Tony Blackburn's wife of 24 years, Debbie, posted the message to Twitter Claimed BBC bosses 'betrayed' him by sacking him after 24 years' service The … The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. This vast collection of documents devotes a lengthy and eye-opening section to how Mrs McAlpine’s complaint to the BBC was handled. In a statement released today he said: 'Material from so-called "secret BBC memos" from 1971 and 1972 has been published today as part of an attempt by the BBC to "prove" that I was interviewed about the Claire McAlpine allegations 45 years ago. The documents also suggest that Mr Blackburn was interviewed again by Brian Neill QC between 1971 and 1972 as part of an inquiry into Top of the Pops that had been plagued by a string of scandals. The 73-year-old, who is taking legal action, was fired because his evidence to the Jimmy Savile sex abuse inquiry 'fell short' of the standards demanded, according to BBC Director General Tony Hall. Radio DJ Tony Blackburn has paid tribute to his great friend, TV presenter Keith Chegwin, who has died aged 60, and says he will miss his childish sense of humour. Tony Blackburn wife: Tony Blackburn and second wife Debbie. ‘He also denied that he was ever interviewed [about a complaint] by [Bill] Cotton and/or [Tony] Preston,’ who were both BBC executives. Veteran DJ Tony Blackburn received a gentle slap on the wrist from his BBC bosses after he sent a live video from Broadcasting House using a new app. ', Leak: A memo in which the BBC's Assistant Head of Variety Tony Preston, reportedly told Assistant Solicitor George Derrick and Head of Light Entertainment Bill Cotton about the allegations made by Miss McAlpine, She added: ‘My husband is a victim of association as he is the only person still around from that era and they want to wipe him out of BBC history and make it look like they are doing something now when they should have done something then.’. He replied in the negative. I can't face reality.'. Blackburn turns out to be one of the hitherto anonymous celebrity DJs named in Claire’s diary. The evidence which I gave her was with the full knowledge of their existence and contents. Compiled By – Tony Blackburn Notes It seems as if a second pressing was made which comes in a cardboard cover which says on the back "This recording was previously released as "Tony Blackburn Soul Survivor" JAZZFMCD46A". Tony Blackburn Net Worth, Biography, Age, Height, Dating, Relationship Records, Salary, Income, Cars, Lifestyles & many more details have been updated below. Tony Blackburn has been gently slapped on the wrist. He says that he intends to sue the corporation. Dame Janet writes that under cross-examination in 2013, he ‘could offer no explanation’ for the existence of the memo, and said he was mystified by its contents. It was this scandalous allegation that had prompted Mrs McAlpine to call the BBC. In statements yesterday, a devastated Blackburn argued that he was being offered as a scapegoat to ‘take the focus off’ the wider failings of the BBC identified by the report. In 2012, he told Radio Times he had slept with around 500 women. Whether they were the product of a febrile teenage imagination or an account of shocking abuse remains unresolved to this day. At this point, it should be stressed that the report makes no findings as to whether Blackburn, who was 28 at the time of the alleged incident, might have abused Claire. Debbie Blackburn, who has been married to the DJ for 24 years, posted a heartfelt message on Twitter thanking those who have voiced their support for her husband. He was born on […] Married to actress Tessa Wyatt in the 1970s, he embraced the liberated social mores of an age when many young girls threw themselves at pop stars and DJs, who took full advantage. Tony Blackburn. Mr Blackburn issued another attack on the corporation as he said it had 'scandalously' sacked him for 'telling the truth' and had tarnished his good name. I wonder if both are going back to being live or maybe an extension of the golden hour much like last week? New star of Eastenders, Tess Wyatt 'still haunted' by marriage to Tony Blackburn BRITISH people of a certain age best remember Tessa Wyatt for her relationships with DJ Tony Blackburn … Let’s discover his Biography, Net Worth, Age, Wife/Partner, Family, Affairs, Measurements, Achievements & Much More! ‘I told them what I had found in the diary,’ she said at the time. ‘It would be ridiculous to connect anyone or anything mentioned in her diary with reality,’ a police spokesman said at the time. When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. But it is all dreams. After all, Blackburn has – at the age of 73 – in effect been fired because of what appears to be his failure accurately to recall the detail of a meeting that occurred more than 40 years ago. View the profiles of people named Tony Blackburn. To put things another way, the teenager was portrayed, by both the police and a coroner, as a troubled fantasist whose death, however tragic, had nothing to do with a sex scandal. The disc jockey denied categorically the allegation made.'. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2013 CD release of "Soul Classics" on Discogs. ‘He said that this was not a lapse of memory on his part; the interview had not taken place.’