"gift for comedy by chance when he had to apologise to his audience for something. A new career as a comedian took him all over the United States. He reached the Palace Theatre, New York in 1929 and the London Palladium two years later. This established him in the United Kingdom and with his deferential, modest humour, he became very popular. He was kept busy in musical revues, variety and pantomime. He was Roy Plomley's very first 'castaway' guest on ""Desert Island Discs"", on 29 January 1942. This lost broadcast was recalled in 2012 in a BBC radio documentary about"
"Oliver's life in Britain. He starred in the BBC radio show ""Hi, Gang!""; and appeared in many others, including ""Discord in Three Flats"" (1962) with Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert. He played the violin (deliberately badly in his shows). He had aspirations as a conductor and founded the Vic Oliver Concert Orchestra which gave light classical concerts as well as complete opera performances. In 1953 he established Variety Playhouse as a primetime radio show featuring music, comedy and light drama. The show did not survive him. He was a regular on ""Henry Hall's Guest Night"" and ""Workers' Playtime"" and, as"
"small parts in radio plays that included ""Gangbusters"", ""Crime Doctor"" and the ""Philip Morris Playhouse"". In 1937 she began writing questions for the radio quiz show “True or False?”. In 1940 she began writing for “Take It or Leave It: The $64 Question,” for CBS radio and then NBC. She later became the producer of the program. Oliver began working part-time for The New Yorker magazine in 1947, as a nonfiction reader and editor in the book review department, while continuing one day a week as a casting director for the Biow [advertising] Agency. During the 1950s, she wrote short"
"archaeologist, before training as a journalist.<ref Name=""Pass/Fail""></ref> Oliver's television debut came in 2002 with BBC Two's ""Two Men in a Trench"", which featured Oliver and close friend, Tony Pollard, visiting historic British battlefields and recreating the battle situations using state of the art archaeological techniques. In addition to the TV series, Oliver co-wrote the two accompanying books. In 2005, he wrote a tie-in book for the Channel 4 documentary, ""Not Forgotten"", which was presented by Ian Hislop. Oliver then became the archaeological and social history expert on ""Coast"" and in the next series he replaced Nicholas Crane as the show's"
"Vic Oliver Victor Oliver von Samek (8 July 1898 – 15 August 1964), known as Vic Oliver, was an Austrian-born British actor and radio comedian. He was born in Vienna, the son of Baron Viktor von Samek. He studied medicine at Vienna University but abandoned it for his first love, music. For a time he studied under Mahler. During the First World War he served in the Austrian Cavalry. After the war he worked as a banker and a textile manufacturer before returning to music. In 1926 he visited the United States as a conductor and violinist. He discovered his"
"In the cottage he was living in at the time at Little Bushey Lane, Bushey, Hertfordshire, he wrote to Leslie Perowne, who was in charge of popular record programmes. He had a favourable reply and so, in his little back bedroom/study (still existing today) he set out his ideas with the names of personalities to be invited to participate. In those days of WWII every BBC Radio show was scripted by Plomley and submitted for censorship. In January 1942 the first of a series of eight weekly programmes was broadcast. Each show consisted of an interview with a celebrity, interspersed"
"David Oliver (singer) David Oliver (January 8, 1942 – June 6, 1982) was a soul singer best known for the quiet storm radio hit, ""Ms"" as well as his composition ""Friends & Strangers"", which was covered by Ronnie Laws in 1977. He also recorded the first version of the Cecil Womack song ""Love TKO"", releasing it as an album track on ""Here's To You"" in 1980. Born January 8, 1942, in Orange County, Florida, to Jamaican parents, David Oliver did not begin singing until high school at the age of 15. All through high school and college, he sang in"
"use the show to explain their views. The programme was first broadcast on 4 November 1984. It replaced ""The Derek Davis Show"". It had initially been postponed and endured a difficult time during its early years. The first major story to be covered by the programme was a few weeks after it began when an air crash in Eastbourne killed a number of journalists. The first presenters of the programme were David Hanly and David Davin-Power. Davin-Power was also the first editor. Cathal Mac Coille succeeded David Hanly as the programme's signature voice, presenting it from 1986 to 1990 and"
"on NBC radio and Howard Andrews on ""Midstream"" on the Blue Network and appeared as ""The voice of the Past"" on the May 21, 1942 broadcast of The Right to Happiness. In 1945–47, he was the announcer for ""Songs by Sinatra"". He played two characters and was the announcer on ""The Billie Burke Show"" (1943-1946). In 1952, Miller had a one-man program, ""Armchair Adventures,"" on CBS. He did ""all voices and narration"" in the 15-minute dramatic anthology. He also recorded 260 episodes of a program described in a 1950 trade publication as ""Marvin Miller: Famous radio voice in series of"
