Helen Thomas says: No other radio station in the UK delivers the incredible range of music that Radio 2 brings its listeners each and every day. Inducted into the Radio Academy Hall of Fame in 2005, Gambaccini is the author of more than 15 books. This programme, aired on BBC One Radio on December 31, 1980, features a selection of Kate's favourite "popular" recordings by Transcribed from a tape by Andrew Marvick.] And in 2018, Sir Cliff was awarded 210,000 damages for his case against the BBC after their news coverage of his case. In February 2017, Gambaccini sued the Metropolitan Police, citing a loss of 200,000 during his time under investigation. ', The Accused: National Treasures on Trial, Wednesday 24th August, 9pm, Channel 4 & All 4. In the clip, the 73-year-old said the BBC was 'on the side of wrongdoers' and said that the broadcaster allowed people who he labelled 'fanatasists' to accuse celebrities of paedophilia. He returned to Classic FM in 1997. As an American teenager in the 1960s his missives were regularly published in the letter columns of titles such as Justice League of America and The Amazing Spider-Man. He is a patron of the London Gay Symphony Orchestra. Romesh Ranganathan: For The Love of Hip Hop. He left for BBC Radio 3 in 1995, where he presented an hour-long morning programme, in a slot formerly used for Composer of the Week. Paul said he was very honoured to be included and paid tribute to former Radio 2 controllers Jim Moir and Lesley Douglas. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms A CPS spokeswoman said: We have reached an agreement without admission of liability. They married in 2012 at, New York Botanical Garden. Inducted into the Radio Academy Hall of Fame in 2005, Gambaccini is the author of more than 15 books. In March 2008, he took over as chairman of the Radio 4 music quiz Counterpoint from Edward Seckerson; he was temporarily replaced in 2013 by Russell Davies and returned to the show in November 2014 after being cleared of allegations of historical sexual offences made against him. From a low key start, it went on to be revered, and to find its way into the history books as it became the biggest selling 12 single of all time. Steve Wright plays a selection of country songs that tell a great story. And it comes after a video went viral of Gambaccini expressing his views on the BBC last September, in a chat with Victoria Derbyshire. I have therefore been forced to take formal legal action.. A regular contributor to BBC Radio 4's long-running arts programme Kaleidoscope, Gambaccini was a long-time TV morning show correspondent for British television, and makes regular appearances on other British TV magazine shows. His first show was on 18 April 1998, once again opening the first of his weekly shows America's Greatest Hits with "Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen. Former BBC DJ Alan "Fluff" Freeman, the man who coined the catchphrase "Greetings, pop pickers", has died. Britain's first child Covid death, 13, may have been contributed to by doctors as senior medic admits 'Drinks cold in fridge at DH!' In 1990, he returned to Radio 1, but left during the tenure of controller Matthew Bannister in 1993. In 1992 Gambaccini became a founding personality on the UK's classical music station Classic FM, where he hosted the weekly Classical CD Chart show. He is also the presenter of Pick of the Pops on BBC Radio 2 since July 2016 and Americas Greatest Hits on Saturday afternoons since February 2020. Both the shows will include inserts and packages from Edith Bowman in Glasgow and highlights of Fridays Radio 2 showcase at King Tuts. Arrested as part of the high profile investigation. Gambaccini returned to Radio 2 18 months ago following a year away from broadcasting following his arrest for alleged historic sex crimes. BBC Radio 2's programmes 28.02.2023 Tuesday LIVE - 06:30 - The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show 00:00 - OJ Borg Post Wild Boys Of Radio 2 Handover OJ reflects on his weekly catch up with Trevor. Gambaccini was wrongly accused of sexual abuse by two men in the late 70s and early 80s and put on police bail for 11 months, making video diaries to show how unhappy he was. Gambaccini also argued in favour of a 28-day bail limit; Home Secretary Theresa May had announced in December 2014 that she was consulting on such a limit in all but exceptional cases. 