John Richard Wilson (born 2nd August, 1965) is a British journalist and broadcaster. He is the son of Bob Wilson, former Arsenal goalkeeper and television sports presenter. August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... There are several famous people with the name Bob Wilson: Bob Wilson (broadcaster) Bob Wilson (footballer), former Arsenal footballer, who later became a TV presenter for the BBC and ITV. Bob Wilson (scientist) Bob Wilson (US politician) Bob Wilson (Fatal Fury) Bob Wilson (ice hockey player) Bob Wilson (minor league...

Life and career

John Wilson was born in London in 1965. He attended Chancellor's School in Hertfordshire and gained a BA (Hons) in English and Media from the University of Southampton in 1988. He worked as a reporter on local newspapers in north London before beginning his radio career in 1990, presenting and reporting for the BBC Radio Five magazine show The Mix. He has presented numerous programmes and series on BBC Radio 4 including The Sports Programme, The Cultural State, The Fixers, Kaleidoscope, Stealing Beauty and Pick Of The Week. He has also made features and documentaries for Radio One and Five Live and has written about art and cultural issues for publications including The Observer and The Art Newspaper. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The University of Southampton is a British university situated in the city of Southampton, on the south coast of Great Britain. ... BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ...

John Wilson is one of the regular presenters of Front Row (radio), the Radio 4 arts programme. He specialises in music-related interviews for the programme and has presented special editions on David Bowie, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Quincy Jones, Noel Gallagher, Bernie Taupin and Ray Davies. Front Row is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4. ... David Bowie (born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English Grammy Winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor, producer, arranger and audio engineer whose work spans more than four decades. ... Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE[1][2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist. ... Quincy Jones on the cover of Back on the Block (1989). ... Noel Thomas David Gallagher (born May 29, 1967 in Burnage, Manchester, England) is the lead songwriter, guitarist and occasional vocalist with the English rock band Oasis. ... Bernie Taupin (born May 22, 1950) is an English lyricist famous for his collaboration with Elton John. ... Ray Davies (2006) Raymond Douglas Davies, CBE (born June 21, 1944 in Muswell Hill, London) is an influential English rock musician, best known as lead singer-songwriter for The Kinks - one of the most influential, prolific and long-lived British Invasion bands - which he led with his younger brother, Dave. ...

He is co-author with his brother, photographer Robert Wilson, of One: Images of Goalkeeping Season. In 1995/96 he also edited the pioneering internet magazine Trigger.co.uk.

External Links

• Front Row