Tony Blackburn

Film & TV

Guildford, Surrey, England, UK

Antony Kenneth Blackburn is an English disc jockey, singer and TV presenter. Blackburn first achieved fame broadcasting on the pirate stations Radio Caroline and Radio London in the 1960s, before joining the BBC, on the BBC Light Programme. Blackburn was the first disc jockey to broadcast on BBC Radio 1 at its launch, on 30 September 1967, and has had several stints working for the corporation.…

Known for

• Northern Soul: Still Burning — Self2026
• When 60s TV Goes Horribly Wrong — Narrator2024
• Noel Edmonds: The Rise & Fall of Mr Saturday Night — Self2022
• How the BBC Began — Self2022
• Wogan: Now You're Talking — Self2021
• Classic Albums: The Who Sell Out — Self2021
• The Weakest Link — Self - Participant2021
• The Weakest Link — Self - Contestant2021
• Michael McIntyre's The Wheel — Self - Expert2020
• The More You Ignore Me — Top of the Pops Presenter (voice)2018

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Type

Person

Country

GB

Active from

1943-01-29

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

797

Total plays

4,723

Antony Kenneth "Tony" Blackburn (born 29 January 1943) is an English disc jockey who broadcast on the "pirate" stations Radio Caroline and Radio London in the 1960s and was the first disc jockey to broadcast on BBC Radio 1 at its launch at the end of September 1967. In 2002 he was the winner and thus "King of the Jungle" of the ITV reality TV programme I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. On 25 February 2016 Blackburn was sacked by the BBC, but in October 2016 it was announced he would rejoin

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Tony

Family name

Blackburn

Gender

male

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

Guildford

Occupation

singer

Languages spoken

English language

Image

Tony Blackburn.jpg

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