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Tommy Vance
Richard Anthony Crispian Francis Prew Hope-Weston (11 July 1940 – 6 March 2005), known professionally as Tommy Vance, was an English radio broadcaster. He was an important factor…
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Richard Anthony Crispian Francis Prew Hope-Weston (11 July 1940 – 6 March 2005), known professionally as Tommy Vance, was an English radio broadcaster. He was an important factor in the rise of the new wave of British heavy metal, along with London-based disc jockey Neal Kay, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was one of the first radio hosts in the United Kingdom to broadcast hard rock and heavy metal in the early 1980s, providing the only national radio forum for both bands and fans. The Friday Rock Show that he hosted gave new bands airtime for their music and fans an opportunity to hear it. He used a personal tag-line of "TV on the radio". His voice was heard by millions around the world announcing the Wembley Stadium acts at Live Aid in 1985.
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2006
Pink Floyd - Reflections And Echoes
Movie Director
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1997
Classic Albums
TV show Self
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1997
Brass Eye
TV show Self
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1996
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV show Self
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1988
More Bad News
Movie Self
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1985
Live Aid
Movie Self
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1985
The Story of the Kinks
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
TV show Concert Compere
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1976
Pressure
Movie Radio DJ
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1975
Flame
Movie Ricky Storm
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1964
Top of the Pops
TV show Self - Presenter
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1962
Steptoe and Son
TV show Disc Jockey (voice)
