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Tommy Boyd
Born	December 14, 1952(1952-12-14) Ealing
Occupation	Broadcaster

Timothy Leslie Boyd (born December 14, 1952), better known as Tommy Boyd, is a radio presenter and former children's television presenter who now lives in Chichester, West Sussex. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... If you hold the copyright to an image (e. ... is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... , Ealing is a town in the London Borough of Ealing. ... Note: broadcasting is also the old term for hand sowing. ... is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Childrens television shows are television programs designed for and marketed to children, normally aired during the morning and afternoon hours, mainly before and after school. ... For the larger local government district, see Chichester (district). ... West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex (with Brighton and Hove), Hampshire and Surrey. ...

Early career

Tommy Boyd was born in Feltham and grew up in Ashford in Middlesex before going to school at Tudor Grammar School, and later to the independent fee-paying Brighton College. His father, who was a weight trainer and later a bodybuilder, was from Newcastle upon Tyne. While at Tudor Grammar, he worked part-time at a Debenhams store in Staines. Aged 18 he went to New York to work at a Summer Camp. From there, Boyd went on to study at the University of Sussex. After his studies, Boyd became a dolphin trainer at The Brighton Dolphinarium, and later worked as a red coat entertainer at a Butlins holiday camp in Bognor Regis. In 1974 he joined start-up News Radio station LBC as a journalist, and in 1976 was made Editor of the rolling news breakfast show "AM". , Feltham is a suburban town in the London Borough of Hounslow. ... Ashford is a stable, suburban dormitory town in the Surrey borough of Spelthorne near to Greater London. ... The Middlesex Guildhall at Westminster Middlesex is one of the 39 historic counties of England and was the second smallest (after Rutland). ... Brighton College is an independent co-educational public school in Brighton, United Kingdom. ... This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ... Debenhams plc (LSE: DEB) is a retailer with a chain of department stores based in the United Kingdom, and franchised stores in a number of other countries. ... This article is about the state. ... The University of Sussex (also known colloquially as Sussex Uni) is an English campus university which is situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, and is four miles from Brighton. ... Redcoats is the name given to the entertainment staff at Butlins holiday camps. ... Butlins current logo Butlins Holiday Camps were founded by (later Sir) Billy Butlin to provide economical holidays in the United Kingdom and Ireland. ... , Bognor Regis is a seaside resort town and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. ... LBC Radio (originally the London Broadcasting Company) operates two London-based radio stations, with news and talk formats. ...

Children's TV

From 1977 to 1980, he was co-presenter of the ITV children's magazine programme Magpie replacing Douglas Rae . In 1981 he devised wrote and presented "What's Happening?" a news quiz. But he is perhaps better known for having presented the Saturday TV-am show Wide Awake Club (called WAC '90 for the 1989 series) and its Sunday spin-off WAC Extra throughout the 1980s. For other uses, see ITV (disambiguation). ... Magpie was a childrens television programme shown on ITV from the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. ... Douglas Rae is a Scottish businessman. ... TV-am was a breakfast television station that broadcast in the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1992. ... Wide Awake Club (often abbreviated to WAC) was a highly successful childrens television series broadcast in the United Kingdom on ITVs breakfast franchise TV-am between 1984 and 1989. ... Wide Awake Club (often abbreviated to WAC) was a highly successful childrens television series broadcast in the United Kingdom on ITVs breakfast franchise TV-am between 1984 and 1989. ...

In the early 1980s, he could be heard as the voice of Biggum the giant (seen only as a large sandal and tartan-socked leg) on BBC television children's programme Jigsaw.

Between 1982 and 1984 he also fronted Central Television's flagship Saturday morning kids TV show The Saturday Show alongside Isla St Clair and followed this with Saturday Starship in 1985 (co presented by Bonnie Langford). From 1991 - 2 he spent a period as anchorman for ITV's children's strand, Children's ITV (CITV). This was his 3rd and final time presenting CITV, as he had previously done it twice before, in July 1983 & December 1984. He left CITV in '92, after a disagreement with the then CITV controller, Dawn Airey. During his 3rd stint at CITV, he often revealed that he was a big fan of the CITV adventure gameshow, Knightmare & was also the second honorary member of the Knightmare Adventurers' Club. (His fellow CITV presenter, Glenn Kinsey was the first member though!). Central TV logo, 1985_1998 Central Independent Television, or to give it its familiar name, Central Television or Central, is a British Independent Television company that took over from ATV on 1 January 1982. ... The Saturday Show was Birmingham-based Central Televisions flagship Saturday morning kids TV show, which ran on ITV for two series between 1982 and 1984. ... Isla St Clair (born 2 May 1952) is a Scottish singer, actress and former game show assistant. ... The Saturday Starship was a Saturday morning childrens series that was produced by Central Television and aired on the ITV network for one series in 1984 and was hosted by Tommy Boyd and Bonnie Langford. ... Bonita Melody Lysette Bonnie Langford (July 22, 1964) is an English actress and entertainer. ... Anchorman may refer to: News anchor, someone who works in radio who hosts a regular news program Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, a 2004 American comedy movie This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The current CiTV logo CiTV (short for Childrens ITV) is ITVs brand for childrens television output on its primary television channel known as ITV1. ... Dawn Airey, born in Lancashire in 1960, is a British television executive. ... For other uses, see Knightmare (disambiguation). ...

