Pat Sharp
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Pat Sharp is a British radio and television presenter and disc jockey
. In the UK, he is known mainly for his work on the children's television programme Fun House
, his former mullet
and his radio shows as well as his support of Arsenal
. In Europe, he was known in the 1980s as one of the Sky
Channel's VJs and for presenting Coca-Cola
Eurochart Top 50 and Nescafe
UK Top 50.
, mixing holiday cover for other TV presenters with a regular early Sunday morning slot and a number of television appearances hostin BBC1's Top of the Pops
.
He deputised for David Jensen
on The Network Chart Show
. In the mid-1980s he became a DJ for Radio Mercury and has also worked for the British Forces Broadcasting Service
.
For 10 years, starting in 1987, Sharp was a DJ on Capital FM
in London
. followed by a further 11 years at Heart both in London and Cambridge.
In the late-1980s, Sharp teamed up with Mick Brown as the duo Pat and Mick
, to release the charity singles Let's All Chant
and I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet. Both songs made the Top 20 of the UK singles chart. The duo released five hit singles making the Top 75, raising more than a million pounds for charity.
In 1987, he was voted as having the worst haircut (winning this accolade more than once) at the Smash Hits
Poll Winners Party
awards, where he was also in the top three DJs. He was awarded the Sony Award
in 1992
for best DJ.
show The Roxy
. However, Sharp is best known on television for several children's television programmes aired on CITV
. Most notable of these is Fun House
, a popular children's television programme running from 1989 – 1999. Sharp presented alongside producer Matt Penn. Sharp was also one of the presenters of Saturday morning show What's Up Doc?
1992 – 1994 and presented phone-in quiz show Hang On! in 1996. In a 2007 interview with The Sun
, Sharp said that he would like to host a new version of Fun House but with adults as contestants instead of kids.
Sharp appeared as a guest in many other television shows, including several episodes of You Bet!
, Surprise, Surprise, Celebrity Squares and The Weakest Link
. In the 2000s, Sharp has appeared in Pat Sharp's House of Fun 100 on The Hits
. He also appeared in episodes three and seven of the 24th series ofNever Mind the Buzzcocks
.
's weekday morning Time Tunnel show. Following this, Sharp was a presenter on the Century FM
group of stations.
In 2004, he participated in Channel 4
sports reality show The Games finishing last out of five contestants, but was proclaimed The People's Hero. Further reality TV
involvement came on 3 June 2006 when he appeared for a sketch on ITV2
's X Factor
spin-off show X-Tra Factor: Battle Of The Stars
. He appeared briefly on 23 June 2007 on a Big Brother's Big Mouth phone-in. However he did appear on the show in person as a guest on 12 July 2007, then appeared four years later on Big Brother's Bit on the Side on 27 October 2011.
He also fronts The Weekend Vibe, a weekly three-hour syndicated radio show produced by Blue Revolution, which is broadcast on numerous stations including Energy FM
. Pat also appears regularly on BBC London 94.9
In May 2010, Pat appeared on Come Dine With Me
with Jenny Powell
, Michael Barrymore
and Anthea Redfern
. He also appeared on BBC Two
's Never Mind the Buzzcocks
twice in the same series in 2010, along with BBC One
's The One Show
.
In November 2010, Pat appeared on Vintage TV to present his favourite selection of 20th Century music videos in a programme titled My Vintage. Shortly afterwards he also hosted Vintage TV's Christmas Show and has since been a supporter of the channel.
In December 2010, Sharp joined Smooth Radio to host Weekend Breakfast. He was officially appointed as the station's Weekend Breakfast presenter in January 2011.
In November 2011, Sharp was a contestant on the eleventh series
of of the ITV
reality television
show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, but was the third to be eliminated on 27 November. He was in the jungle for ten days.
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
. In the UK, he is known mainly for his work on the children's television programme Fun House
Fun House (UK game show)
Fun House was a British children's game show produced by Scottish Television that aired on CITV from 24 February 1989 to 1999, which usually aired on Fridays . It was hosted by Pat Sharp, who was also aided by twin cheerleaders, Melanie Grant and Martina Grant...
, his former mullet
Mullet (haircut)
The mullet is a hairstyle that is short at the front and sides, and long in the back. . The mullet began to appear in popular media in the 1960s and 1970s but did not become generally well-known until the early 1980s...
and his radio shows as well as his support of Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
. In Europe, he was known in the 1980s as one of the Sky
British Sky Broadcasting
British Sky Broadcasting Group plc is a satellite broadcasting, broadband and telephony services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with operations in the United Kingdom and the Ireland....
Channel's VJs and for presenting Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke...
Eurochart Top 50 and Nescafe
Nescafé
Nescafé is a brand of instant coffee made by Nestlé. It comes in the form of many different products. The name is a portmanteau of the words "Nestlé" and "café". Nestlé's flagship powdered coffee product was introduced in Switzerland on April 1, 1938 after being developed for seven or eight years...
UK Top 50.
Radio work
Sharp worked as a presenter at BBC Radio 1BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
, mixing holiday cover for other TV presenters with a regular early Sunday morning slot and a number of television appearances hostin BBC1's Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...
