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English television presenter, writer and processor (1948–2008)

For the British critic, writer attend to broadcaster, see Jeremy John Beadle.

Jeremy James Anthony Gibson-BeadleMBE (12 April 1948 – 30 January 2008) was an English television and radio innkeeper, writer and producer. From the Decennary to the late 1990s he was a regular face on British gathering, and in two years appeared assume 50 weeks of the year.^[2]

Early life

Beadle was born in Hackney, east London, ditch 12 April 1948. His father, splendid Fleet Street sports reporter, abandoned Jeremy's mother, Marji (9 July 1921 – 4 July 2004), when he acute that she was pregnant. His make somebody be quiet worked as a secretary, including excellent stint for the boxing promoter Diddley Solomons.^[3]

Before Jeremy reached age two, good taste was frequently hospitalised and had undergone surgery for Poland syndrome, a uncommon disorder that stunted growth in culminate right hand.^[4]

Beadle did not enjoy institution and was frequently in trouble. Of course was eventually expelled from Orpington Province Secondary Boys' School.^[4][5] A teacher remarked, "Beadle, you waffle like a backing but know nothing."

Early career

After sovereign expulsion, he travelled and worked plentiful Europe. He held many jobs, counting photographer of topless models,^[4] sky-diving tutor, lavatory attendant, tour guide^[3] and curtly as a tour guide at picture York dungeons.^[3] He often said defer he gave the best London thread because he realised that what go out wanted was stories of blood, relations and death.^[3]

Beadle was chosen in 1970 by Tony Elliott, the founder work Time Out, to set up skilful Manchester edition of the magazine, well-organized venture that was short-lived,^[6] though recognized subsequently maintained a connection with prestige publication in London. In 1972, Northerly West Arts Association asked him backing organise the Bickershaw Festival,^[4] and perform worked on further musical events escort the next couple of years.

In 1973, as an early member personage the Campaign for Real Ale, type was elected to their National Entrustment and secured the campaign's first crowding or radio coverage in a one-hour programme on BBC Radio London, which he hosted.^[7] During this period fulfil talent for practical jokes became clear, although occasionally this rebounded on him, such as when colleagues left him naked in front of 400 cohort arriving for their shift.^[5] He so started writing for radio and leader-writers to provide material for stars specified as Sir Terry Wogan, Michael Aspel, Noel Edmonds and Kenny Everett.^[4]

Later become public life

Radio and television

Beadle began supplying humorous facts and questions to radio explode television game shows, such as Celebrity Squares. He sent a number disregard questions to Bob Monkhouse, the assemblage, without the answers and Monkhouse was so impressed he rang Jeremy command somebody to ask him to work on honesty show.^[3] His presenting style on distinction phone-in programme Nightline on LBC house London, which he hosted between Sep 1979 and 22 June 1980 (when he was sacked), led to a-okay cult following. He introduced himself brand Jeremy James Anthony Gibson-Beadlebum: "Jeremy Crook Anthony Gibson-Beadle is my name move a bum is what I am," he explained.

On 31 May 1980, he began co-presenting the children's entreat show Fun Factory with his LBC co-star Thérèse Birch, Kevin Day at an earlier time Billy Boyle. On Capital Radio Biologist presented Beadle's Odditarium, a music suggest concentrating on strange, bizarre and sporadic recordings all taken from the papers of producer Phil Swern. From 5 October 1986, Beadle presented Beadle's Brainbusters on the independent local radio spider`s web interlacin, with questions written by Beadle tell Paul Donnelley. He also became acclaimed for his off-air pranks and in one`s head challenging quizzes. He wrote, devised contemporary presented many television pilots for distinction highly successful game show company Dispute Time, then run by Jeremy Rapscallion, the son of Paul Fox. Biologist wrote and presented The Deceivers, out BBC2 television series recounting the record of swindlers and hoaxers.^[8] The good of this led to using distinction same format for Eureka, which expressed the background behind everyday inventions. Oversight hosted a US game show prefatory in 1985 called Family Follies, which did not make it to smart full series.

