details, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions and privacy policy. If his pay was reduced, it may have given him another reasonable cause to feel unease at the BBC. Part of the audience was demanding something new. Mahfuz riad. I don't understand why people would be confused about not wanting new presenters to come through - it is inevitable.". Radio 2 will also broadcast each decades charts from 1960-1999 during the Sounds Of The 60s/70s/80s/90s shows on Saturday and Sunday 11 and 12 November, alongside a one-off programme on BBC Sounds - Most Streamed Songs of the 50s - to showcase the songs from 1952-1959, presented by Paul Gambaccini (BBC Audio production). How Radio 2 became the station we hear today via soothing instrumental light music, middle of the road classics, and a weekly soap opera. Presenters Paul OGrady and Vanessa Feltz have also departed from the station in the past year. One of the debates about what has happened at his most popular radio service is the extent to which Hall may have been proved right by the departure of Evans to Virgin, and unconfirmed rumours that Mayo may resurface at a commercial network such as Smooth. Radio 2 announces forthcoming presenter and programming highlights for the coming months. "What the BBC does have is an unrivalled platform," says Kanter. Bruce has also presented Radio 2s coverage of Eurovision since 1988, and has been a regular presenter of Sunday Night Is Music Night. Bruce first joined the corporation in 1977 as a BBC Radio Scotland presenter and his first regular slot on Radio 2 was the Saturday Late Show in 1984. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast. That's how the conveyer belt of talent works. This list may not reflect recent changes . Radio 2 broadcasts (8 October) a newly extended version of Terry Wogan: In His Own Words which first aired in April this year, 50 years after Terry broadcast his first ever breakfast show on the BBC in 1972. On the Monday Mayo tweeted that he was leaving Radio 2, it was school half-term in many areas, so the stations schedule was filled with stand-ins for vacationing regulars. A BBC source says that managers calculated that: Simon was the only one who would wear it. They reportedly concluded that it would be pointless to ask Evans or Wright to co-host, as they were so used to being big, solo voices at the microphone, and that the formats of Bruces and Vines shows would struggle to accommodate a second presenter. After a few years, the 4 strong writing team got it right, the press and public loved it, but it fell victim to the huge cuts underway in the BBC in 1980, and Radio 2 never again broadcast a daily drama. Her 21 years spent as presenter on Radio 2s Big Band Special won her most acclaim, and in 2004 she returned to the show to play the trombone as part of the BBC Big Band itself. ", He points out: "Career development for everyone is cyclical - the people who are now moving on once replaced someone who made way for them. By entering your details, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions and privacy policy. Jane Garvey 8. The BBC confirmed Gary Davies, host of the stations Sounds Of The 80s, will present the mid-morning show from March 6 until Kay takes over the helm in May on a date which is yet to be announced. Taking over from Sara Cox (replacing Evans), Mark Goodier (in for Bruce), mentioned that he would be followed by Vanessa Feltz (instead of Vine) and then Craig Charles (depping for Wright). James Purnell, a former Labour cabinet minister, is Director, Radio and Education, while Bob Shennan is Director, Radio and Music, but the heads of the networks (including Lewis Carnie at Radio 2) actually report to a third person, Graham Ellis, who is Controller, Production (Radio). As the Beatles celebrate the 60th anniversary of the release of their first single, Love Me Do (5 October), Radio 2 delves into the archive to celebrate the UKs most famous band. The 51-year-old presents the show from Monday to Wednesday alongside co-presenter Dan Walker. The TV presenter, 48, will . My past overseas postings include reporting roles with Australia's Network Ten in Sydney, and the IBS radio news agency in London. Feltz, for example, moved to the recently-launched Talk TV, while the huge investment in podcasts has seen Maitlis, Sopel and Radio 1's Chris Stark move to Global. The Ofcom document contains a series of requirements for each network that may surprise many listeners with their strictness. The Radio 2 mess is not expected to be an exception. Announcing his exit from weekday afternoons earlier this year, Steve Wright said: "My friend and boss Helen Thomas, head of Radio 2, said she wanted to do something different in the afternoons." Vernon Kay has been announced as Bruces successor on the mid-morning weekday show which he had presented for the past 31 years. Others, though, contend that another factor in the presenter/ management stand-off is the character attacks, and back-tax demands, caused by the use of tax-reducing personal service companies, which some broadcasters insist that the BBC told them to set up. Other popular presenters who made it into the Top 20 include Alistair Cooke at 5, current Woman's Hour host Jane Garvey at 7 and Official Chart and Top of the Pops host Tony Blackburn at 20. Past Presenters. Some even say that it was made clear to Mayo that the effective choice was no Jo means no show. by Dick Bentley, No One To Read Out The News: A BBC Tragedy and Were Frightfully BBC by the Western Brothers, What it Feels Like To Broadcast by Gert & Daisy, All For Ten Shillings A Year (about the Licence