Danny Kelly (BBC WM Presenter)
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Danny Kelly is a radio presenter based in Birmingham.
One of the more significant items that occurred during his programme was the BBC/WM Christmas Toy Appeal 2003. It took Danny 5 days to walk from Pebble Mill to the Mailbox collecting toys. A simple enough task but for some reason he went via West Bromich, Wednesbury, Walsall, Bloxwich, Willenhall, Wolverhampton
, Sedgley, Dudley and Merry Hill.
On 18 May 2010 the BBC
was forced to give out an apology after Kelly made a practical joke
live on air that Queen Elizabeth II had died. He began playing the national anthem
whilst telling listeners to his radio show that he had some 'astonishing news' to deliver. He had been half-way through his 2 hour afternoon radio programme on BBC WM when the announcement was made. His producer, Mark Newman, interrupted and informed him, 'You can't say that'.
Career
Danny Kelly has had a varied career working as a used car salesman and chef before moving into local radio 10 years ago. He started as a reporter at BBC Radio Coventry and became a roving reporter on the Adrian Goldberg breakfast show at BBC/WM. He has presented many shows at BBC/WM; the early morning show, the lunchtime show, the afternoon show, the late show, the Sunday morning show and the afternoon show again.One of the more significant items that occurred during his programme was the BBC/WM Christmas Toy Appeal 2003. It took Danny 5 days to walk from Pebble Mill to the Mailbox collecting toys. A simple enough task but for some reason he went via West Bromich, Wednesbury, Walsall, Bloxwich, Willenhall, Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...
, Sedgley, Dudley and Merry Hill.
On 18 May 2010 the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
was forced to give out an apology after Kelly made a practical joke
Practical joke
A practical joke is a mischievous trick played on someone, typically causing the victim to experience embarrassment, indignity, or discomfort. Practical jokes differ from confidence tricks in that the victim finds out, or is let in on the joke, rather than being fooled into handing over money or...
live on air that Queen Elizabeth II had died. He began playing the national anthem
National anthem
A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.- History :Anthems rose to prominence...
whilst telling listeners to his radio show that he had some 'astonishing news' to deliver. He had been half-way through his 2 hour afternoon radio programme on BBC WM when the announcement was made. His producer, Mark Newman, interrupted and informed him, 'You can't say that'.