18/11/08 - 18:47 #2. By then, he had lost an estimated 200,000 in income and costs. As Operation Yewtree rumbled on, friends Gambaccini and Cliff Richard supported each other. His own books include 'Love Letters', 'Radio Boy', 'Top 100 Albums' and 'Track Records'. The BBC Radio 2 DJ Paul Gambaccini has won a payout from prosecutors over an unfounded case regarding historical sexual abuse allegations. The show also documents the false sex allegations faced by Sir Cliff Richard and DJ Neil Fox. Squeeze performing at Newcastle City Hall in 2010. It also suggested there was insufficient evidence in the case whereas his lawyers insisted the claims should never have been taken seriously in the first place. The BBC Radio 2 presenter has issued court proceedings against Scotland Yard for misuse of private information which led to him being identified following his 2013 arrest. Chris Shiflett shares his Rock God and Alice Cooper's Billion Dollar Babies turns 50! Scotland Yard said: The Met is aware of Mr Gambaccinis intention to issue court proceedings against the Met, claiming misuse of private information, having received a letter of claim to that effect in February 2017., By He was the longest serving performer on breakfast television, with his 13-year film review stint, first on TV-am and then GMTV. He received the Outstanding Contribution to Music Radio Award from the Radio Academy in 1996 and picked up the Sony Award for Music Broadcaster of the Year in 2003. Clear All. He is known as The Great Gambo and The Professor of Pop, who was a BBC Radio 1 Presenter for 16 years including a year on a weekly show counting down the Billboard Top 30 songs. Prince Harry boasts about finding 'freedom and happiness' and jokes about reincarnation in unseen TV Behind-the-scenes at fashion week with the Spencers! It is heartbreaking to watch the events in Turkey and Syria just now. He has worked widely across the BBC and the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) as well as contributing to many television shows, mostly related to music, film, and the arts. He sued the force for breaching his privacy by disclosing he was under investigation for alleged sexual offences involving a minor. In 2002, he quit his role at Classic FM, to present a weekly chart show on London's Jazz FM until 2004. He has dual United States and British nationality, having become a British citizen in 2005. The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show is most listened to breakfast show in the UK with an audience of 7.14 million (RAJAR Q4, 2022). Paul Gambaccini presents the chart from today in 1994. The showcase will be available as an hour long special on BBC Sounds from Saturday 11 March and broadcast on Radio 2 at a later date. Radio 2 Country 2015. Vernon Kay is the new host of the mid-morning show on BBC Radio 2, and will launch his new show in May. Gambaccini has presented the annual Ivor Novello Awards since 1990,[9] the Parliamentary Jazz Awards since 2005, the Music Industry Trust's Man of the Year Dinner since 1999, and the Radio Academy Awards for a ten-year stretch from 1998 to 2008. Former BBC Radio 1 presenter Mr Gambaccini, who now hosts Radio 2's Pick of the Pops, has given an interview to the . Bob Harris, host of Radio 2s Country show, is once again broadcasting from Londons O2, but new this year, Radio 2 will also be bringing the best from C2C in Glasgow, presented by Edith Bowman. The 73-year-old said that he decided to be in the new documentary partly for practical reasons. Gambaccini may have first achieved wider prominence when his tips for playlisted songs likely to see greater chart action were published in the 11 May 1968 issue of the international trade publication Billboard, alongside similar tips from radio programming talent at major commercial stations across the United States. [30] 13 April - Dance Band Days is broadcast for the final time. He started his own U.S. chart show on 27 September 1975. For the Radio 2 programme, Samantha and Layton will be given exclusive backstage access to interview the stars taking part on the night. BBC broadcaster Paul Gambaccini has been arrested on suspicion of historical sexual offences as part of Scotland Yard's Operation Yewtree. But Gambaccini harbours anger towards Keir Starmer, who was working as Director of Public Prosecutions when he was arrested. Sophie presents an hour featuring the worlds greatest musical divas. He explained that he returned to the radio because as a broadcaster, his 'central relationship' was with his audience and not his managers. Gambaccini and television presenter Jonathan Ross co-owned Top 10 Comics, a comic shop in London which opened in 1989 and closed in 1995. When expanded it provides a list of search options that will switch the search inputs to match