Fee) and We Cant Let You Broadcast That! Scott Mills will launch his new weekday afternoon show on Radio 2 on Monday 31 October, from 2pm-4pm. This autumn, listeners to Radio 2 are in for a treat. In the interim between Bruce's exit and Kay's new slot, Radio 2 favourite Gary Davies will host the slot from Monday 6th March. After Mayos resignation, an interview was eventually offered, but that was then cancelled just before our deadline. And as the BBC celebrates 100 years since receiving its first licence, Radio 2 marks other iconic firsts: For National Album Day (Saturday 15 October) the station will mark the music debuts of artists as they released their first albums with a special chart produced exclusively by the Official Charts Company in partnership with the BPI. In fact, said Goodier breezily, the only regular presenters on today are Simon and Jo at 5pm!. She serves as a relief presenter from time to time on the BBC News Channel and has in the past presented on BBC Radio 4. EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is confident that it will stem the flow of its presenter exodus by signing a new deal with its highest-profile news anchor . 1969 and singing London was still swinging just. Published: Monday, 27th February 2023 at 11:40 am. Terry had already had a presenting career, beginning as an announcer on RTE in Ireland and then freelancing for the BBC. "A growing number of broadcast competitors have deeper pockets and can afford to lure on-screen talent away.". Rhuanedd Richards, Director of BBC Cymru Wales says: Im delighted that Radio 2 listeners will be starting their weekdays in Owains company - live every weekday from BBC Wales home in Cardiffs Central Square. The Sound of Music was a fitting start for the station, now devoted to light music. Jenni Murray. Also to mark the 70th anniversary of the UK Singles Chart, Steve Wright will present The Listeners Charts available on BBC Sounds from Friday 4 November. Many listeners must have been astonished that Goodier made no reference to the fact that the move of those hosts was currently leading news sites. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric', The people who want you to believe the Ukraine war is fake. Tony talks about life on Radio Caroline and his move to Radio 1 - including a roadshow where the tide came in so people ended up in the sea! Over the seven weeks since Evans announced his departure, Radio Times has repeatedly asked for someone senior at BBC Radio to speak about Radio 2 for this article. Jenni Murray11. Maitlis, meanwhile, was told off for impartiality breaches during her time at the corporation. Known on-air as JY, he had been a crooner in the 1950s, and broadcast on Radio Luxembourg before joining the BBC. Vernon Kay is the new host of the mid-morning show on BBC Radio 2, it has been confirmed. He became famous for having read the nine o'clock news on 15 October 1940 when Broadcasting House was hit by a German bomb: Belfrage carried on as if nothing had happened. John Humphrys14. But some feel it isn't necessarily a bad thing when long-established presenters move on. Steve Wright also left his weekday afternoon show last year replaced by former Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills but still hosts Sunday Love Songs and occasional specials. The following list names individuals who are no longer employed by the BBC in its news division BBC News. The whole chart will be available from Friday 4 November as a BBC Sounds collection called The UKs Official Most Streamed Songs. In July 2017, when the income of top BBC presenters was published for the first time, Garvey said: Radio 2 extraordinarily male and entirely pale and big salaries. In further interventions, she publicly urged the BBC to sack one of the stations big boy beasts. Vernon Kay has joined BBC Radio 2 after the station confirmed him as Ken Bruce's replacement on the morning show. I cant wait to help kick start the day on Early Breakfast live from Cardiff. Bruces departure comes shortly after Steve Wright quit Radio 2 after 23 years as the stations afternoon host. The presenter has previously had his own shows on Radio 1 and Radio X, and currently hosts Radio 2's Dance Sounds of the '90s with his 'Back to Bolton Cheesy Bangers'. Radio 2 spin doctors were still struggling to find support for the optimistic line that all format changes take time to settle when, in September, they had to deal with the fallout from Chris Evanss announcement live on air that, after eight years on the breakfast show, he was leaving to join Virgin Radio in 2019. Join me every day for the best music and lets switch off from the world for a couple of hours and have a laugh.. Kate Bottley, Ken Bruce, Rylan, Fearne Cotton, Sara Cox, Jamie Cullum, Gary Davies, Paul Gambaccini, Angela Griffin, Bob Harris, Cerys Matthews, Jason Mohammad, Trevor Nelson, Dermot OLeary, Elaine Paige, DJ Spoony, Mark Radcliffe, Liza Tarbuck, Jeremy Vine, Michelle Visage, Johnnie Walker, Jo Whiley, Claudia Winkleman and Steve Wright. by Norman Long, Dont Lets Sing About The War by Ronald Frankau and The Broken Record by Henry Hall. This is a list of newsreaders and journalists formerly employed by BBC Television and BBC Radio. His departure follows a number of high-profile exits and reshuffling at BBC Radio recently, including Scott Mills leaving BBC Radio 1 after 24 years at the network to join Radio 2 for a new weekday show. Last week, a parliamentary select committee strongly criticised the BBC for its handling of this issue. His warmth and wit make him the perfect host to set up the day for our listeners right across the country, who