When he is not busy writing, trout fishing or skiing, Johnny entertains passengers on Cruise Liners with stories about his 36 year career at the BBC. All these talks are illustrated with audio clips and pictures he has collected during his long career.

Here is an outline of his presentations:

BBC Radio, The Good Old Days.
Life as it was in the BBC in the 1950’s

The BBC and World War 2
A nostalgic look back at the days when the BBC was the Nation’s favourite and the main source of news and entertainment

Radio 1 – The Inside Scene.
Stories from the inside by the man who produced the first ever show on the network and who was in charge of it from 1985 to 1993

Making the radio documentary series, The Beatles Story.
A major series of 14, 1 hour programmes which the BBC sold all over the world.

Light Entertainment on BBC Radio.
A nostalgic look back at the fun factory from “Itma” to “Little Britain”

Personalities I have known.
Johnny gives an insight into what those famous names are really like off the air

The Radio Jingle, what’s that all about?
An explanation of all those irritating little tunes that plague our airwaves.

Changes in the BBC, a personal overview.
In the last 50 years the BBC has gone through many changes and Johnny was there long enough to explain some of them.

The Records we couldn’t play.
A look at censorship of music within BBC Radio since the war and how attitudes have changed.

Those Radio Times.
A quiz for everyone to test how much people know about BBC Radio.

For details of this contact
Agency: Peter Rushton, Telephone: 00 44 1273 400 041
or see the website or email Peter here