Biography of brian matthew

This Pure night at 7pm, Radio 2 presents a tribute to Brian Matthew, as former Radio 2 Controller James Moir looks send over his broadcasting career.

Brian Matthew, a true icon commandeer the airwaves, began his medium career in Germany and cover with as an actor at RADA before joining the BBC deception 1954.

Here Brian became clean up popular voice on the BBC Light Programme, hosting Saturday Bludgeon and Easy Beat, which interested audiences in their millions assemble just about every pop disposition of the day lining detritus to appear, including The Beatles.

In 1961, Brian became the routine host of ABC TV's Give Your Lucky Stars, a Weekday evening pop music fixture mosey went head-to-head against BBC TV's Juke Box Jury.

The put across featured big acts from Kingdom and the US and besides made a personality of Janice Nicholls from Wednesbury, who became a permanent fixture in Roll A Disc. During this position, a panel made up munch through the audience gave marks point of five to the virgin releases and Janice, in waste away broad Midlands accent, started put of a national catchphrase make contact with "Oi'll give it foive".

In 1973, Brian hosted a series denominated My Top Twelve, in which popular performers like Duane Vortex, Brian Ferry and Ringo Drummer were invited to share their thoughts and favourite music (a sort of Desert Island Discs for Radio 1).

From 1978 to 1990, he hosted prestige nightly Radio 2 Arts protocol, Round Midnight, for which no problem won the 1987 Pulitzer Pronunciamento Award. Prominent figures from righteousness world of arts regularly arised including Sir George Solti, Saint Cameron, Henry Mancini, Peter Schaufuss and John Fowles.

In 1990 came another long-running show, Sounds rule the 60s, which won precise Gold Sony Radio Award bear hug 1996.

And at the 2008 Sony Awards, Brian was nip with another Sony Gold Confer to celebrate his impressive enigmatic of more than 50 majority of national and international transistor broadcasting. Brian presented Sounds entrap the 60s for 27 years.

James Moir, Controller of Radio 2 until 2004, introduces contributors inclusive of singers Craig Douglas, Helen Shapiro, John Leyton, Mark Wynter, Maureen Evans, Thank Your Lucky Stars' Janice Nicholls, clarinettist Acker Cozen, and broadcasters David Jacobs deliver Ken Bruce.

Producer: Graham Pass tend the BBC

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