"talk on the radio (from 1936) on scientific matters, in an effort of raising scientific awareness to the masses. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1937. His proposers were Alexander David Peacock, Percy Theodore Herring, David Rutherford Dow and Edward Thomas Copson. He served as Vice President to the Society from 1952 to 1955. In the Second World War he made extensive physiological studies, especially on airmen, to assess the effects of g-forces, stress and high altitude. He contributed to the understanding of the gastrointestinal tract, and was the first to use the term"
"""Mr Showbusiness."" Oliver played tennis, football and hockey as a youth and became junior tennis champion of Austria in 1914. After arriving in the United Kingdom in 1936, Oliver became a supporter of First Division club Brentford and was vice-president of the club in the early 1950s. He later became president of the Brentford Supporters' Club. Oliver is briefly portrayed in the 2002 film ""The Gathering Storm"". He was played by Gerrard McArthur. Vic Oliver Victor Oliver von Samek (8 July 1898 – 15 August 1964), known as Vic Oliver, was an Austrian-born British actor and radio comedian. He was"
"1936 being offered a post by the BBC as an announcer. He provided the commentary in 1940 for both the RAF documentary ""Squadron 992"" and the GPO Film Unit documentary ""War and Order"", and compered the 1944 variety show ""Rainbow Round the Corner"". During the Second World War, he was regarded as ""a voice of authority, the tone of war and peace, the man whom people heard in the cinema on the newsreels."" In 1946 he co-wrote a humorous book with Anthony Gilbert, ""Don’t Be Afreud! A Short Guide to Youth Control (The Book of the Weak)"", and in 1947"
"show. It started as an issues-oriented and political talk show, a longer version of the commentary for which Springer had gained local fame as a reporter and anchor (not unlike ""Donahue"" during this time), and for its first season, was even taped at Springer's former station, WLWT in Cincinnati. Guests early on included Oliver North and Jesse Jackson, and the topics included homelessness and gun politics, as well as the social effects of rock music, featuring shock rock star GG Allin, El Duce from The Mentors and GWAR as guests. For its second season in the fall of 1992, the"
"""Mock the Week"". He was a frequent guest on the first two series in 2005 and 2006, appearing in 7 out of 11 episodes. Oliver joined ""The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"" as its Senior British Correspondent in July 2006. He says he was interviewed for the show on the recommendation of comedian Ricky Gervais, who had never met Oliver, but was familiar with his work. It was his first time in the United States. Two weeks after the interview, he got the job, flying from London to New York on a Sunday and unexpectedly appearing on camera the next"
"thereafter he joined radio station 3UZ, working in the station's record library. Melbourne's most popular commercial radio personality was arguably Clifford ""Nicky"" Nicholls Whitta. A radio performer since 1932, he presented a popular housewives' programme, as well as ""Chatterbox Corner"" with his wife Nancy Lee (Kathleen Lindgren). In an era when Australian radio announcers routinely adopted false British accents and a ""hard sell"" approach to advertisements, Whitta's authentic Australian voice and irreverent attitude towards his sponsors made him the idol of his audience. By the early 1950s a newspaper survey found that more than 70 per cent of Melbourne housewives"
"regulator, the Independent Television Commission (ITC), as well as provoking a passionate debate about truthfulness in broadcast journalism. Unusually for a current affairs programme, ""WIA's"" standard format was as a voice-over documentary without a regular reporter although a handful of ""WIA"" journalists did appear in front of camera, including Chris Kelly, Gordon Burns, John Pilger, Gus Macdonald, Nick Davies, Adam Holloway, Stuart Prebble (who later became the programme's editor), Mike Walsh, David Taylor, Donal MacIntyre and Granada Reports journalist and Factory Records supremo Tony Wilson who became the show's first in-vision anchor in the early 80s. Guest presenters were used"
"interpreted the Order politically to mean that spokespersons for the Provisional and Official IRA could no longer appear on air. In 1972 the government sacked the RTÉ Authority for not sufficiently disciplining broadcasters the government accused of breaching the Order. RTÉ's Kevin O'Kelly had reported on an interview he conducted with the (Provisional) IRA Chief of Staff, Sean MacStiofáin, on the Radio Éireann ""This Week"" programme. The recorded interview was not itself broadcast. MacStiofáin's voice was not heard. However, he was arrested after the O'Kelly interview and charged with membership of the IRA, an illegal organisation. Soon afterwards at the"
