"of society and all minorities, because they all pay the licence fee. Competition from Independent Television, Channel 4, Sky, and other broadcast-television stations has lessened the BBC's influence, but its public broadcasting remains a major influence on British popular culture. Older domestic UK audiences often refer to the BBC as ""the Beeb"", a nickname originally coined by Peter Sellers on ""The Goon Show"" in the 1950s, when he referred to the ""Beeb Beeb Ceeb"". It was then borrowed, shortened and popularised by radio DJ Kenny Everett. David Bowie's recording sessions at the BBC was released as ""Bowie at the Beeb"","
"Kenny Everett Maurice James Christopher Cole (25 December 1944 – 4 April 1995), known professionally as Kenny Everett, was a British comedian, radio DJ, and television entertainer. Everett is best known for his career as a radio DJ and for ""The Kenny Everett Video Show"". Everett was born in Seaforth, into a Catholic family as Maurice James Christopher Cole. Everett attended the local secondary modern school, St Bede's Secondary Modern School in Crosby, now part of Sacred Heart Catholic College. He attended a junior seminary at Stillington, North Yorkshire near York with an Italian missionary order, the Verona Fathers, where"
"the young DJs. I found the stilted bits in bad taste but with suitable restraint and encouragement, Kenny Everett could be one of the BBC's best DJs. Yes.'<br> Member three (Nathalie Quale): 'Without the hard sell and the occasional phoney American accent, a good pop DJ. Must be made to curb the funnies and the voices. Yes.'<br> Member four (Ulekee Fitzgerald): 'I found the continuous changes of voices irritating and his personality supercilious but he certainly has some talent. Should be available but would need very firm production. Yes.'"" He was heard in May 1967 on the BBC's soon to"
"Spence, then a photographer's assistant and later a pioneering feminist photographer of the 1970s and eighties, who changed her name to his by deed poll. Radio London closed down in 1967 with the introduction of the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act in 1967, and BBC Radio 1 began broadcasting the same year. On his return to England, Spence began making jingles and trails for Radio 1, where many of his pirate radio contemporaries were forging on-air DJ careers. Kenny Everett in his first BBC broadcast in May 1967 jokingly named the Double-D as one of his ""best friendships."" Spence later said"
"while Queen's recording sessions with the BBC was released as ""At the Beeb"". Another nickname, now less commonly used, is ""Auntie"", said to originate from the old-fashioned ""Auntie knows best"" attitude, or the idea of aunties and uncles who are present in the background of one's life (but possibly a reference to the ""aunties"" and ""uncles"" who presented children's programmes in the early days) in the days when John Reith, the BBC's first director general, was in charge. To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the BBC the song ""Auntie"" was released in 1972. The two nicknames have also been used"
"London's partially cleaned-up redlight district."" The burgeoning Comedy Store above a strip club a few streets away became a magnet for those who saw Kenny Everett as a more suitable role model than Lord Reith. NBS's principal was the broadcaster Michael Bukht, later one of the founders of Classic FM, who was best known for his appearances on the BBC show Food and Drink in his persona as Michael Barry the Crafty Cook, a title he first used on London's Capital Radio in the 1970s. One of the first handouts given to new trainees was an extensive list of nearby"
"was being stripped down by the crew. The final shot before the closing credits was Everett himself being picked up and placed inside an oversized dustbin. The fourth series was retitled ""The Kenny Everett Video Cassette"" and was more of a comedy programme than the previous three series, which relied more on music acts. Everett fell out with Thames regarding the management of his show, including the scheduling against the BBC's top-rated ""Top of the Pops"" on Thursday evenings. The BBC offered him a live-audience sketch-format comedy programme, starting with a Christmas special on BBC1 in 1981, followed by five"
"shown them a tape of the programme and invited them to suggest cuts to it. The programme-makers defended their programme and, although changes were made, the transmitted version still annoyed the intelligence agencies. However, his genuflection to those in power ensured that his five years in charge of the BBC were generally very stable and secure for the organisation. Cautious and conservative-minded, he was responsible for the sacking of Kenny Everett from Radio 1 in 1970 for making a joke suggesting that the wife of John Peyton, the transport minister in the Conservative government, had only passed her driving test"