the current selection. Gambaccini, who presents Radio 2's Pick of the Pops every week, says that the documentary dredges up unhappy memories for him. 16 February - PopMaster quiz feature of Ken Bruce 's mid-morning show on BBC Radio 2 is first broadcast. In August 2008, Gambaccini returned to Classic FM, to present a 12-part series Paul Gambaccini's Hall of Heroes on Sunday evenings between 9:00 and 10:00. Launched in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal, the ex-Radio. The action centres on press statements issued after Mr Gambaccinis arrest as part of the Operation Yewtree inquiry, set up after the Jimmy Savile scandal. After Operation Yewtree, he published Paul Gambaccini: My Years Under Yewtree, a 2015 account of how the incident affected his life. Wondering who to donate to, I found this agency has a direct route to aid for both [citation needed]. Radio 2 is live from the Fab Room at the O2 with hosts Bob Harris, Breland and Bobbie Pryor with a show featuring performances from the Friday night, plus live sessions from Elvie Shane, Randall King, Mackenzie Porter and more, and interviews with Lady A, Midland, Morgan Evans, Matt Stell (3-6pm, Saturday 11th March). Gambaccini maintains that he has moved on after his outburst but explained that three days after the incident he had a visit from a BBC executive. The host of Radio 2's Pick Of The Pops and Counterpoint on Radio 4 was banned from the BBC . In 2013, Gambaccini claimed that he had been highlighted as a potential security risk by the BBC earlier in his career due to his sexuality, with a symbol resembling a Christmas tree on the cover of his personnel file: "It meant you were 'as camp as Christmas' and thus a potential security risk. Paul Gambaccini has said he would be 'happy to see the BBC go' even though he still presents a show every week on Radio 2- because he says it did not stand by him during false sex allegations. Paul Gambaccini is a Radio and Television Presenter form America- British and also an Author in the United Kingdom. All three were eventually . He was also a contributor to the London station LBC when it was taken over by Chrysalis. Gambaccini was co-author of The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles and related titles, with Tim and Jo Rice, alongside Radio 1 colleague at that time, Mike Read, between 1977 and 1996. In February 2010 he was invited by the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, Andrew Hamilton to deliver the inaugural LGBT lecture Out on Monday to the university's LGBT staff, students and faculty. He also presents Dance Sounds of the 90s on BBC Sounds and Radio 2. He has worked widely across the BBC and the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) as well as contributing to many television shows, mostly related to music, film, and the arts. NFL Player Damar Hamlin in Critical Condition after Collapsing on Field, Legendary Designer Vivienne Westwood Dies Aged 81, 10 Female IAS Officers who can inspire us. Paul Gambaccini presents the chart from today in 1983. "Jerry Bails' Ten Building Blocks of Fandom,", Last edited on 10 February 2023, at 23:51, Academy of Comic-Book Fans and Collectors, Paul Gambaccini Presents the Top 100 Albums, "Paul Gambaccini: Here, there and everywhere,", "RIP rock'n'roll? [13] As part of his involvement with the academy, Gambaccini helped organize the comics industry's first awards, the Alley Awards. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Paul Gambaccini counts down the charts. Sir Michael Lyon, chairman of the BBC Trust, told MPs that Radio 2 had been wrong to announce last week that Mr Ross would return to the network on January 24 when his 12-week suspension without pay ends. Kon Hai Alakh Pandey aka Physics Wallah Wife Shivani Dubey? The network has been the broadcast partner for C2C the biggest country music festival outside the USA since it began in 2013 and is rolling out the red carpet for its tenth birthday. On 1 November 2013, it was reported that Gambaccini had been arrested on suspicion of historical sexual offences as part of an investigation by Operation Yewtree in the United Kingdom. Read about our approach to external linking. He loved listening to the radio and chose to go to Dartmouth College in preference to Harvard or Yale because it had a student-run commercial college radio station. Gary will also usher in Radio 2s new weekday pop quiz. One week later he married Christopher Sherwood, in New York Botanical Garden. You can hear it all live on Radio 2 and BBC Sounds, or catch up by listening at a time of your choosing on BBC