In 1993/4, Boyd served as a "Space Jock" on the "Ratkan", a space ship which beamed programming to viewers of The Children's Channel, a satellite television channel. The Childrens Channel was an early cable channel which began broadcasting on September 1, 1984 in the United Kingdom. ...

Southern Sound

During the late 1980s Boyd was a radio presenter on the ILR station Southern Sound on the late Sunday evening show along with Nicky Keig-Shevlin. The format of the show was phone-in/quiz style with the occasional record thrown in - 'Two Little Boys' by Rolf Harris and 'Narcissus' by Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band being two that featured regularly. Boyd signed off each show by playing "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong. ILR is used as an acronym for a number of things: Independent Local Radio, a term for commercial radio in the United Kingdom. ... Nicky Keig-Shevlin (born January 1, 1963) is a radio presenter who has spent the majority of her career working for Brighton based independent station Southern FM (formerly Southern Sound). ... Rolf Harris, MBE (1968), OBE (1977), CBE (2006), AM (1989) (born 30 March 1930), is an Australian musician, composer, painter, and television host. ... The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (more often the Bonzo Dog Band or to fans simply the Bonzos) were the brainchild of a British art-school set of the 1960s. ... Louis[1] Armstrong[2] (4 August 1901[3] – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo[4] and Pops, was an American jazz musician. ...

Talk Radio

He was a radio presenter on the British AM station Talk Radio (later talkSPORT) from its inception in February 1995 until November 1998, when he lost his job in a reshuffle at the station after it was taken over by a consortium led by former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie. Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ... For other uses, see Talk Radio. ... talkSPORT is one of the United Kingdoms three terrestrial analogue Independent National Radio broadcasters, offering a commercial sports and talk radio service from London to the United Kingdom. ... A consortium is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organisations or governments (or any combination of these entities) with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal. ... This article is about a British tabloid. ... Editing is the process of preparing language, images, or sound through correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications in various media. ... Kelvin Calder MacKenzie (born October 22, 1946) is a British media executive and former newspaper editor. ...

It was during this tenure that Boyd consolidated his reputation for being controversial. Broadcasting at first from 3pm to 7pm, transferring later to the 1pm to 4pm timeslot, the format of the show would involve Boyd making a proposition (e.g "Save a life ... Humiliate a sunbather" or "Who needs their legs?") and engaging in a frequently heated debate with the often ill-informed callers in which Boyd would always triumph.

Less argumentative strands of the show would also see the emergence of "The Angry Hour" and "The Wonderful Hour" the latter of which would always take place during the final hour of the Friday show.

During this period he presented the TV programme MLB on Five for its first few months in 1997. When he left, he was replaced by Johnny Gould. MLB on Five is a sports television programme featuring live and as live coverage of Major League Baseball games. ... Jonny on the set of Brainteaser Jonathan Gould (born 1961 in Kenya), often known as Jonny Gould, is a British television presenter. ...

Five Live & LBC

He subsequently worked for BBC Radio Five Live, before being sacked for his argumentative and controversial style of broadcasting. He also spent some time at the local station LBC in London, working on the Sunday evening "Nightline" phone-in during the early 80s, for which he was awarded the Royal Variety Club Radio Personality of the Year and later co-presenting the Breakfast show with Anne Diamond leaving in 1999. BBC Radio Five Live is the BBCs radio service providing live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries. ... LBC Radio (originally the London Broadcasting Company) operates two London-based radio stations, with news and talk formats. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Anne Diamond (born 8 September 1954) is an English television presenter She is known for hosting Good Morning Britain for TV-am and the (deliberately) similarly-titled for BBC1, both with Nick Owen as her co-presenter Anne makes regular appearences airing her views as a pannelist on Channel 5...

talkSPORT

In January 2000, Talk Radio was rebranded as talkSPORT, but with part of its schedules being retained for talk and non-sport phone in. After covering for absent presenters on several occasions, Boyd took up a permanent position in April 2000. talkSPORT is one of the United Kingdoms three terrestrial analogue Independent National Radio broadcasters, offering a commercial sports and talk radio service from London to the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see Talk Radio. ... In broadcasting, a phone in is where viewers or listeners air comments on-air via telephone, often regarding a specific topic of discussion for that day. ...