. This is because of an extraordinary row over the BBC’s decision to sack Tony Blackburn, 73, the veteran DJ and former Top of the Pops host who first joined the corporation in 1967. The previously well-behaved young girl’s four visits were meticulously chronicled in a diary, which Mrs McAlpine had recently discovered and read. Whether it will last, in the face of this sudden adversity, perhaps remains to be seen. Tony Blackburn. 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Yesterday, Blackburn struck a similarly unapologetic tone. It allows users to broadcast live video to their followers using the camera on their smartphone. Tony Blackburn has said that he will miss his weekly Sunday radio show following the death of his sister Jackie, who had contracted Covid -19.. Tony Blackburn was born on the 29th of January, 1943. But Mr Blackburn has continued to deny that he was ever quizzed by BBC bosses about the teenager's death. God bless.'. "If these are successful, we will look at how we build this into our output.". Dame Janet does not even reach a conclusion on whether the two ever met, although she has uncovered some written evidence that Blackburn arranged for Claire to be provided with a ticket on one of the four occasions she attended Top of the Pops. It also contained a disturbing claim: after a recording of the show, Claire said she’d met a celebrity DJ – whom she named in her diary – who then invited her back to his flat in West London and seduced her. The damning police bodycam footage that found Derek Chauvin guilty of murder: Videos show moment-by-moment... Nancy Pelosi THANKS George Floyd for 'sacrificing your life for justice' in bizarre statement after Derek... How the Left repeatedly jeopardized Chauvin's trial: Biden and Rep Omar said the white cop was guilty before... TOM LEONARD: Murder lit a touchpaper... now can the verdict end America's race turmoil? Tony Blackburn has penned an emotional tribute to his sister Jackie, who has died after contracting Covid-19. In his 1985 autobiography The Living Legend, Blackburn revealed that ‘sex is very important to me; I adore making love’, describing women as ‘lovely creatures; they make the world a brighter place’. Join Facebook to connect with Tony Blackburn and others you may know. ‘The opportunities to let this go to your head were manifold,’ he once recalled. 'The memos are part of the whitewash and cover-up which regrettably characterised the BBC’s handling of these allegations.'. Anthony Kenneth Blackburn (born 29 January 1943) is an English disc jockey, singer and TV presenter. Instead, the BBC has decided to fire Blackburn from his Radio 2 show because, according to BBC director-general Tony Hall, he ‘fell short of the standards’ required when giving evidence to the inquiry. After an initial flurry of Press coverage, her case was allowed to slide into history. ‘I find it amazing that...Tony Hall didn’t think it necessary or even just polite to pick up the phone and discuss his issues about the report with Tony before sacking him. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. Blackburn gave a formal interview to the Savile investigation in 2013, when he was asked whether he was ever made aware of Mrs McAlpine’s complaint against him in 1971. Another, she claimed, had invited her back to his ‘sumptuously furnished’ residence. BBC/Radio 1. Mr Neill said: '(He) told me that the girl had come to see him on several occasions and had invented stories for the purpose of getting access to him. 'The complaint was withdrawn shortly after it was made and subsequent coroner’s and police enquiries also accepted there was no substance to it. Single lucky British ticket-holder scoops £59million EuroMillions jackpot, Camelot announces. Hosted by DJ royalty Tony Blackburn, the show features songs, stories and … ‘Don’t laugh at me for being dramatic, but I just can’t take it any more,’ it read. 'Sadly, today's news agenda should have been about the survivors of abuse carried out within the BBC but, by sacking me, they have managed to take the focus off those who have suffered so much. ‘This whole travesty of sacking Tony was obviously in the hope the focus would deflect from the BBC’s inept and expensive investigation regarding the heinous crimes committed by Savile, while his victims are left with no solace,' Mrs Blackburn wrote in a post on Twitter. The BBC said that its journalists and presenters, including Blackburn, had already experimented with live video streaming services such as Periscope and Meerkat, and that Blackburn had not been banned from using it. Radio 1’s Jameela Jamil and Tony Blackburn help blow out the Official Chart birthday candles. GPs in England that are only dishing out AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine are told to CANCEL planned appointments... DAN WOOTTON: Let's all raise a glass to Rod, the landlord who spoke for millions when he stood up to the... Why lockdown made me lock out THAT man: Gloriously defiant to the last, the pub owner who humiliated Keir... Pubs and restaurants can reopen INDOORS in Scotland from Monday - three weeks before England - and weddings... Now 215 Brits have caught Indian variant: Cases of mutant strain have nearly TRIPLED in week. 