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Derek Jameson (born 29 November 1929, London) is a retired British tabloid journalist and broadcaster.
As a child, Jameson was evacuated from London in WW2. His career began in Fleet Street, as a messenger boy, before becoming managing editor of the Daily Mirror newspaper and editor of the Daily Express, Daily Star and News of the World.
He joined BBC Radio 2 in late 1985, sitting in for Jimmy Young, before taking over the breakfast show from Ken Bruce in March 1986, presenting it until December 1991. He then hosted the Monday to Thursday late-night show, along with his wife Ellen, until March 1997.
In 1988 he began presenting the BBC1 television show People. He was replaced in the second series by Chris Serle, Lucy Pilkington, Jenni Barnett and Frank Bruno.[1]
Now retired from broadcasting, Jameson wrote a weekly column in the Brighton Argus until October 2000, and is an after-dinner speaker.
Portrayals
Jameson's cockney accent and abrasive persona caused Private Eye to refer to him as Sid Yobbo. In 1980 Jameson brought an action against the BBC over a sketch in the Radio 4 programme Week Ending which described him as an "East End boy made bad": Jameson lost the action when it came to court in 1984.[2] The jury found the broadcast defamatory, but also fair comment and Jameson had to pay costs. After it was said on Radio 4 that Jameson was "so ignorant he thought erudite was a type of glue", he sued.[3]
In 2010 he took part in BBC's The Young Ones, in which six celebrities in their 70s and 80s attempt to overcome some of the problems of ageing by harking back to the 1970s.[4]
References
- ^ "BFI Library: "People (1988)"". British Film Institute. 29 May 2011. http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/17238. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
- ^ Hooper, David (2000). Reputations Under Fire: Winners and Losers in the Libel Business. Little, Brown. pp. 234–41.
- ^ "No pain, no gain". The Northen Echo. 1 August 2007. http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/1587543.no_pain_no_gain. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tq4d3
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Media offices Preceded by
Roy WrightEditor of The Daily Express
March 1977 - 1980Succeeded by
Arthur FirthPreceded by
New positionEditor of the Daily Star
1978–1980Succeeded by
Lloyd TurnerPreceded by
Barry AskewEditor of the News of the World
1981–1984Succeeded by
Nicholas LloydPreceded by
Ken BruceBBC Radio 2
Breakfast Show Presenter
1986-1991Succeeded by
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