.
He deputised for David Jensen
David Jensen
David "Kid" Jensen , is a Danish Canadian-born, British radio DJ.-Early career:Born in a Danish family residing Victoria, British Columbia, Jensen began his career in his home country at the age of sixteen playing jazz and classical music. He then joined Radio Luxembourg at the age of eighteen in...
on The Network Chart Show
The Network Chart Show
The Network Chart Show was a radio programme launched across Independent Local Radio in the UK on 30 September 1984.-Background:The main presenter was David Jensen , however Pat Sharp would often provide holiday cover in its later years: in its earlier years Timmy Mallett and Alan Freeman also...
. In the mid-1980s he became a DJ for Radio Mercury and has also worked for the British Forces Broadcasting Service
British Forces Broadcasting Service
The British Forces Broadcasting Service provides radio and television programmes for HM Forces, and their dependents, in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Brunei, Canada, Cyprus, the Falkland Islands, Germany, Gibraltar, Kosovo, the Middle East, Northern Ireland and Tristan da Cunha as well as a live satellite...
.
For 10 years, starting in 1987, Sharp was a DJ on Capital FM
Capital Radio
Capital London is a London based radio station which launched on 16 October 1973 and is owned by Global Radio. On 3 January 2011 it formed part of the nine station Capital radio network.- Pre-launch :...
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. followed by a further 11 years at Heart both in London and Cambridge.
In the late-1980s, Sharp teamed up with Mick Brown as the duo Pat and Mick
Pat and Mick
Pat and Mick were a British vocal duo consisting of popular radio personalities Pat Sharp and Mick Brown. The royalties from their record sales were donated to Capital FM's 'Help A London Child' charity...
, to release the charity singles Let's All Chant
Let's All Chant
"Let's All Chant" is a 1978 disco/pop single by Michael Zager Band. Along with the track, "Love Express", "Let's All Chant" hit the top spot on the disco chart for one week...
and I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet. Both songs made the Top 20 of the UK singles chart. The duo released five hit singles making the Top 75, raising more than a million pounds for charity.
In 1987, he was voted as having the worst haircut (winning this accolade more than once) at the Smash Hits
Smash Hits
Smash Hits was a pop music based magazine, aimed at teenagers and young adults and originally published in the United Kingdom by EMAP. It ran from 1978 to 2006 and was issued fortnightly for most of that time...
Poll Winners Party
Smash Hits Poll Winners Party
The Smash Hits Poll Winners Party was an awards ceremony which ran from 1988 to 2005. Each award winner was voted by readers of the Smash Hits magazine. It ended with the closure of the magazine in February 2006....
awards, where he was also in the top three DJs. He was awarded the Sony Award
Sony Radio Academy Awards
The Sony Radio Academy Awards , started in 1983, are some of the most prestigious awards in the British radio industry. They are run by ZAFER Associates in association with the Radio Academy...
in 1992
1992 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1992.-January–February:*January 11**Nirvana's Nevermind album goes to #1 in the US Billboard 200 chart, establishing the widespread popularity of the Grunge movement of the 1990s....
for best DJ.
Television work
Sharp intermittently presented episodes of the music programme Top of the Pops, including being one of the many presenters on the last programme. In 1987-1988, he presented ITVITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
show The Roxy
The Roxy (TV series)
The Roxy was a British television music programme that was broadcast on ITV in the late 1980s. It was produced by Tyne Tees Television following the demise a few months earlier of its more successful music show The Tube....
. However, Sharp is best known on television for several children's television programmes aired on CITV
CITV
CITV is a British television channel from ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive, as well as commissions and acquisitions. CITV itself is the programming block on the main ITV Network .The CITV channel broadcasts from 06:00 to 18:00...
. Most notable of these is Fun House
Fun House (UK game show)
Fun House was a British children's game show produced by Scottish Television that aired on CITV from 24 February 1989 to 1999, which usually aired on Fridays . It was hosted by Pat Sharp, who was also aided by twin cheerleaders, Melanie Grant and Martina Grant...
, a popular children's television programme running from 1989 – 1999. Sharp presented alongside producer Matt Penn. Sharp was also one of the presenters of Saturday morning show What's Up Doc?
What's Up Doc? (TV series)
What's Up Doc? was a Saturday Morning children's variety series produced Scottish Television and aired on ITV from 1992 to 1995 and hosted by Andy Crane, Yvette Fielding and Pat Sharp...
1992 – 1994 and presented phone-in quiz show Hang On! in 1996. In a 2007 interview with The Sun
The Sun (newspaper)
The Sun is a daily national tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and owned by News Corporation. Sister editions are published in Glasgow and Dublin...
, Sharp said that he would like to host a new version of Fun House but with adults as contestants instead of kids.
Sharp appeared as a guest in many other television shows, including several episodes of You Bet!
You Bet!
You Bet! was a British game show based around the format of the German show Wetten, dass..? developed by Frank Elstner. You Bet! ran on ITV, mostly on Saturday nights but sometimes on Fridays, between 20 February 1988 and 12 April 1997, initially hosted by Bruce Forsyth from 1988 to 1990, then by...