'Scandalously, the BBC has placed me in the ridiculous position of being sacked for telling the truth about an investigation which it failed to carry out properly, if at all, into a complaint made against me 45 years ago - a complaint which was totally without any basis in truth. Tony Blackburn’s Alan Partridge-style memoir gains cult status on Twitter "Every page has a zinger", says tweeter compiling digested version of DJ's 2007 autobiography An inquest, just days after Claire’s death, also ignored the contents of the red notebook. That admission was, it seems, enough to persuade Lord Hall that Blackburn must leave the BBC, which he has served, on and off, for the best part of six decades. Six people with autoimmune conditions in Israel developed the... SARAH VINE: These cruel funeral Covid rules are the death of decency. Perhaps also unjust is the fact that Blackburn will inevitably now be smeared as having carried out the statutory rape of a child, without a single claim against him being tested in court. Golden couple: The DJ, who was sacked from the BBC, with his ex-wife, actress Tessa Wyatt, in 1971, Star: Tony Blackburn, pictured in 1971, has denied allegations he seduced a 15-year-old girl that same year. Tony Blackburn is a celebrated British DJ with a huge fan base. Claims: Blackburn, pictured in 1988, has been prone to boasting about his status as an unlikely lothario. Blackburn worked for the BBC for over four decades and was the first DJ to broadcast on Radio 1 following its launch. Mr Preston was, it records, troubled to discover that Blackburn’s version of events ‘does not agree with the first thoughts of his agent’ about his whereabouts that evening. The veteran DJ revealed last night … So here's a web guide to the great man. Inside the red notebook was a brief suicide note, it read: 'Don’t laugh at me for being dramatic, but I just can’t take it any more.'. All he has established, he says, is that ‘the mother told the BBC, a few weeks after her initial complaint, that her daughter had withdrawn her allegation against me’. What did Blackburn say about that? Since Blackburn knows little real detail about the claim that he had sex with Claire, he is not in a position to rebut it. Opened Radio 1 in 1967. kmfm. I asked if they realised [Claire] was a child of 15 and I said something had to be done about it to save other girls from the same sort of thing. A few weeks later, the story took a dark twist. For example, a memo written by Mr Preston in 1971 records that Blackburn was interviewed by Mr Cotton about ten days after Mrs McAlpine’s complaint, when he ‘flatly denied’ sleeping with the 15-year-old. His statement comes after The Mirror last night published memos in which the BBC's Assistant Head of Variety Tony Preston, reportedly told Assistant Solicitor George Derrick and Head of Light Entertainment Bill Cotton about the allegations made by Miss McAlpine. Classic Gold Radio. Sms 81333, start your message 'London' Phone 0800 731 2000. 'My lawyers are now considering all statements made by the BBC about me today and we will be taking action. Mr Blackburn, who has accused the corporation of making him a 'scapegoat', denied in evidence that he had ever been made aware by the BBC of a complaint against him by Claire McAlpine in 1971 even though the corporation told the inquiry he had been. Mrs McAlpine promptly passed Claire’s diary on to Scotland Yard. Tony Blackburn on returning to the BBC, Smashie and Nicey, and being turned down for a role on Coronation Street Save Tony Blackburn at the launch of BBC Radio 1 in 1967 Credit: Ron Howard Tony Blackburn Occupation: Dj Born In: Guildford, Surrey, England, UK Birthdate: January 29, 1943 Age: 78 years old (as of 2021) Ethnicity: White Nationality: British Sexuality: Straight. One day in the early months of 1971, a woman named Vera McAlpine telephoned the duty office of the BBC. I know he will hate having to fight this out in the courts but they have left him no choice. But she slammed the 'betrayal' of her husband by BBC bosses who sacked her husband after '49 years loyal association, brilliant broadcasting and launching of Radio 1 bringing in millions of listeners'. Both facts, along with news of his sacking, became public on Wednesday, the day before the publication of Dame Janet Smith’s report into the Jimmy Savile affair. The Radio 2 presenter is a big fan of the app, the Independent reported, saying: "I think it's amazing. Alongside breathless anecdotes about pop stars, fashion trends, and the heady atmosphere of the BBC studio, it contained a disturbing claim: after a recording of the show, Claire said she’d met a celebrity DJ – whom she named in her diary – who then invited her back to his flat in West London and seduced her. It drew 20million listeners in its heyday and, helped by his regular appearances on Top of the Pops, Blackburn was soon one of the most recognised faces in Britain. Whether such a move was justified is another matter. She wanted to lodge a serious complaint. Tony Blackburn's heartbroken wife has denounced the BBC bosses who 'didn't even pick up the phone' before sacking him from the corporation where he had worked for almost five decades. One man had allegedly taken her to his house for the night and given her a pill that made her feel like she was ‘floating on a cloud’. 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