Jimmy Savile
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
| - | Veteran DJ who claims to have invented the concept of playing rock-and-roll records to a room of young people, while waiting for the next live band to come on. Best known for hosting ''Top of the Pops'' (including the very first show) and granting wishes to children and pensioners on ''Jim'll Fix It''. He also put Stoke Mandeville special hospital on the map thanks to his | + | Veteran DJ who claims to have invented the concept of playing rock-and-roll records to a room of young people, while waiting for the next live band to come on. Best known for hosting ''Top of the Pops'' (including the very first show) and granting wishes to children and pensioners on ''Jim'll Fix It''. He also put Stoke Mandeville special hospital on the map thanks to his charity marathon runs. |
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
Revision as of 17:54, 12 August 2007
Biography
Veteran DJ who claims to have invented the concept of playing rock-and-roll records to a room of young people, while waiting for the next live band to come on. Best known for hosting Top of the Pops (including the very first show) and granting wishes to children and pensioners on Jim'll Fix It. He also put Stoke Mandeville special hospital on the map thanks to his charity marathon runs.
Trivia
He was drafted as a Bevin Boy to work down the coal mines during WWII.
Once made a cameo appearance during the 2006 run of Celebrity Big Brother.
He is teetotal.
