Richard Spendlove
Richard Spendlove MBE (born Carlton, Nottinghamshire 16 June 1939) is a former British radio producer/presenter and television writer.
Life and work
Richard Spendlove worked for the former British Railways for 35 years and in 1963 was appointed Relief Station Master at Ely. He retired from the railways in 1989 at 50.
In collaboration with David Croft Spendlove also created, wrote several episodes for and acted in the BBC TV comedy series Oh, Doctor Beeching! The sitcom ran for two seasons from 1995 to 1997. He played the district inspector, Mr Orkindale.
Spendlove also worked for BBC radio. His radio show was broadcast from 9 pm to 11 pm on Saturdays on a number of the BBC's regional radio stations, including Radio Norfolk, Radio Suffolk, Radio Essex, BBC Three Counties Radio, Radio Cambridgeshire, Radio Northampton and Radio Kent. It began on 18 March 1989 and was believed to be the longest continually running phone-in show on UK radio.[1][better source needed] In 1994 an Early day motion was tabled in the House of Commons about a break in its broadcasting.[2]
Spendlove was awarded the MBE "For Services to Regional and Local Radio Broadcasting" in June 2000.[3][4]
He presented his final Saturday night radio programme after 28 years on Saturday 6 May 2017 when he was guilty of "serious failings" for using his programme to campaign on behalf of a Royal Marine convicted of murdering a Taliban fighter.[5]
He continued to present on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire on Thursday and Friday afternoons with Christopher South until 16 June 2017 (Spendlove's 78th Birthday).
Spendlove started presenting again on 4 December 2017, He presented a 3-hour show on Monday evenings from 10 pm until 1 am on Zack FM (105.3FM). The show then moved to Sunday evenings between 9pm and Midnight from 21 January 2018 until 25 March 2018.
It was announced on 6 May 2018 (exactly one year after he left his BBC Regional show) that he had stepped down from his Zack FM show. He has since retired from broadcasting.
References
- ↑ "Programme". Richardspendlove.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ↑ "RICHARD SPENDLOVE'S RADIO PROGRAMME". UK Parliament. 11 January 1994. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ↑ "BBC News In Depth: Birthday Honours 2000". BBC News. 2000-06-16. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
- ↑ "Presenter Profiles: Richard Spendlove". BBC Suffolk. 2008-11-17. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
- ↑ Foster, Patrick (8 March 2016). "BBC local radio presenters told to stop 'inappropriately combative' interviews after string of complaints". The Telegraph. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
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