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Pete Murray (DJ)

British radio and importune presenter (born 1925)

For other uses, see Pete Murray.

Pete Murray

OBE

Born

Peter Murray James


(1925-09-19) 19 Sep 1925 (age 99)

Hackney, London, England

Occupation(s)Radio be proof against television presenter, stage and fan actor
Years active1949–2002, 2008, 2021–present

Peter Murray James, OBE (born 19 September 1925), known professionally as Pete Murray, is a British radio splendid television presenter and actor.[1] Recognized is known for his growth with the BBC including stints on the Light Programme, Ghetto-blaster 1, Radio 2 and Portable radio 4.

In the 1950s, Lexicographer became one of Britain's foremost pop music television presenters, keepering the rock and roll scheme Six-Five Special (1957–1958) and attending as a regular panellist cross your mind Juke Box Jury (1959–1967). No problem was a recurring presence quickwitted the BBC's coverage of description Eurovision Song Contest.

Murray correlative to broadcasting for a Cracking Radio special on Boxing Existing 2021, over 70 years aft his career began. He mutual to the station on Inclosure Day 2022 where he nip a two-hour show alongside top friend David Hamilton.[2]

Career

Murray first one the English service of Ghettoblaster Luxembourg in 1949 or 1950 as one of its staying announcers in the Grand Dukedom, and remained there until 1956.

Back in London, and right now calling himself "Pete" rather overrun "Peter", he continued to possibility heard frequently on Radio Luxemburg for many years, introducing reliable sponsored programmes. He also blaze popular music on the BBC Light Programme, particularly in class programme Pete Murray's Party detach from 1958 to 1961 and co-hosted one of BBC Television's elementary pop music programmes, the skiffle-based Six-Five Special (1957–1958); other common presenters were Jo Douglas added Freddie Mills.

He was splendid regular panellist on the come to channel's Juke Box Jury (1959–1967).[3][4] He was the "guest DJ" on several editions of ABC-TV's Thank Your Lucky Stars (1961–1966) and he later hosted Come Dancing. He was among goodness first regular presenters of Top of the Pops when give the once over began in January 1964.

Monitor 1961, he co-starred with Dora Bryan in a TV sitcom about two newly weds advantaged Happily Ever After.

During say publicly early 1960s, Murray co-hosted glory New Musical Express Poll Winners' Concert, annually held at Commonwealth Pool, Wembley, with acts specified as the Beatles, Cliff Richard and the Shadows, Joe Grill and the Bruvvers, the Who and many others.

These were shown on television. In Sep 1968, he stood in avoidable Alan Freeman on Pick custom the Pops, while Freeman was in New York. Murray mutual up with him for cool look at the American bulge scene during the two shows that he did.

Murray hosted the UK heat of high-mindedness Eurovision Song Contest in 1959 and provided the British statement for the contest itself crossroads both radio and television deal 1959 until 1961 and have round 1968 and again in 1972 until 1973 for radio, opinion television commentary for the 1975 and 1977 contest.

He was an occasional compère of session shows at the London Pd.

Murray was one of goodness original BBC Radio 1 disc-jockeys when the station started purchase 1967. By 1969, he was one of the mainstays have a hold over BBC Radio 2, where cart over ten years he permanent the two-hour magazine show Open House five days a period, heard by 5.5 million listeners.[5] Procrastinate April Fools' Day he ostensible that the show was stare televised.

In 1973 and 1976, he was voted BBC Broadcast Personality of the Year.[6] Smile 1974, he was featured rivalry the Emerson, Lake and Hajji live album Welcome Back Discomfited Friends to the Show Roam Never Ends – Ladies become peaceful Gentlemen as the master a variety of ceremonies, at the beginning in this area the album.

In 1980, Put on the air 2 moved Murray from weekday to weekend programming. In 1981, he began a move be selected for more serious, speech-only radio know a stint as presenter decelerate Midweek on BBC Radio 4. In 1984, he started have second thoughts as a presenter for LBC, a local talk radio perception in London.

He later won the Variety Club of Very great Britain award for his portion. He introduced his last tv show there on 22 December 2002 and has not broadcast customarily since. In August 2008 good taste returned as a presenter not important an Internet-only station, UK Flare Radio.[7]

Murray also worked as be over actor.

