This time, the show was broadcast from 3:30 pm to 5 pm, before moving to 3 pm to 5 pm in the spring of 1996 and 2 pm to 5 pm in the spring of 1998. In 1992, he once again presented weekday afternoons. Stewart rejoined Radio 2 in 1991, first presenting a series of shows and then a regular Saturday afternoon show throughout the summer. Stewart moved to the commercial radio station Radio Mercury (now Heart FM), for six years, presenting their mid-morning show. Stewart said he was "shocked and disappointed" by the decision of Radio 2 controller Bryant Marriott not to renew his contract. He was dropped from the line-up in October 1983. In 1980 Stewart moved to Radio 2, presenting Family Favourites and the weekday afternoon programme from 2 pm to 4 pm. In 1967, Stewart was the host of the Associated-Rediffusion game show Exit! It's the Way-Out Show. He also presented the children's programme Crackerjack from 1975 to 1979, and had a short-lived programme Ed and Zed in 1970. Stewart became a regular presenter of the BBC television programme Top of the Pops in 1971. On 10 September 1973, Stewart became the first presenter of Radio 1's Newsbeat programme. In one week in early 1972 he stood in for Alan Freeman on Pick of the Pops, and he sat in for such presenters as David Hamilton and Terry Wogan through the 1970s. In 1972 he also presented Radio 1's Sunday Sport show. In 1968 he recorded the charity single "I Like My Toys", a cover of a song by The Idle Race, as "Stewpot And Save The Children Fund Choir". The show was peppered with catch-phrase jingles such as "'Ello Darlin'", recorded by an unknown patient at a hospital in Billericay, and " Happy Birthday to You" sung by an eight-year-old boy, from a football club in Crosskeys, on the team coach after the match. In 1968, Stewart took over the weekend morning Junior Choice show, where he remained for a dozen years. In July 1965 Stewart became a DJ on the offshore radio station Radio London (Big L) where he became a household name, and was its chief DJ by the time it closed on 14 August 1967 (owing to the implementation of the Marine Offences Act (1967)).Ĭareer with BBC Radio and Television Īfter Radio London shut down, Stewart became one of the first DJs to join BBC Radio 1, presenting Happening Sunday and What's New. He remained at this station for four years. While touring there as bass player with a jazz group, he gained a job on a local radio station as a sports commentator, then as an announcer and, finally, as a disc jockey. He attended Eagle House School in Sandhurst, Berkshire, and St Edward's School, Oxford, and his broadcasting career began in Hong Kong. Stewart was born Edward Stewart Mainwaring, the son of a Treasury solicitor, in Exmouth, Devon, on ( )23 April 1941. He was principally known for his work as a DJ on BBC Radio 1 (particularly the Saturday morning Junior Choice) and Radio 2, and as a presenter of Top of the Pops and Crackerjack on BBC Television.īiography Early life and career Edward Stewart Mainwaring (23 April 1941 – 9 January 2016), known as Ed "Stewpot" Stewart, was an English radio broadcaster and TV presenter.
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