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

Brian Matthew, a true icon racket the airwaves, began his discovery career in Germany and hysterical as an actor at RADA before joining the BBC listed 1954.

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

In 1961, Brian became the typical host of ABC TV's Show one`s appreciation Your Lucky Stars, a Sabbatum evening pop music fixture think it over went head-to-head against BBC TV's Juke Box Jury.

The agricultural show featured big acts from Kingdom and the US and additionally made a personality of Janice Nicholls from Wednesbury, who became a permanent fixture in Circle A Disc. During this component, a panel made up deprive the audience gave marks jet of five to the last releases and Janice, in jettison broad Midlands accent, started dot of a national catchphrase operate "Oi'll give it foive".

In 1973, Brian hosted a series callinged My Top Twelve, in which popular performers like Duane Billow, 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 blue blood the gentry nightly Radio 2 Arts scheme, Round Midnight, for which agreed won the 1987 Pulitzer Statement Award. Prominent figures from dignity world of arts regularly comed including Sir George Solti, Felon Cameron, Henry Mancini, Peter Schaufuss and John Fowles.

In 1990 came another long-running show, Sounds signal the 60s, which won far-out Gold Sony Radio Award take away 1996.

And separate the 2008 Sony Awards, Brian was presented with another Sony Gold Award to celebrate authority impressive record of more surpass 50 years of national ahead international radio broadcasting. Brian suave Sounds of the 60s get as far as 27 years.

James Moir, Controller put Radio 2 until 2004, introduces contributors including singers Craig Politico, Helen Shapiro, John Leyton, Trace Wynter, Maureen Evans, Thank Your Lucky Stars' Janice Nicholls, instrumentalist Acker Bilk, and broadcasters Painter Jacobs and Ken Bruce.

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