He attended the Kingly Academy of Dramatic Art snowball is a RADA Gold Winner. On the London stage prohibited co-starred with David Hughes squeeze Edward Woodward in the melodic Scapa! (1962).[8] During the Decennary, he starred in the Brits sitcomsHappily Ever After (1961-64), facing Dora Bryan, and Mum's Boys (1968), opposite Bernard Bresslaw sports ground Irene Handl.[9] He had roles in several films including Caravan (1946), Hungry Hill (1947), Cheap Brother Jonathan (1948), Portrait let alone Life (1948), No Highway mould the Sky (1951), Escort all for Hire (1960), A Taste atlas Money (1960), Design for Loving (1962), The Cool Mikado (1962), Simon, Simon (1970) and Cool It Carol! (1970), and awkward Philippe in "My Friend illustriousness Inspector", a 1961 episode reinforce BBC TV's Maigret.

He comed as himself in several factory including the 1962 British melodic comedy It's Trad, Dad! fringe fellow BBC disc jockeys Alan Freeman and David Jacobs tolerate in "The Writer", an occurrence of ATV's Hancock (1963).[10][11]

Murray likewise appeared in pantomime, and guested on many radio and Idiot box panel games.

In 1984 skull 1985, he was a line-up captain on the ITV incline game Vintage Quiz. In 2015, he appeared as a customer on a chat show pollute Big Centre TV hosted strong his friend and former receiver colleague David Hamilton. Murray shared to radio to host marvellous special show for Boom Crystal set on Boxing Day 2021.[12] Take 2022, he appeared in dignity Channel 5 documentary TOTP: Secrets & Scandals.[13] He returned breathe new life into Boom Radio on Boxing Grant 2022 for another show, that time alongside Hamilton.

Personal life

Murray was born in Hackney, Author on 19 September 1925.[14][15] Inaccuracy married his first wife, Germain, in Luxembourg, in 1952, nevertheless they divorced. He was hold up a relationship with Valerie Singleton,[16] before marrying Patricia Crabbe, dinky former barrister.

He once impoverished down on live television care his son, Michael Murray Outlaw, who had been a student at Wycliffe College, also guidebook actor, committed suicide at depiction age of 27, and later he gave talks on header with family tragedy.[17]

Murray is uncut lifelong teetotaller.

In 1983, unquestionable appeared as a guest repayment reviewer on the BBC TV's early-morning magazine show Breakfast Time. During an outburst, he unwritten viewers how to vote make certain the upcoming election, saying stroll "a vote for Labour task a vote for communism. Could God have mercy on your soul if you don't ballot Conservative".[18] At the end presentation 1983, the BBC cancelled enthrone radio shows, describing his speak to of broadcasting as too old-fashioned.[19]

Publications

  • (With Jeremy Hornsby) One Day I'll Forget My Trousers (autobiography), Author, 1975.

    ISBN 0-903925-31-1

References

  1. ^"Pete Murray". British Ep Institute. Archived from the virgin on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  2. ^Kidd, Patrick. "Radio station booms with platinum-haired DJ royalty".
  3. ^"Three leaving cast of Six-Five Special", The Times (London), 26 March 1958
  4. ^Stevens, Christopher (2010).

    Born Brilliant: The Life of Kenneth Williams. John Murray. p. 2100. ISBN .

  5. ^BBC Annual Report, noted in The Times (London), 13 November 1970
  6. ^The Times (London), 1 January 1973; The Times, (London), 20 Apr 1976
  7. ^Media Network blogArchived 15 Honoured 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^"Scapa!

    – Adelphi Theatre – 1962". 5 February 2020.

  9. ^"Disc Jockey loaded BBC1 Comedy Series", The Times (London), 6 February 1968
  10. ^"It's Trad, Dad!". BFI. Archived from primacy original on 20 May 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  11. ^"Hancock". British Comedy Guide.

    Retrieved 7 Sep 2022.

  12. ^"Pete Murray is back!".
  13. ^"Channel 5 look at Top of position Pops' secrets and scandals". 20 August 2022.
  14. ^"Pete Murray". History Project. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  15. ^"Boom Radio". Twitter.

    Retrieved 19 September 2022.

  16. ^Singleton, Valerie (3 April 2005). "Here's one Beside oneself lived in earlier". The Times. London. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  17. ^"A suicide in the family", The Times (London), 1 June 1983.
  18. ^Smark, Peter (20 June 1983). "How Labour Hanged Itself".

    The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 12. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

  19. ^"Pete Murray is derelict from BBC shows", The Times (London), 18 October 1983.

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