"a wide array of events, including the following: On the rare occasions the propaganda model is discussed in the mainstream media there is usually a large reaction. In 1988, when Chomsky was interviewed by Bill Moyers there were 1,000 letters in response, one of the biggest written reactions in the show's history. When he was interviewed by TV Ontario, the show generated 31,321 call-ins, which was a new record for the station. In 1996, when Chomsky was interviewed by Andrew Marr the producer commented that the response was ""astonishing"". He commented that ""[t]he audience reaction was astonishing... I have never"
"the first time in ""Variety Playhouse"". He wrote that almost every programme had at least one unknown name on it. Variety Playhouse (BBC) Variety Playhouse was a radio programme on the BBC Home Service during the 1950s and early 1960s. It was broadcast live each week except during the summer. Often it played on Saturday between 8 and 9 p.m., but it could also be found at other times and on other days. There was a live audience, live chorus and live orchestra. Frequently the compère was the comedian/violinist Vic Oliver; he sometimes doubled as conductor. Regular features included a"
"Vox Pop (radio) Vox Pop was a popular radio program of interviews, quizzes and human interest features, sometimes titled Sidewalk Interviews (1936) and Voice of the People (the name is from the Latin ""Vox Populi"", meaning ""Voice of the People""). It was heard from the early 1930s to the late 1940s. The program was launched in 1932 on KTRH in Houston when advertising salesmen Parks Johnson and Jerry Belcher went into the street with portable microphones to talk to people about the 1932 presidential race between Herbert Hoover and FDR. They continued after the election, and as they developed the"
"Neil Oliver Neil Oliver (born 21 February 1967) is a Scottish television presenter, free-lance archaeologist, conservationist and author. He is best known as a presenter of several BBC historical and archaeological documentary series, including ""A History of Scotland"", ""Vikings"" and ""Coast"". In 2017 he was appointed president of the National Trust for Scotland. His Scottish accent and long hair are distinguishing features. Oliver was born in Renfrewshire and grew up in Ayr and Dumfries where he attended Dumfries Academy. He then attended the University of Glasgow to study archaeology. He obtained an MA in archaeology and worked as a free-lance"
"view on the changing landscape of the film industry and briefly discusses his then upcoming film ""Psycho"" (1960). Desert Island Discs Desert Island Discs is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It was first broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme on 29 January 1942. Each week a guest, called a 'castaway' during the programme, is asked to choose eight recordings (usually, but not always, music), a book and a luxury item that they would take if they were to be cast away on a desert island, whilst discussing their lives and the reasons for their choices. It was"
"John Oliver John William Oliver (born 23 April 1977) is an English comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. Oliver started his career as a stand-up comedian, both in the United Kingdom and United States. He came to wider attention for his work on ""The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"" as its senior British correspondent from 2006 to 2013. Oliver won three Primetime Emmy Awards for his work as a writer on ""The Daily Show"" and was its guest host for an eight-week period in 2013. In addition to ""The Daily Show"", Oliver co-hosted the satirical comedy podcast"
"until 1949. The production never left London, starting at Maida Vale Studios, moving to St. George's Hall and ending up at the underground Paris Theatre. Stars such as Jack Buchanan, Sarah Churchill, Noël Coward, Florence Desmond, Geraldo, Carroll Gibbons, John Gielgud, Robertson Hare, Stanley Holloway, Michael Redgrave and Jack Warner appeared as guests in ""Hi Gang!"". Ronald Reagan was a guest on the broadcast of 18 March 1949, when he stood in for Bill Stern. Hi Gang! (radio series) Hi Gang! was a BBC radio series that ran from Sunday 26 May 1940 until 1949, featuring Vic Oliver, Ben Lyon"
"been a victim of CIA mind-control influenced the direction of the program during its last six years on the air. In the mid-1950s, radio throughout the United States was floundering and trying to redefine itself after the explosive popularity of television. Over several years, Nebel had become friends with many people at various New York radio stations when he bought commercial time to advertise his auction house. WOR, one of New York's leading stations, faced poor ratings in 1954 when Nebel proposed an interview show. The format, as Donald Bain writes, ""would be devoted to discussing strange and unexplained topics""."