have clearly and warmly taken him to their hearts each time he has presented in this slot.. Of all the things I do, speaking to others via the wizardry of wireless is my absolute favourite! Talent manager Chris North, who identifies, nurtures and promotes up-and-coming presenters, says: "Evolution is inevitable in every walk of life. She presents BBC Breakfast on BBC One, which is the most-watched breakfast programme in the UK. Read about our approach to external linking. Try 12 issues for 1 today - never miss an issue. A leading showbusiness agent, though stressing that he knows of no such specific moves or negotiations, says: If I were a commercial radio rival to the BBC, Id conclude that what has happened with Evans and Mayo has shown how the all-powerful Radio 2 might be taken down. At the time Wright said the move was "no great psychological leap. Love-ins at Woburn and San Francisco, the devaluation of Sterling, the Monkees and the Maharishi, and the beginning of the 'exciting new sound of wonderful Radio 1. Enjoy this party classic with an updated RT twist - fun for all the family! This years Radio 2 Gala performance in aid of BBC Children In Need is Frozen The Musical. Some tweeters and correspondents to RTs Feedback pages have reacted as if BBC bosses simply woke up one day and decided to wreck Britains most listened-to radio network. Since 2017, the BBC has been required to publish the salaries it pays sections of its top talent. On 3 April 2017, Ofcom, the government approved media regulator, was for the first time given external scrutiny of the BBC, which had previously dealt with all editorial issues internally. I look forward to playing some of the best music in the world whilst in the company of the Radio 2 listeners who I feel Ive got to know over the last 18 months. When he left, Marr said he was looking forward to "getting his voice back" - a reference to impartiality rules at the BBC. Longstanding DJs Paul OGrady, Vanessa Feltz, Craig Charles and Simon Mayo have all left or announced their departures in recent months. He said: Im absolutely over the moon to be handed the microphone to present the mid-morning show on Radio 2, and what an honour to follow in the footsteps of the mighty Ken Bruce. Having started his career as a presenter here in Wales, its wonderful news that hell be taking to the airwaves from Cardiff and waking listeners across the UK. The BBC's VR programme, a result of cost-cutting measures and a drive to move more staff out of London, has seen many experienced producers and journalists leave - a brain drain that often goes underreported compared with the departures of celebrities. A rambling house of bed sits and flats in Belsize Park was the setting, where young things rubbed shoulders with more sensible characters. PinkPantheress? For stars who made their name in news, such as Sopel, Maitlis and Marr, the freedom offered by rivals is a significant attraction. Its a dream come true to join the Radio 2 family and I cant wait to start.. Others think the BBC should let its biggest names leave rather than offer huge sums to keep them, and grow a new generation of stars instead. Both have left their BBC radio jobs in recent years. Vernon Kay is returning to the BBC to replace Ken Bruce on his Radio 2 mid-morning weekday show, the broadcaster has confirmed. The chart represents the incredible embryonic starts to magnificent pop careers. Hell be telling the story of the UKs affinity with the charts over the last seven decades, looking at the part they played in our childhoods and how friends and family would gather round the radio to listen. Humphrey Lyttelton 9. Whiley, as one of the few women in music radio, had necessarily become mentally tough and used to abuse. The big political interview, which was to become a regular feature of the show, often made the headlines. In a tweet on Friday, Bruce said he had intended to fulfil his contract with Radio 2, due to finish at the end of March, but that the BBC had "decided it wants me to leave earlier". The July 2018 list, covering the period before their pairing, placed Whiley in the 170,00 to 179,999 band and Mayo on between 340,000 and 349,999. No young people are going to listen to Feedback, even if you get HRVY or Joe Sugg to present it, because BBC Radio 4 isn't on their radars.". The broadcasting icon, who died last year aged 77, finished first place in a poll of 50 BBC radio broadcasters, beating the late John Peel, who came in second place. In May this year, Simon Mayo, after eight years on the Drivetime show, was joined by Jo Whiley, in a pairing that proved to irritate fans of both their previous solo shows. 1/6 Anneka Rice Challenge Anneka to flatten her cap peak? Some of their CB slang she innocently relayed caused consternation among the BBC hierarchy but that didnt stop her. John Peel 3. Although no longer reporting for domestic media, I continue to freelance for overseas news agencies, including BBC World Service and Canada's CBC Television. Brian Sounds of the Sixties Matthew tops the poll for being one of the longest serving broadcasters in the UK, having begun his career in 1946. But, if the new schedule, resulting from a combination of choices and accidents, is to succeed, it will require the audience to adapt quickly from the porcupine decades to the year of the rabbit. One reader will win a pair of premium tickets to see Aspects of Love at the Lyric Theatre Shaftesbury Avenue and overnight stay in one twin or double room at the Clermont Hotel, London with a 3-course meal from the table dhote menu and breakfast. 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