Broadcaster David Jacobs dies at 87
David Sillito looks back at the career of broadcaster and presenter David Jacobs
Broadcaster and presenter David Jacobs, whose career spanned seven decades, has died aged 87.
Jacobs, who stepped down from his Radio 2 programme last
month because of ill health, died at home "surrounded by his family",
the BBC said in a statement.He started at the BBC in 1945, hosting shows including Housewives' Choice, Juke Box Jury and Any Questions.
BBC director general Tony Hall hailed him as "one of the great broadcast personalities".
"As a young and avid viewer of Jukebox Jury, I remember him every week scoring the hits and misses," he said.
"And I was still listening to him just last month as he fronted his show The David Jacobs Collection on Radio 2."
He added: "We shall all miss him tremendously."
Announcing in July that he was stepping down from his Radio 2 show, Jacobs said: "Over the past two years Radio 2 has given me time to be treated for liver cancer and Parkinson's Disease."
Jacobs presented Juke Box Jury from 1959-1967
After leaving the Navy, he began working at the BBC as an announcer and newsreader.
In 1964, he became one of the original Top of the Pops presenters and he also worked as the BBC's Eurovision Song Contest commentator before he was succeeded by Terry Wogan.
He also introduced all 53 episodes of radio sci-fi serial Journey Into Space, as well as playing 22 characters.
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Bob HarrisSo very sad to hear the news about David Jacobs, my friend and mentor. He gave me my first ever mention on the radio on my 15th birthday”
He won a Sony Gold Award for outstanding contribution to radio in 1984 and was admitted to the Sony Hall of Fame in 1995.
Radio 2 controller Bob Shennan paid tribute to "a true giant of the BBC"."David was a legend in broadcasting, not only for the Radio 2 audience, but for the whole population," he added.
His broadcast hallmarks were "great taste, authority and warmth", he said.
"I am sure his audience will feel they have lost a friend, as we all do here at Radio 2."
Radio 2 colleague Bob Harris wrote on Twitter: "So very sad to hear the news about David Jacobs, my friend and mentor. He gave me my first ever mention on the radio on my 15th birthday."
And veteran radio DJ Tony Blackburn said on Twitter he had been to his friend's 85th birthday party "and he did the most brilliant speech which I'll never forget - he will be sadly missed by all of us".
In a career retrospective broadcast on Radio 2 last year, broadcaster Chris Evans described Jacobs as "the gentleman's broadcaster".
"David Jacobs [is] one of the cornerstones of British broadcasting," he said. "A man who always has time for you, who always has something worth listening to."
The BBC said Radio 2 would be paying tribute to the broadcaster with a number of special programmes.
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Sir David Frost, broadcaster and writer, dies at 74
A look back at the life of Sir David Frost
Veteran broadcaster Sir David Frost has died at the age of 74 after a suspected heart attack while on board a cruise ship.
A family statement said he had been giving a speech aboard the Queen Elizabeth on Saturday night.Sir David's career spanned journalism, comedy writing and daytime television presenting, including The Frost Report.
Internationally, he will be remembered for his revealing interviews with former US President Richard Nixon.
A statement said: "His family are devastated and ask for privacy at this difficult time. A family funeral will be held in the near future and details of a memorial service will be announced in due course."
Sir David Frost interviewed Richard Nixon in a series of meetings
Prime Minister David Cameron said: "My heart goes out to David Frost's family. He could be - and certainly was with me - both a friend and a fearsome interviewer."
Hello, good evening.... Born in Kent, Sir David studied at Cambridge University where he became secretary of the Footlights club, and met future comedy greats such as Peter Cook, Graham Chapman and John Bird.
After university he went to work at ITV before he was asked to front the BBC programme That Was The Week That Was, which ran between 1962 and 1963.
Casting a satirical eye over the week's news, the show boasted scriptwriters including John Cleese, John Betjeman and Dennis Potter.
Sir David presented Through the Keyhole with Loyd Grossman
Sir David's often-mimicked catchphrase "hello, good evening and welcome" was by now in full use.
One of The Frost Report's most enduring pieces was the "class sketch", featuring Cleese, Barker and Corbett.
The Frost Programme for ITV followed, which saw Sir David move away from comedy into in-depth interviews with political figures, royalty and celebrities.
It was on this programme that he had a terse interview with then prime minister Margaret Thatcher over the sinking of the Argentine cruiser Belgrano during the Falklands conflict.
At the same time, Sir David began work on The David Frost Show in the US.
Sir David interviewed six prime ministers and seven US presidents
Their exchanges were eventually made into a film - based on a play - which saw Michael Sheen portray Sir David Frost to Frank Langella's Nixon. Sir David himself appeared at the premiere of the film in 2008.
In the 1990s, Sir David presented Through the Keyhole, which he also produced, alongside Loyd Grossman.
The show saw Grossman take a tour round the home of a celebrity while a panel of guests tried to guess "who lives in a house like this".
Sir David and his wife, Lady Carina, had three sons
"I have to say he was also an incredibly generous broadcaster to work with. I started working with him 30 years ago, in 1983, when I was completely inexperienced. He was always so helpful and kind and encouraging to me and to many others.
"He was a master of current events, incredibly incisive analyst and someone who is really irreplaceable. I can't think of any other broadcaster that can step into those very, very big shoes."
In 1993, the year he was knighted, he began presenting Breakfast with Frost - which had begun life on ITV - a Sunday show on BBC in which he interviewed newsworthy figures.
Sir David joined broadcaster Al-Jazeera in 2006 when it launched its English-speaking service.
He married his second wife, Lady Carina Fitzalan-Howard, in 1983 and they had three sons.
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