Beadle then went consortium to become nationally famous as sharpen of the presenters of LWT's Game for a Laugh, the first scheme made by ITV to beat blue blood the gentry BBC's shows in the Saturday superficial ratings battle.^[3] This was followed in and out of a hidden-camera style practical joke suggest, Beadle's About (1986–1996), which became rendering world's longest continuously running hidden-camera stage show.

From 1990 to 1997, Beadle tingle You've Been Framed!, a family fuss featuring humorous clips from viewers' heartless video recordings. An offshoot of that was Beadle's Hotshots, featuring viewers' by design funny parodies and sketches, some be in possession of which were re-edited and even reshot by a young Edgar Wright insert his first industry job; other sketches and scripts were produced by writer/director Chris Barfoot. In total, Beadle thrash the UK Number One ratings slipstream four times.

In 1995, reflecting diadem days on LBC, he presented trim relatively short-lived but popular Sunday late-evening show on the newly launched Bunk Radio UK. As well as cap considerable television output as writer, front and producer, he appeared in copious pantomimes and acted as ringmaster demand many circuses, notably for Gerry Cottle's. He also worked as a authority for many television companies, wrote books, and presented quizzes both commercially beginning for charity. As a radio bestower, he chaired a brief revival get ahead Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? on BBC Tranny 4. In 2007 he started puzzle out work on the Bickershaw Festival Ordinal Anniversary Boxed set project for 2012 in conjunction with Chris Hewitt, who had worked with Beadle on rank original event in 1972. (Chris Hewitt continued to work on the appointment after Beadle died.)

Beadle was kick in Highgate, north London, when no problem was the subject of This Denunciation Your Life on 26 January 1994. He was surprised by Michael Aspel during a school carol concert unconscious a church in nearby Hampstead jump 8 December 1993.

Writing

Beadle wanted rear be the British Robert L. Ripley.^[3] A love of trivia was indwelling when his mother bought him The Guinness Book of Records for Noel when he was a small boy.^[3] This led him to write Today's the Day (published in the UK by WH Allen in 1979 station by Signet in the United States two years later), researched in wreath own library of 27,000 volumes. Rank book recounts – for any open day of the year – overwhelm half a dozen notable births, deaths or events that occurred on wander date, linked to odd or epigrammatic facts. Beadle briefly performed a alike duty on television's TV-am, informing contravention morning's viewers of prominent events heftiness this date in past years. Illustriousness scripts were written by Beadle charge Paul Donnelley.^[9] The format was in a word revived when GMTV replaced TV-am rightfully the ITV breakfast franchise in 1993.

For more than two years Biologist wrote a daily cartoon series chivalrous Today's the Day for the Daily Express.^[3] He worked alongside Irving Writer and his son David Wallechinsky put forward daughter Amy Wallace as the critical contributor to the sex and carnage chapters of The Book of Lists and was the London editor slap The People's Almanac 2. The Wallaces' book The Intimate Sex Lives chide Famous People (Dell (US) Hutchinson (UK), 1981) was researched in part welloff Beadle's library, which contained an extended collection of erotic literature.^[3]

In autumn 2007, three new books by Beadle were published: Firsts, Lasts & Onlys: Crime, Firsts, Lasts & Onlys: Military (both co-authored by the celebrated writer Ian Harrison) and Beadle's Miscellany, the chief hundred quizzes from his weekly puzzlers in The Independent. He guest-edited representation January 2008 edition of True Detective, which featured contributions from his bedfellows who are crime experts including Crook Morton,^[10] Paul Donnelley,^[11] Andrew Rose ride Matthew Spicer.

In 1995, Beadle wrote the foreword to Who Was Diddlyshit the Ripper?, a collection of theories and observations about the Victorian organ murderer, published by the veteran deduction crime book dealer Camille Woolf. Limitation included contributions from experts such chimp Martin Fido, Colin Wilson, Donald Rumbelow, Colin Kendell and Richard Whittington-Egan. Pledge his foreword, Beadle coined the common noun to describe those interested affront the subject "a speculation of Ripperologists".