, Surprise, Surprise, Celebrity Squares and The Weakest Link
The Weakest Link
The Weakest Link is a television game show which first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 14 August 2000 and will end its run in 2012 when its host Anne Robinson ends her contract. The original British version of the show airs around the world on BBC Entertainment...
. In the 2000s, Sharp has appeared in Pat Sharp's House of Fun 100 on The Hits
The Hits
The Hits was a music video channel in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, owned by Box Television.-Overview and availability:The channel showcased a range of pop centering on chart hits and current favourites...
. He also appeared in episodes three and seven of the 24th series ofNever Mind the Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game television show with a pop music theme, currently without a permanent presenter. It stars Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding as team captains. The show is produced by Talkback Thames for the BBC, and is usually aired on BBC Two...
.
Recent work
Between 1997 and 2004, Sharp presented Heart 106.2Heart 106.2
Heart 106.2 is an Independent Local Radio station based in London and is owned by Global Radio as part of the Heart Network.On 25 June 2007 it was announced that Heart along with its sister stations The Arrow, Sky News Radio, LBC and Galaxy were to be sold for £170 million to Global Radio from...
's weekday morning Time Tunnel show. Following this, Sharp was a presenter on the Century FM
Century FM
Century Radio was the brand name of a group of independent local radio stations in England. The brand was developed with the launch of 100-102 Century Radio in North East England in 1994, with John Myers as managing director and John Simons as programme director...
group of stations.
In 2004, he participated in Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
sports reality show The Games finishing last out of five contestants, but was proclaimed The People's Hero. Further reality TV
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
involvement came on 3 June 2006 when he appeared for a sketch on ITV2
ITV2
ITV2 is a 24 hour, free-to-air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998, and is available on digital television via satellite, cable, IPTV and terrestrial platforms. The channel has the...
's X Factor
The X Factor (UK)
The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. Created by Simon Cowell, it began in September 2004 and is contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. It is the originator of the international X Factor franchise. The seven series of the show to date...
spin-off show X-Tra Factor: Battle Of The Stars
The X Factor: Battle of the Stars
The X Factor: Battle of the Stars was a UK celebrity special edition of The X Factor, which screened on ITV, started on 29 May 2006 and lasting for eight consecutive nights...
. He appeared briefly on 23 June 2007 on a Big Brother's Big Mouth phone-in. However he did appear on the show in person as a guest on 12 July 2007, then appeared four years later on Big Brother's Bit on the Side on 27 October 2011.
He also fronts The Weekend Vibe, a weekly three-hour syndicated radio show produced by Blue Revolution, which is broadcast on numerous stations including Energy FM
Energy FM (Isle of Man)
Energy FM is an Isle of Man based radio station which first started broadcasting in 2001 . The station plays music from the 50's right up to the current day with a selection of specialist shows that feature the worlds most upfront dance music and best of the 1980s...
. Pat also appears regularly on BBC London 94.9
In May 2010, Pat appeared on Come Dine With Me
Come Dine With Me
Come Dine With Me is a popular Channel 4 television programme shown in the United Kingdom, produced by Granada Television and first broadcast in January 2005. The show has either four or five amateur chefs competing against each other hosting a dinner party for the other contestants...
with Jenny Powell
Jenny Powell
Jenny Powell , is a British television presenter.-Early life:Powell's parents are from South Africa, she attended Woodford County High School for Girls in Woodford Green and the Italia Conti school in London.-Career:...
, Michael Barrymore
Michael Barrymore
Michael Kieron Parker , better known by his stage name Michael Barrymore, is a British comedian who appeared as a presenter of game shows and light entertainment programmes on British television in the 1980s and 1990s. These included Strike It Lucky, My Kind of People, My Kind of Music and Kids Say...
and Anthea Redfern
Anthea Redfern
Anthea Bernice Redfern is a former British television hostess, most notable as the assistant to her husband Bruce Forsyth on the BBC's The Generation Game....
. He also appeared on BBC Two
BBC Two
BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
's Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game television show with a pop music theme, currently without a permanent presenter. It stars Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding as team captains. The show is produced by Talkback Thames for the BBC, and is usually aired on BBC Two...
twice in the same series in 2010, along with BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
's The One Show
The One Show
The One Show is a topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One and BBC One HD, hosted by Alex Jones and Matt Baker. Chris Evans joins Jones to present the programme on Friday...
.
In November 2010, Pat appeared on Vintage TV to present his favourite selection of 20th Century music videos in a programme titled My Vintage. Shortly afterwards he also hosted Vintage TV's Christmas Show and has since been a supporter of the channel.
In December 2010, Sharp joined Smooth Radio to host Weekend Breakfast. He was officially appointed as the station's Weekend Breakfast presenter in January 2011.
In November 2011, Sharp was a contestant on the eleventh series
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (UK series 11)
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! returned for its eleventh series on 13 November 2011. Ant & Dec returned as presenters for the main show, and its spin off show Get Me out of Here.....
of of the ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
reality television
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, but was the third to be eliminated on 27 November. He was in the jungle for ten days.