Sounds.. This Easter, Tony Blackburn: Your Soul Mate returns on Good Friday, 7 April, and Easter Monday, 10 April, with Tony bringing his favourite soul tracks to listeners. BBC Radio 2 - Paul Gambaccini with America's Greatest Hits. Gambaccini's own books include Love Letters, Radio Boy, Top 100 Albums and Track Records. He returned to Classic FM in 1997. He told the Telegraph that he will fight on and added: 'No man, can acquiesce in his own destruction. Edith also hosts a Radio 2 showcase at the King Tuts Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow - recorded on Friday 10th March and featuring three of the festival artists Caroline Jones, Kameron Marlowe and Kezia Gill performing to a small audience. A BBC Audio production. Its a dream come true to join the Radio 2 family and I cant wait to start., Helen Thomas, Head of Radio 2 says: Radio 2 is home to some of the UKs best loved presenters, and Im thrilled to welcome Vernon to mid-mornings on Radio 2. [citation needed] The show was revived on Greatest Hits Radio from February 2020 airing 5-7pm on Saturdays, with the first show starting off with "Born to Run", just like the final BBC Radio episode, and ending with "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" by Stevie Wonder. Mr Gambaccini hosts Radio 2's Pick of the Pops every Saturday, which has 2.2million regular listeners. [29] One week later, they married in New York Botanical Garden.[30]. EXCLUSIVE: Lanzarote sticks to its guns and insists it WILL limit tourists and move away from relying on Jeremy Clarkson is axed as Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? That song - and others like it - had a profound influence on the young Ivan Morrison growing up in Belfast, and with Cerys' help he goes back to that time to talk about its effect on his own musical ambitions and how it helped to introduce blues to a wider global audience. In July 2016, he took over presenting Pick of the Pops, replacing Tony Blackburn. . Leaked message from Matt Hancock's aide-turned lover Gina Coladangelo sparks School places in chaos: Parents' desperation as one in three children miss out on preferred secondary - with Police will quiz missing aristocrat and her boyfriend for another 36 hours to try and get answers on missing Runaway aristocrat and her boyfriend were spotted stocking up on supplies at food bank in Brighton without Taxpayers are left 31,000 out of pocket after council auctions off its Queen's Jubilee wicker corgi statues Don't just stick to the Malbec! He left for BBC Radio 3 in 1995, where he broadcast an hour-long morning show, in a slot formerly used for Composer of the Week. The show also documents the false sex allegations faced by Sir Cliff Richard and DJ Neil Fox who were both eventually cleared of wrongdoing. In a wide ranging interview he also talks about his live performances, his domestic life in the Northern Ireland of the 1950s, his current attitude towards his classic back catalogue, and much more. BBC Radio 4. The station simulcasts BBC Radio 2 during this additional downtime although, by the end of the year, BBC Radio 1 has stopped broadcasting BBC Radio 2 through the night. Paul Gambaccini presents the chart from today in 1996. Released On: 13 Oct 2002 Paul Gambaccini was born in New York City in 1949 and revelled growing up to the sounds of the 1960s. On his show (12-2pm), Jeremy Vine will be chatting to Edith Bowman and featuring a live performance from Lindsay Ell who is performing at C2C in the city. Last year, South Yorkshire Police apologised to his close friend Sir Cliff Richard after BBC broadcasts of a raid on his Berkshire home in 2014. . [citation needed]. Hes also hosted three network shows in the US for ABC and NBC and he came third when a contestant on Im a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here in 2020. In 2010, he won an episode of celebrity Mastermind, with his chosen beneficiary charity being Stonewall. Bob Harris hosts both C2C festival itself and the networks coverage from the O2 arena in London, and this year hell be joined by rising country star, Breland. For the second year running, Big Night Of Musicals - staged by The National Lottery at the AO Arena Manchester will be broadcast in a special 90-minute programme on BBC One and in a programme on BBC Radio 2 presented by Samantha Barks and Layton Williams (8-10pm, Sunday 26 March). His reasoning, he claims, is that the corporation refused to give the accused justice during Operation Yewtree. No denying he was treated poorly, being forced to share his show was a bad decision. 