"comedian and broadcaster Kenny Everett staged an outrageously literal visual interpretation of ""Heart on My Sleeve"" on his BBC TV show in the early 1980s. The Variety Club of Great Britain has used ""Heart on My Sleeve"" to promote its Gold Heart Appeal. A: Reissued in 1973 on A&M; titled ""Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle"" in some countries.<br> B: Includes previously unreleased ""A Heart in New York"", which was recorded for Mercury.<br> C: Recorded by the BBC Radio.<br> D: Recorded for Radio Clyde in 1974. NOTE: All the duo's original studio albums for A&M and Mercury, excluding the eponymous debut,"
"for Radio London. He teamed up with Dave Cash for the ""Kenny & Cash Show"", one of the most popular pirate radio programmes. His offbeat style and likeable personality quickly gained him attention, but in 1965 he was sacked after some outspoken remarks about religion on air. Like most of the pirate stations, Radio London carried sponsored American evangelical shows and Everett's disparaging remarks about ""The World Tomorrow"" caused its producers to threaten to withdraw their lucrative contract with the station. Everett returned six months later, however, before being given his own show by Radio Luxembourg in 1966. Johnny Beerling,"
"Barrett of the BBC in Manchester. Len Bratley died at home on the morning of 25 August 2011, aged 85. 7 Len Bratley Len Bratley (1926 – 25 August 2011) was an English presenter on the Hospital Radio station, Trust AM, based in the Bassetlaw District General Hospital in Worksop. Bratley celebrated his 85th birthday in 2011, and was dubbed 'The Oldest DJ In Town'. He was originally a patient at the hospital, and listened to the hospital radio station during his stay. He won a competition prize, which was delivered to his home by one of the volunteer presenters."
"1980s, several VHS, Betamax and Laserdisc compilations of the series were released by Thames Video. A six-DVD set containing four series - plus the three New Year specials - was released in November 2018. Both Naughty Bits compilations from 1989 were chosen for release on the 2004 DVD, ""The Complete Naughty Bits"". The Kenny Everett Video Show The Kenny Everett Video Show (later renamed The Kenny Everett Video Cassette) was a British television comedy and music programme made by Thames Television for ITV from 3 July 1978 to 21 May 1981. Philip Jones, Thames Television's head of light entertainment, asked"
"the BBC stands for"". Later that year, the naming was placed in doubt when Peel was reported to have had a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl in the 1960s, allegations which followed the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal. It houses BBC London, BBC Arabic Television and BBC Persian Television, together with the reception area for BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra. The second phase was the creation of the large wing to the rear of the building, joining the two buildings, and creating a plaza between them. The original architects were replaced for not agreeing to cost-related revisions,"
"a BBC producer, secretly visited Radio London at this time and observed Everett at work: ""I saw this man Everett doing everything. In the old way of doing things, the DJ sat in one room with a script. Someone else played the records and somebody else controlled the sound. Yet I see this man who has control of everything."" An audition tape submitted to the BBC was assessed in March 1967 by a panel: ""Member one (Hackitt Wilcox): 'A pseudo-American voice. Sounds experienced and seems to fancy his luck. Yes.'<br> Member two (Urvine Bitterman): 'By far the most original of"
"BBC, the youngest of whom was aged ten, between 1967 and 1991. The report found that some BBC staff members were aware he was bringing underage girls into his dressing room for sex, but his ""untouchable"" celebrity status stopped them from passing complaints to senior management. Prior to the release of the report on 25 February 2016, the DJ Tony Blackburn, identified only as 'A7' in the Exaro leaks, released a statement announcing that he had been sacked by the BBC. The report criticized the BBC for failing to properly investigate allegations made by a 15-year-old ""Top of the Pops"""
"growing at the rate of five to eight stations a year. While the need for new staff was growing, the number lost to television each year was also growing. NBS's director of programmes was the influential former pirate radio DJ Dave Dennis (real name Neil Spence), who in the 1960s was among the first to introduce a high-pressure American style of music radio presentation to the UK while working at the pirate station Radio London, where he worked alongside the maverick DJ and presenter Kenny Everett. At Capital Radio, Bukht was now the programme controller charged with harnessing Everett's talent."