In May 2000, he began an experiment on his Sunday night slot whereby calls would go straight to air unscreened. This later evolved into The Human Zoo. Boyd presented the show with Asher Gould, originally just the engineer on the show. This style of programme came to light again in May 2006 when the LBC presenter Iain Lee (who openly cites Boyd as one of his broadcasting heroes) started a show called Triple M, expanded from a half-hour section of his regular show using such format. The Human Zoo was a radio programme on talkSPORT, presented by Tommy Boyd, with his engineer Asher Gould effectively acting as co-presenter. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... LBC Radio (originally the London Broadcasting Company) operates two London-based radio stations, with news and talk formats. ... Iain Lee (born on 9th June, 1973) is a British comedian and television and radio presenter. ...

Boyd would also go on to host a professional wrestling radio show on talkSPORT. Boyd was soon joined by professional wrestler Alex Shane who became a regular co host and with his knowledge of wrestling soon making the previously loosely based wrestling show the UK's first fully fledged national wrestling radio show which often saw Boyd introduce wrestling storylines into the actual radio show. This is common in US wrestling, and one storyline involved Shane attacking Boyd and being forcefully removed from the show. For the NES video game, see Pro Wrestling (video game). ... Alex Spilling is a retired English professional wrestler who is best known by his ring name The Showstealer Alex Shane. ... In professional wrestling, an angle is a fictional storyline. ...

Boyd also worked alongside Shane and the wrestling promotion Frontier Wrestling Alliance to help produce and promote one of its largest early shows, FWA Revival in 2002, which was broadcast on national TV. Boyd was sacked from TalkSPORT in March 2002 after failing to use the profanity delay to 'dump' a caller's remarks that the Royal Family should be shot. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... There is also a WFMU radio program called Seven Second Delay. ... Members of the Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the Trooping the Colour ceremony The British Royal Family is shared between the Commonwealth Realms; this article focuses on the perspective of United Kingdom. ...

Current Work

In early 2004, Boyd joined BBC Southern Counties Radio, where he presented a Saturday Night show (with a live internet feed) from 9pm-1am with co-presenter Allison Ferns. It was here that the Human Zoo format was resurrected along with the more controversial aspects of the Talk Radio days. For the first few months in the slot, many (generally elderly) listeners would phone-in and express their dismay at this apparent departure from the output they had so far been accustomed to. Callers would often state their annoyance then quickly hang up, not wishing to cross swords with Boyd. Those who were brave enough be it to complain or to disagree with many of Boyd's proposals would frequently find themselves confronted with a strong argument. Boyd has stated that one of the things that annoys him is a person with a closed mind. BBC Southern Counties Radio is the BBC Local Radio service for the English counties of Surrey and Sussex. ...

On the occasions when Allison Ferns was absent, cover would come in the guises of Lisa Francesca Nand, Alyson Mead, and on one show (New Year's Eve 2005), Boyd's wife, Jayne. The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline for Biographies. ...

From April 2006 to December 2007 Boyd presented a daily afternoon show from 1pm to 4pm, Monday to Friday. Several popular elements from the past resurfaced, such as "The Angry Hour", "The Irritable Hour", and once again on the final hour of the Friday show "The Wonderful Hour".

From August 2007, Boyd was heard on Sunday nights on Play Radio UK, an internet radio station.

In January 2008 Boyd moved to Original 106 FM where he currently hosts the weekday Breakfast Show. Original 106fm is a radio station broadcasting to the Solent region of southern England, centred on the towns and cities of Portsmouth, Southampton and Bournemouth, from its transmitter at Chillerton Down. ...

Personal life

He married his wife Jayne, a lecturer in Child Development, in December 1985 in Hove. They have two sons, Jack and Harry, born January 1987 and June 1990. Boyd ran an expedition to Scammon's Lagoon Mexico in 1986 to attempt to document the birth of a grey whale, but failed due to repeated attacks from attending bull whales. In 1992 he raced at Cheltenham against former champion jockeys Peter Scudamore and John Francombe. He didn't win. Between 1985 and 1987 Boyd studied Japanese swordsmanship Iado, Shinto Shinto ) is the native religion of Japan and was once its state religion. ...

External links

• BBC Southern Counties Radio
• Play Radio UK
• The Tommy Boyd Shrine - Fan site
• Biography at Aircheck Tracker