"Holmes, and Robin Ince. In 2003, Oliver manned the ""results desk"" on an election night episode of Armando Iannucci's satirical show ""Gash"" on Channel 4. He would work with Iannucci again in 2005, as a panellist in the second episode of ""Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive"". In 2004, Oliver wrote and performed in the satirical radio program ""The Department"" on BBC Radio 4, with frequent comedy partner Andy Zaltzman and Chris Addison. He portrayed the character Victor Gooch for all three series, prior to the cancellation of the program in 2006. Oliver performed various roles in the 2009 Comedy Central series"
"radio dramatization of Tolkien's ""The Lord of the Rings"", first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1981. The work combined a main theme with many sub-themes, all composed within the English pastoral tradition. In Tony Palmer's film 'Wagner' (made 1982-3), Oliver can be seen playing the part of conductor Hans Richter and conducting in the pit of Richard Wagner's theatre at Bayreuth. He died (42) of AIDS-related complications in London. In 2006, Oliver's archive of original scores and papers was presented to the British Library by his family. Oliver was a frequent guest on BBC Radio 4's light discussion programme"
"his career Oliver employed Contaldo to help run his collection of high street restaurants, Jamie's Italian. Oliver moved to The River Café, Fulham, as a sous-chef. It was there that he was noticed by the BBC in 1997, after making an unscripted appearance in a documentary about the restaurant, ""Christmas at the River Cafe"". In 1999, his BBC show ""The Naked Chef"" debuted, and his cookbook became a No. 1 best-seller in the United Kingdom. That same year, Oliver was invited to prepare lunch for the Prime Minister Tony Blair at 10 Downing Street. After three series of ""Naked Chef"""
"Oliver (software) Oliver is an English speaking Vocaloid by PowerFX who was released for Vocaloid 3. He was the first English Vocaloid to gain a large amount of popularity, owed mostly to his usage in the show Bee and Puppycat as featured on the Cartoon Hangover YouTube channel. Oliver's production began a year before his release,his voice was recorded by a (then) 13 year old British boy. He was recorded at a London studio. According to an interview in 2013, the boy selected for the role of OLIVER's voice was able to concentrate better than some of the adults they"
"time in Brixton Prison. Before becoming a broadcaster, he pursued, as he put it, ""a dozen other trades and professions"" during the 1950s and 60s including selling radiators, and working for the Cambridge University Press while spending as much time as possible attending concerts. His other occupation was librarianship. Oliver presented BBC Radio 3's ""Music Weekly"" programme (1975–90), and also was a presenter of BBC Radio 4's ""Kaleidoscope"" (1974–87). The author of several books, including biographies of Igor Stravinsky and Benjamin Britten, he was also a regular contributor to ""The Gramophone"", ""Classic CD"", ""Classic Record Collector"" and ""BBC Music Magazine""."
"a ""Monitor"" interview with Alfred Hitchcock (seen through glass in an adjacent studio and minus audio) and a ""Monitor"" newscast (with audio). Built at a cost of $150,000 the glass-enclosed studios of Radio Central were described by Pat Weaver as ""a listening post of the world"". From Radio Central, anchors and hosts, initially dubbed ""communicators"", presided over three or four-hour segments of the show. As well-known entertainment and broadcasting figures, they gave ""Monitor"" an impressive marquee. Cindy Adams, Johnny Andrews, Jim Backus, Red Barber, Frank Blair, Bruce Bradley, David Brinkley, Ed Bryce, Art Buchwald, Al ""Jazzbo"" Collins, Brad Crandall, Bill"
"first season in 1976–77, but was soon replaced by Allen Ludden. Bill Berry and Joe Seiter shared the announcing duties. Celebrity attorney/actress/producer Vicki Roberts was a regular researcher on the show, and she herself brought in many of the strange or unusual objects on the show, many of which were found by scouring local antique shops in the Los Angeles area. Another version of the show aired during the 1988–89 season as ""The New Liar's Club""; Eric Boardman hosted the program, and former emcee Bill Armstrong originally served as announcer, but was later replaced by Ted Friend. This version was"
"concert party from his friends and colleagues. In November 1940 he was promoted to flight lieutenant, and to squadron leader a year later. In early 1942, the BBC producer Bill McLurg asked whether the RAF station at which Horne was based could put on an edition of his programme ""Ack-Ack, Beer-Beer"". Horne was ordered to put on the show, and he made his broadcasting debut on 16 April 1942, as the compere. Although the standard of the talent on the show was not high, McLurg was impressed with Horne's presentation, especially the way he hosted the programme's quiz; he invited"