The legendary TV personality and broadcaster 'Diddy' David Hamilton. It has certainly been a long road; more than 65 years, of honing his craft as one of our best known DJs. Back in1959 in Cologne when rock n' roll was new and exciting, when The Beatles were still Quarrymen, David was entertaining the troops with the likes of Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis and of course Cliff Richard.
No stone is left unturned, from his early childhood, his relationship with his parents, their broken marriage, spending his early years with his grandfather on the very same Sussex farm he lives now, his school days and his early journalistic career documenting the exploits of the sporting heroes who played their trade on the football pitch, the publication little knowing that their correspondent was no more than a boy This fascination with the 'beautiful game' later led to his becoming a director at his beloved Fulham FC and latterly to be the MC at Craven Cottage for nearly two decades, as well as playing celebrityfootball with rock giants Elton John and Rod Stewart and the ultimate dream to play with stars of the1966 winning world cup team. All this was to come after his TV career, beginning in 1961 with a stint at Tyne Tees, where he achieved his early ambition to become their TV Personality of The Year as an announcer and presenter.
He took his talents to ABC TV in Manchester where he combined his abilities to cover news stories such as the Stockport Air Disaster and to work as stooge to Ken Dodd in Daddy's Music Box, a role he was to repeat with Tommy cooper and Benny Hill. Meanwhile David's radio career ran in tandem, first with The BBC Light Programme presenting record shows, through Late Night Extra on Radio 2, where we were introduced to 'Have a Go Hamilton' taking on wrestler Jackie Palla and riding in a Speedway race at Wembley, progressing through his days at Radio 1 with his legendary afternoon show commanding probably the biggest radio audience in history with over 15 million listeners, to his long stint at Radio 2before carving out a long and illustrious career in commercial radio.
David continues to entertain radio audiences on Boom Radio and has the accolade of being the oldest DJ to still have a daily national radio show at 86, continuing to entertain his listeners well into his seventh decade in the business.
Grab this one off opportunity to spend an evening with a broadcasting legend, one of the nicest guys in Show business, he might even break his maxim of a gentleman never tells and share some stories of his romantic encounters too.
David Hamilton - a true aristocrat of the airwaves.
Saturday 31 May, 7.30pm
Tickets: £10