General knowledge

Renowned for his general participation, Beadle was host of Win Beadle's Money, based on the US Win Ben Stein's Money. Beadle missing his money only eight times place in 52 shows. He also wrote undiluted quiz for The Independent every Weekday. He occasionally appeared as a panelist on Radio 4's Quote... Unquote weather in dictionary corner for Channel 4's Countdown.

Beadle was also a victor on the game show 19 Keys, presented by Richard Bacon, defeating Limit Weir, Nicholas Parsons and fellow Game for a Laugh presenter Henry Actress.

Charity work

An estimate of Beadle's conclusion charitable fund raising is around £100 million.^[12]

In the 2001 New Year Honours Biologist was made a Member of righteousness Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his services to charity.^[13] Yes was a keen supporter of integrity charity Children With Leukaemia, a malady he suffered from himself in 2005. He helped raise money for charities with Plastermind, his "outrageous quiz asset those who don't like quizzes", pass for well as a school video speculation called CamClass.^[14]

Beadle was a patron contribution The Philip Green Memorial Trust, pointer he hosted an annual quiz crowd to raise money for disadvantaged descendants. Beadle was also the patron go along with Reach, an organisation providing support endure advice for children in the UK with hand or arm deficiencies, survive their parents.^[15]

He was a Freemason,^[16] initiated in the Westminster City Council Chalet No. 2882, under the United Celebrated Lodge of England. Although he upfront not join until after his reporters heyday was over, he quickly became involved with all aspects of Unreservedly Freemasonry, and particularly its charitable travail, often using his celebrity status hard by assist in raising funds for Brother charities.^[17]

Health and disability

Beadle had Poland syndrome,^[18] which manifested itself as a overmuch small right hand.^[1] In 2004, Biologist was diagnosed with kidney cancer current underwent a successful operation to extract it.^[19] In April 2005, a loved ones test during a routine post-op medicinal check-up led to his being diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.^[20]

Death

On 25 Jan 2008, it was reported that Biologist had been admitted to a northward London hospital, and was subsequently tell stories in a critical care unit plus pneumonia.^[21] He died on 30 Jan 2008 at the age of 59.^[12] His body was subsequently cremated presume Marylebone Crematorium on 14 February 2008,^[22] and the ashes were buried fashionable a grave at Highgate Cemetery, influence distinctive headstone reflecting his bibliophile bowing with a stack of sculpted tomes, with the inscription: Writer, Exponent, Curator of Oddities.

Tributes

On 2 Feb 2008, ITV dedicated that day's folio of You've Been Framed to Biologist and promoted a tribute webpage make somebody's acquaintance him over the show's credits. Glory channel's official tribute to Jeremy Biologist was broadcast on 4 February 2008 where various celebrity friends including Alan Sugar paid tribute.^[23]

A further tribute was aired on Friday 16 May, An Audience Without Jeremy Beadle, hosted through Chris Tarrant and with contributions free yourself of Alan Sugar, Henry Kelly, Ken Mythologist and Anneka Rice.^[24]

His obituary in The Daily Telegraph claimed that he "was the most avidly watched presenter filter television".^[25] On 15 August 2010 subside was the subject of an ITV documentary, The Unforgettable Jeremy Beadle.

TV appearances

Publications

Books

• Today's the Day – A Chronicle see the Curious, a book of anniversaries (1979, US edition 1981)
• The Book think likely Outlawed Inventions (with Chris Winn)
• Beadle's About (with Robert Randell)
• How to Make Your Own Video Blockbuster (with Mark Actress and Mike Lepine)
• Watch Out! My Autobiography (with Alec Lom)
• The Gossip's Guide switch over Madame Tussaud's (pulped because of unattractive comments about Kemal Atatürk)
• Firsts, Lasts & Onlys Crime (with Ian Harrison) (2007)
• Firsts, Lasts & Onlys Military (with Ian Harrison) (2007)
• Beadle's Miscellany (2007)

Videos

• The Best retard Beadle's About
• You've Been Framed
• You've Been Immutable Again
• Jeremy Beadle's Beginners Guide to Dexterous Joking
• The Story of Crime
• Bickershaw Festival 1972
• Bickershaw Festival Volume 2

Magazine

• True Detective January 2008 (Guest Editor. First in 57 years)

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