"It features affectionate interviews by many people who were close to him. In March 2010, the BBC confirmed that it was producing a 90-minute TV biographical film called ""Number One in Heaven"", to be written by Tim Whitnall and focusing on Everett's unhappiness at secondary school. On 3 October 2012, the BBC broadcast a 90-minute TV biopic called ""The Best Possible Taste"" which focused on the performer's relationship with his wife, singer Lee Middleton. Oliver Lansley played the part of Everett and Katherine Kelly that of Middleton. Dickie Beau portrays Kenny in the 2018 film ""Bohemian Rhapsody"". Kenny Everett Maurice"
"BBC the opportunity to vet the shows before broadcast. Everett was then heard on various BBC local radio stations before being reinstated at Radio 1 in April 1973. Here he recorded a weekly show from his home in Wales and it went out on a Sunday afternoon at 1pm. During this time, legislation had been passed allowing the licensing of commercial radio stations in the UK. One of the first, Capital Radio, began broadcasting to London and the Home Counties in October 1973. Everett joined the station and was given a weekend show,(recorded) where he further developed his distinctive ideas."
"BBC controversies This article outlines, in chronological order, the various scandals surrounding or involving the BBC that have occurred. The BBC was established as the privately controlled British Broadcasting Company in 1922. In 1926 the unions called for a General Strike and the Conservative Government feared the outbreak of revolution, as had happened in Russia in 1917. Labour Party politicians such as Ramsay MacDonald and Philip Snowden criticised the BBC for being pro-Government and anti-Unions; however, throughout the strike, Reith insisted that the news bulletins report all sides of the dispute without comment. Reith's attempts to broadcast statements by the"
"the BBC, and he was offered the chance to present it. The replacement, a spin-off of ""Wide Awake Club"", was called ""Wacaday"" (based on the addition of 'aday' to the initials 'WAC' for ""Wide Awake Club"") and began broadcasting in 1985. In the Wide Awake Club contestants were hit over the head by his famed mallet for getting answers wrong. In later years, a talking mini-version of the mallet called ""Pinky Punky"" was introduced (the name chosen after Mallett asked viewers to write in with their ideas) and soon became one of Mallett's established sidekicks along with Magic, his pet"
"Everett in the role of a visual DJ linking studio performances from bands, singers, and the show's resident dance troupe Hot Gossip, along with occasional sketches and Captain Kremmen cartoons. As the series grew in popularity, the linking material became longer and more varied - to such an extent that the final series, renamed ""The Kenny Everett Video Cassette"", focused far more heavily on the comedy with just one musical guest per week. The ""Video Show"" was also noteworthy in that the sketches were performed to the studio crew and technicians with their laughter heard on the finished programme, unlike"
"Peyton, the British Transport Minister's wife, had bribed her driving test examiner. The remark was a spontaneous quip, following a news item describing how Peyton had finally passed after many attempts. The BBC thought the comment ""indefensible"", although shortly before the incident Everett had given a controversial interview with ""Melody Maker"" contrary to a BBC embargo preventing him from giving interviews. In negotiations with the record companies and the Musicians' Union over needle time, a limit on the playing on air of commercially recorded music, the MU representatives would complain about Everett, the one BBC broadcaster who persistently mocked them."
"was like to know and work with the man they affectionately dubbed ""Cuddly Ken"". Additionally, contemporary celebrities such as Chris Moyles and Chris Tarrant talked about their love for the outrageous entertainer and discussed the ways in which Everett had influenced them and their work. It also featured archive footage. The documentary ""When Freddie Mercury Met Kenny Everett"", broadcast on Channel 4, tells the story of the relationship between the two men from the moment they met in 1974 when Mercury was a guest on Everett's radio show, through gay lovers and drug taking to when both died of AIDS."
