- Russell Davies
Robert Russell Davies was born in 1946 in
Barmouth ,North Wales and currently presents a Sunday radio programme onBBC Radio 2 which spotlights popular song. He was awarded a first class degree atSt John's College, Cambridge but soon abandoned his post-graduate studies inGerman literature when the opportunity arose to tour with the Cambridge Footlights revue.As a journalist, Davies worked as a film and television critic for "
The Observer " and "The Sunday Times", features writer and sports columnist for "The Daily Telegraph " and "The Sunday Telegraph ", a caricaturist for "The Times Literary Supplement " and was a deputy editor of "Punch". He editedKenneth Williams 's diaries for publication, despite being the target of Williams's acid pen in those same diaries. He regularly appeared on television in the 1980s, presenting "Saturday Review" for BBC2.Davies is a
jazz musician, playing thetrombone , and has presented television and radio documentaries on the subject, including a year-long history forBBC Radio 3 . He has written and presented other radio programmes includingBBC Radio 4 's series "Word Of Mouth" (winner of the 1996 European Radio, ONDAS prize), and a series on Radio 2 about songwritersRodgers and Hart , "Legends of Light Music". In 2003, Russell Davies wrote and presented "Quest For Perfection", a film about jazzclarinettist andbandleader Artie Shaw , forBBC Four and produced by John Warburton (shortlisted for the 2004 Grierson Award). To date (July 2005), his film has been broadcast nine times.His documentary on the life of the cartoonist
Ronald Searle was shown on the BBC in 2006.He makes frequent references to
Wikipedia in his Sunday evening BBC 2 radio programme, usually to point out some error or omission in an article dealing with his area of expertise.ee also
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Edward Pygge , a pseudonym used by DaviesExternal links
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/davies/ Davies' BBC Radio 2 programme]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/sunday/ Davies' "Radio Roots" programme onDeryck Guyler ] on BBC7's 'Listen again'
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