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But for Gambaccini, his happy life with his new husband Christopher Sherwood was ruined by Operation Yewtree, as he was arrested a year after they married. However, Gambaccinis allegations of a "witch-hunt" were denied by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). In 1995 Paul was named Philanthropist of the Year by the National Charity Fundraisers, for his work on behalf of the Terrence Higgins Trust. Programme Website. Paul also co-authored 'Television's Greatest Hits' with Rod Taylor, with whom he co-wrote and associate produced the BBC 1 television series of the same name. [30], "With a Little Help From His Friends,", Schelly, Bill. His television appearances include 'Call My Bluff', 'Music For The Millennium', and 'The South Bank Show'. [7] In September 1975 he began the show he was to front for the next 11 years, highlighting the weeks' music in the US chart. He said that his case became guilty until proven innocent because Starmer said at the time that police should believe every accuser and added that the idea of him being Prime Minister fills him with gloom. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Stay tuned for more updates on LatestinBollywood. While still in high school,[3] Gambaccini began contributing to comics fanzines, including the publication Rocket's Blast Comicollector. Paul Gambaccini Height is 6 feet 1 inch, which means he is 155cm and his weight is 70 kg. Confidentiality clauses in the agreement with the CPS mean the amount paid cannot be disclosed. He returned to Classic FM in 1997. The Ultimate Man, a musical about a comic book superhero, was co-written with Alastair King and Jane Edith Wilson, and produced at the Bridewell Theatre in London in 2000. Paul Gambaccini presents the chart from today in 1978. He lives in the South Bank area of London. He lives in the South Bank area of London. And if they watch a flm, more of the same. Some listeners welcomed his presence, according to Kenyon, as their musical tastes had developed from Radio 1's content. Paul Gambaccini presents the chart from today in 1966. The NEW woke words of the day: 'Rage farming', 'pinkwashing', 'trauma dumping' and 'Latine' are among 313 Is YOUR wood burner at risk? The Second Paul Gambaccini Radio Programme [Here is the second of Kate's radio interviews with Paul Gambaccini. Born in the Bronx, Gambaccini studied at Dartmouth College, from where he obtained a degree in history in 1970. In a statement it said: "Paul will return to his usual BBC Radio 2 show - presenting America's Greatest Hits - from Saturday 15 . Contributors. Despite Gambaccini's 50 years working at the BBC, when asked, he said he would be happy to see the corporation go. [5][6], Gambaccini then started broadcasting in the UK, on BBC Radio 1, September 1974, which he did for 13 years, first as a music reporter on the John Peel Saturday show Rockspeak. Search. [4], Having left Oxford, Gambaccini considered further study in law at Harvard or Yale, but had the opportunity of writing for Rolling Stone magazine, as British correspondent. In 1964[3] he succeeded Jerry Bails (the so-called "father of comic book fandom") as executive secretary of the Academy of Comic-Book Fans and Collectors,[12] an umbrella organization for the burgeoning world of comics fandom. [3] Gambaccini claims to have invented the term "Brand Echh", which later became widely used by Stan Lee.[3]. The Ultimate Man, a musical about a comic book superhero, was co-written with Alastair King and Jane Edith Wilson, and produced at the Bridewell Theatre in London in 2000. Paul Gambaccini presents the chart from today in 1988. Paul Gambaccini presents the chart from today in 1980. He was also a contributor to the London station LBC when it was taken over by Chrysalis. At the start of his tenure as a presenter, Gambaccini featured music from the Billboard charts, along with the UK top 20, but this ended in 2017. Paul Gambaccini presents the chart from today in 1985. Taking Vitamin D each day could cut your chances of getting dementia, study claims. The Blues Show with Cerys Matthews presents a world exclusive interview with the legendary Van Morrison, in which the superstar discusses his love for the blues, the artists he most admires and the history of skiffle (9-10pm, Monday 13 March). He has dual United States and British nationality, having become a British citizen in 2005. He then migrated to the United Kingdom and attended University College, Oxford, where he read for a degree in politics, philosophy and economics. 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