"The Kenny Everett Video Show The Kenny Everett Video Show (later renamed The Kenny Everett Video Cassette) was a British television comedy and music programme made by Thames Television for ITV from 3 July 1978 to 21 May 1981. Philip Jones, Thames Television's head of light entertainment, asked his son who he would like to see on television - he replied Kenny Everett. The show's format was conceived over lunch and a walk between producer David Mallet and Everett himself, having decided that they could not watch on television what they wanted to watch. Originally, the ""Video Show"" consisted of"
"newspaper business, which he presented. He was one of the panel of critics who made up the eponymous ""enemy"" on the daytime cookery show ""Eating with the Enemy"", and performs a similar role on the UK version of ""MasterChef"". His television appearances have earned him the nickname 'Acid Rayner' owing to his sour demeanour. He is the food reporter on the BBC magazine programme ""The One Show"", and was on the panel of judges on the American programme ""Top Chef Masters"". He chairs a BBC Radio 4 programme called ""The Kitchen Cabinet"". He was awarded the title Beard of the"
"the Director-General of the BBC."" Later, he added: ""I look like an exploding tomato and shout like a jet engine and every time I see it, it makes me cringe."" At the time the Church of Scientology posted its own material regarding the matter on the Internet, one of its spokesmen denied Sweeney's statement regarding a quick apology. Sweeney said of fair gaming: ""While making our BBC Panorama film ""Scientology and Me"" I have been shouted at, spied on, had my hotel invaded at midnight, denounced as a 'bigot' by star Scientologists and been chased round the streets of Los"
"was renamed BBC Radio 7 in 2008, then relaunched as Radio 4 Extra in April 2011. For the first quarter of 2013, Radio 4 Extra had a weekly audience of 1.642 million people and had a market share of 0.95%; in the last quarter of 2016 the numbers were 2.184 million listeners and 1.2% of market share. The station was initially launched as BBC 7 on 15 December 2002 by comedian Paul Merton. The first programme was broadcast at 8pm and was simulcast with Radio 4. The station, referred to by the codename 'Network Z' while in development, was so"
"fans of Radio London. The BBC hired many out-of-work broadcasting staff who had come from the former offshore stations. Kenny Everett was asked for input in how to run the new Pop station due to his popularity with both listeners and fellow presenters. Tony Blackburn who presented the very first BBC Radio One morning show had previously presented the same morning show on Radio Caroline and later on Big L. He attempted to duplicate the same sound for BBC Radio One. Among the other DJs hired was the late John Peel who had presented the overnight show on ""Big L"","
"felt comfortable only with close friends, including his wife, and former ITN News director, Diana Edwards-Jones. Burnet died peacefully in the early hours of 20 July 2012, at his nursing home in Kensington, where he had been living following a series of strokes. Paying tribute, Andrew Neil referred to Burnet as ""Britain's greatest broadcaster"". In his will he left £2 million, the majority of which was bequeathed to his wife. The satirical TV puppet show ""Spitting Image"" portrayed Burnet as a cringing, fawning royalist (""lick, lick, smarm, smarm""), forever trying to suck up to the nearest available member of the"
"vicious bigotry of the British ruling elite."" The programme was headline news in several of the early Friday paper editions of the British press, from the tabloids to the broadsheets. Tabloid headlines included ""Bigot at Bay"" (""Daily Mail"") and ""When Auntie Met Nazi"" (""The Sun"": ""Auntie"" being a nickname for the BBC), while broadsheets featured examples such as ""Hostile reception for Griffin"" (""The Times"") and ""Griffin's baptism of fire at the BBC"" (""The Independent""). Immediately after the show, ""The Independent"" said Griffin had ""choked"" on the oxygen of publicity given him by the BBC. ""The Times"" described Griffin as having"
"BBC. The Director-General, Alasdair Milne, told the governors that the BBC's defence was ""fire-proof"" but in late 1986 the acting chairman, Lord Barnett, realised that the programme would not withstand legal scrutiny. Hamilton and Howarth received around a million pounds in libel damages. Footage of the so-called ""Battle of Orgreave"" on 18 June 1984 had been filmed by a crew from the BBC. When this appeared on that evening's BBC news bulletins, it was edited and broadcast out of chronological sequence, falsely showing pickets throwing stones at the police and the police subsequently carrying out a mounted charge. The ""BBC"
"woman. Kenny Everett dragged up in his TV show as an OTT screen star called Cupid Stunt. Kenny was particularly unconvincing as a woman because he had a beard to which a lot of flesh-tone makeup was applied. However she says ""all in the best possible taste"" as she exposed her knickers as she re-crossed her legs. She is in more of the Dame Edna genre. David Walliams and (especially) Matt Lucas often play female roles in the British television comedy ""Little Britain."" Walliams also notably plays the part of Emily Howard – a ""rubbish transvestite,"" who makes an unconvincing"
"title the BBC formerly used for BBC Radio 1. It is the most listened-to station in the UK, its schedule filled with broadcasters such as: Steve Wright, Chris Evans, Simon Mayo, Tony Blackburn, Ken Bruce, Jeremy Vine, Mark Radcliffe, Jo Whiley, Paul Gambaccini, Johnnie Walker and Bob Harris. As well as having most listeners nationally, it ranks first in many regions above local radio stations. BBC Radio 2 played to 27% of the available audience in 2006. In February 2007, Radio 2 recruited Jeff Smith, director of UK and International programming at Napster and a former head of music at"